Editing Count Benedikt of Bernstorff

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! colspan="2" |Count Benedikt of Bernstorff
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| colspan="2" |[[File:Neipperg Benedikt.png|center|frameless]]
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|'''Titles'''
|Count of [[Denmark|Bernstorff]]
Count of [[Wurttemberg|Neipperg]]
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! colspan="2" |Biographical Information
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|'''Born'''
|11 April 1980 (aged 46)
Schwaigern, Wurttemberg, Germany
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|'''Spouse'''
|[[Elisabeth, Hereditary Countess of Bernstorff]]
(m. 2022)
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|'''Issue'''
|[[Count Arthur of Bernstorff|Count Arthur]]
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|'''Name'''
|Maria Benedikt Reinhard Michael Alois
Leo 
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|'''House'''
|Neipperg
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|'''Father'''
|[[Karl Eugen, Count of Neipperg]]
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|'''Mother'''
|[[Archduchess Andrea of Austria]]
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|'''Religion'''
|Roman Catholic
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'''Count Benedikt of Bernstorff''' (born ''Count Benedikt of Neipperg'' on 11 April 1980) is a member of the Danish nobility as the son-in-law of '''[[Niklas, Count of Bernstorff]]'''. He is also a member of the Wurttemberg nobility as the son of '''Karl Eugen, Count of Neipperg''' and the Austrian Imperial Family as the nephew of '''[[Charles II, Emperor of Austria]]'''.

==Life==
Benedikt was born the second child of '''Karl Eugen, Count of Neipperg''' and '''Archduchess Andrea of Austria'''.

==Marriage and Issue==
On 11 November 2022, Philipp married '''Elisabeth, Hereditary Countess of Bernstorff''' in Gentofte. The couple have one son, '''Arthur'''.  
{| class="wikitable"
!Photo
!Name
!Birth
!Death
!Marriage
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|[[File:Bernstorff Arthur.png|frameless|149x149px]]
|[[Count Arthur of Bernstorff|Count Arthur]]
|6 November 2024
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==Residences==
<gallery>
File:Residences Denmark Nobility Bernstorff Bernstorff Palace.jpg|Bernstorff Palace; Main Residence (September-May)
File:Residences Wurttemberg Nobility Neipperg Schwaigern Castle.JPG|link=|Schwaigern Castle; Summer Residence (June-August)
</gallery>

==Titles and Honours==

* '''1980-2022'''   Count Benedikt of Neipperg
* '''2022-present'''   Count Benedikt of Bernstorff

==Ancestry==
{| class="wikitable"
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!Parents
!Grandparents
!Great-Grandparents
!Great-Great-Grandparents
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|[[Karl Eugen, Count of Neipperg]]
|[[Josef, Count of Neipperg]]
[[Countess Franziska of Ledebur-Wicheln]]
|[[Anton Ernst, Count of Neipperg]]
[[Countess Anna of Silva-Tarouca]]

[[Eugen, Count of Ledebur-Wicheln]]

[[Countess Eleonore of Moennich]]
|[[Reinhard, Count of Neipperg]]
[[Countess Gabrielle of Waldstein]]

[[Ernst, Count of Silva-Tarouca]]

[[Countess Maria of Nostitz-Rieneck]]

[[Johann, Count of Ledebur-Wicheln]]

[[Countess Caroline of Czernin-Chudenitz]]

[[Heinrich, Count of Moennich]]

[[Countess Henriette of Moennich]]
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|[[Archduchess Andrea of Austria]]
|[[Emperor Otto of Austria]]
[[Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen]]
|[[Emperor Charles I of Austria]]
[[Princess Zita of Parma]]

[[Duke Georg III of Saxe-Meiningen]]

[[Countess Klara Marie of Schmising-Kerssenbrock]]
|[[Archduke Otto Franz Joseph of Austria]]
[[Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony]]

[[Duke Robert I of Parma]]

[[Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal]]

[[Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen]]

[[Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld]]

[[Alfred, Count of Schmising-Kerssenbrock]]

[[Helene von Hilgers]]
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==Lines of Succession==
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! colspan="3" |Count Benedikt of Bernstorff
House of Neipperg 

Born: 11 April 1980 
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| colspan="3" |<center>'''Lines of Succession'''</center>
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|<center>Preceded by</center>
|<center>Succession to the [[Austria-Hungary|Austrian]] throne</center>
|<center>Followed by</center>
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|<center>[[Countess Johanna of Neipperg]]</center>
|<center>17th in the line of succession</center>
|<center>[[Count Arthur of Bernstorff]]</center>
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== Notes ==
Face: Steven Gerrard
[[Category:Nobility of Wurttemberg]]
[[Category:House Neipperg]]
[[Category:Noble Consorts of Heirs]]