Brockdorff
Sign in to savethumb|Coat of arms of Counts von Brockdorff The Brockdorff family is a Schleswig-Holsteiner old noble house that belonged to German and Danish nobility.
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thumb|Coat of arms of Counts von Brockdorff The Brockdorff family is a Schleswig-Holsteiner old noble house that belonged to German and Danish nobility.
== History == It first appeared in a document from 1167 where Eilwardus de Bruchthorp was mentioned by Duke Henry the Lion of Saxony. Members of the family founded Brokdorf, Holstein, now part of Germany, from where the family originated.
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