WCleopatra, Hereditary Princess of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg, known professionally as Cleo von Adelsheim, is a Swiss-born German-Chilean actress and model. She is known for her title role in the 2015 German television film Prinzessin Maleen. In 2016 she married Franz Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg, the heir to the German princely house of Oettingen-Spielberg.
WCountess Amalie Maximilianovna Adlerberg was an illegitimate daughter of Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, fathered by Bavarian diplomat Maximilian-Emmanuel Graf von und zu Lerchenfeld auf Köfering und Schönberg (1772–1809). Amalie's mother was an aunt of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Tsar Nicholas I.
WAmalie, Princess of Fürstenberg was the consort of Charles Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg.
WSybille Bedford, OBE was a German-born English writer of non-fiction and semi-autobiographical fiction books. She was a recipient of the Golden PEN Award.
WBaroness Hedwig von Elverfeldt gennant Beverfoerde zu Werries is a German conservative politician and Catholic activist. A former member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany who worked to shorten daycare hours in Saxony-Anhalt and protect parental rights, she is the founder of the Family Protection Initiative and an organizer of the Demo für Alle rallies in Hanover and Stuttgart, campaigning against same-sex marriage.
WCsilla von Boeselager was a Baroness who founded the Hungarian Maltese Charity Organisation in Germany, and initiated the foundation of the Magyar Máltai Szeretetszolgálat (MMSz) in Hungary. She was a Dame of Malta.
WBaroness Gösta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen was the mother of Prince Claus of the Netherlands, who was the Prince Consort of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, thus making her the mother-in-law of the former Dutch Queen. She is also the paternal grandmother of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, who is the current Dutch King.
WMaría del Carmen Rosario Soledad Cervera y Fernández de la Guerra, Dowager Baroness Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva, popularly known as Carmen "Tita" Cervera or Carmen "Tita" Thyssen, is a Spanish socialite, and art dealer and collector.
WBaroness Armgard of Sierstorpff-Cramm, known as Armgard von Cramm was the mother of Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Prince consort of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands.
WBaroness Anna Elisabeth Franziska Adolphine Wilhelmine Louise Maria von Droste zu Hülshoff, known as Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, was a 19th-century German poet, novelist, and composer of Classical music. She was also the author of the novella Die Judenbuche.
WTherese Elssler was a dancer.
WPrincess Frederica of Hanover, was a member of the House of Hanover. After her marriage, she lived mostly in England, where she was a prominent member of society.
WSelma Gräfin von der Gröben (1856–1938), was a German feminist and philanthropist. She is known for her work for women's rights within the religious circles, is regarded as pioneer in social work and was involved in a number of social organisations. She was the chairperson of the Deutscher Evangelischer Frauenbund.
WStephanie Freifrau von und zu Guttenberg is a German activist against child abuse, and the former president of the German section of Innocence in Danger, a human rights NGO working to protect the rights of children on the Internet and working to restrict the spread of child pornography, and a co-author of a book about these topics.
WCountess Franziska Theresia von Hohenheim was a German noblewoman. From birth she was a Baroness von Bernerdin and from 1765 onwards Baroness Leutrum von Ertingen. She was the official mistress of Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg from 1772 to 1785, when she became his second wife. The marriage was morganatic until 1790, when she was allowed use of the dynastic title "Duchess of Württemberg".
WCaroline von Holnstein was a German noblewoman, best known for her appearance in the Gallery of Beauties.
WBaroness Karoline Jagemann von Heygendorff was a major German tragedienne and singer. Her great roles included Elizabeth in Mary Stuart (1800) and Beatrice in The Bride of Messina (1803). She is also notable as a mistress of Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, the father of her three children. Both she and Karl August had their portraits painted by Heinrich Christoph Kolbe.
WEhrengard Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal, Duchess of Munster was a longtime mistress to King George I of Great Britain.
WBeate Barbara Juliane Freifrau von Krüdener, often called by her formal French name, Madame de Krüdener, was a Baltic German religious mystic, author, and Pietist Lutheran theologian who exerted influence on wider European Protestantism, including the Swiss Reformed Church and the Moravian Church, and whose ideas influenced Tsar Alexander I of Russia.
WFrieda Lawrence was a German literary figure mainly known for her marriage to the British novelist D.H. Lawrence.
WThe Baroness Gertrud von Le Fort was a German writer of novels, poems and essays.
WVasiliki Papathanasiou, generally known as Vicky Leandros, is a Greek singer living in Germany. She is the daughter of singer, musician and composer Leandros Papathanasiou. In 1967 she achieved worldwide fame after gaining fourth place for the country of Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "L'amour est bleu", which became a worldwide hit. She further established her career by winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1972 with the song "Après Toi", again representing Luxembourg.
WJohanna Clara Louise Lehzen, also known as Baroness Louise Lehzen, was the governess and later companion to Queen Victoria.
WTheodore Ulrike Sophie von Levetzow, known as Baroness Ulrike von Levetzow was a friend and the last love of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
WCountess Louise Caroline von Hochberg, born Geyer von Geyersberg, from 1787 Baroness von Hochberg, from 1796 Countess of Hochberg, was the second wife of the Margrave and later Grand Duke Charles Frederick of Baden. Her descendants eventually ascended the grand ducal throne and reigned until 1918.
WMaria Helene Françoise Izabel Gräfin von Maltzan, Freiin zu Wartenberg und Penzlin was an aristocrat who, as part of the German Resistance against Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party, saved the lives of many Jewish people in Berlin.
WHenriette Mendel, Baroness von Wallersee was a German actress, and the mistress and, later, morganatic wife of Ludwig Wilhelm, Duke in Bavaria. By him she was the mother of Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich.
WMalwida von Meysenbug was a German writer, her work including Memories of an Idealist, the first volume of which she published anonymously in 1869. As well, she was a friend of Friedrich Nietzsche and Richard Wagner, and met the French writer Romain Rolland in Rome in 1890.
WBaroness Elisabeth Charlotte Motschmann is a German journalist and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2013. In parliament, she is her party's spokeswoman on media policy spokeswoman. Throughout her career, Motschmann has focused on women's issues and children's rights. She opposes abortion, supports the ordination of women in Christian churches, and has advocated for establishing a legally regulated quota for women in leadership in the corporate sector in response to women's economic inequality and the gender-gap in chief executive positions in German companies.
WAnna Metta von Oberg was a German Baroness and close friend to Augusta Louise zu Stolberg-Stolberg.
WMaria Orska was an important actress of the German theater and cinema in the 1920s.
WAntonia Baronin Pilars de Pilar, née Antonia Gabriele Marie Josefa Huberta Elisabeth Maximiliane Freiin von Oer-Egelborg was from 1894 to 1898 Court lady of the Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin née Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz and from 1911 to 1944 Court lady of Marie's daughter, the Duchess Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Antonia married Polish poet, Baron Ladislaus Pilars de Pilar. They had 3 Children: Eduard (1899–1971), Antoinette (1901–1989) and Gabriel (1904–1978). Antonia was the daughter of Friedrich Freiherr von Oer-Egelborg (1842–1896), chamberlain of Prince Karl II of Isenburg and Gabriele née Countess Khuen von Belasi (1841–1923). Her son Gabriel married in 1935 Anna, Countess von Stubenberg.
WClara Elisabeth, Countess von Platen - Hallermund was a German noblewoman, most notable as the mistress of Ernest Augustus and for her involvement in the Königsmarck affair.
WHildegard Anna Augusta Elisabeth Freiin Rebay von Ehrenwiesen, known as Baroness Hilla von Rebay or simply Hilla Rebay, was an abstract artist in the early 20th century and co-founder and first director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. She was a key figure in advising Solomon R. Guggenheim to collect non-objective art, a collection that would later form the basis of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum collection. She was also influential in selecting Frank Lloyd Wright to design the current Guggenheim museum, which is now known as a modernist icon in New York City.
WElse Freiin von Richthofen was among the early female social scientists in Germany.
WCharlotte Freifrau von Rothschild was a German-born British socialite. She was a member of the Rothschild banking family of Naples.
WDoña Esperanza Felicitas Alexandra de Sarachaga y Lobanov Rostovsky was a 19th-century courtier and socialite of Spanish and Russian descent. Born in St. Petersburg, she was informally known as “Spera”. She was the eldest daughter of Don Jorge de Sarachaga y Uría and his Russian wife Princess Ekaterina Lobanov-Rostovskaya. Her father, also known as Georg von Sarachaga-Uria was born in Manzanares, Spain, and killed near Mannheim in a duel. Esperanza married Bavarian diplomat Friedrich Freiherr Truchseß von Wetzhausen.
WMarie ("Mimi") Baroness von Schleinitz was an influential salonnière of the early German Reich in Berlin and one of the most important supporters of Richard Wagner.
WGabriele von Schrenck-Notzing (1872-1953) was a German baroness and 20th century female aviator.
WElke Sommer is a German actress, model, singer, painter, and entertainer. She appeared in numerous films in her heyday throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including roles in The Pink Panther sequel A Shot in the Dark (1964), the Bob Hope comedy Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966), Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None (1974), and a memorable performance in the British Carry On series in Carry On Behind (1975).
WCountess Eleonore Louise Albertine von Schlieben-Sanditten was a German noblewoman and a lady in waiting to Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, the wife of Frederick the Great.
WCosima Wagner was the daughter of the Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt and Franco-German romantic author Marie d'Agoult. She became the second wife of the German composer Richard Wagner, and with him founded the Bayreuth Festival as a showcase for his stage works; after his death she devoted the rest of her life to the promotion of his music and philosophy. Commentators have recognised Cosima as the principal inspiration for Wagner's later works, particularly Parsifal.
WBaroness Gila von Weitershausen is a German actress. Born in Trebnitz, Lower Silesia, Germany into an aristocratic family, she has three brothers and two sisters and is the great-granddaughter of Georg Graf von Hertling.
WMarianne Viktoria Armgard Helene Doria Freifrau von Weizsäcker is the widow of Richard von Weizsäcker, the President of West Germany and reunited Germany from 1984 to 1994.
WBaroness Wilhelmine Caroline Christiane Henriette of Dörnberg, was a member of the House of Dörnberg and a Baroness of Dörnberg by birth. Through her marriage to Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Wilhelmine was also a member of the House of Thurn and Taxis. Wilhelmine was known to her family and friends as "Mimi."
WBaroness Sylvie von Ziegesar was a German noblewoman active in the intellectual circles of Weimar Classicism. She was a friend of the painter Louise Seidler and the intellectual Pauline Gotter, and was also the subject of Goethe's poem "To Sylvie von Ziegesar".