Stauffenberg
Sign in to savethumb|right|Coat of arms of the family The Schenk von Stauffenberg family is a Roman Catholic Uradel German noble family from Swabia, Germany. The family's best-known recent member was Colonel Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg – the key figure in 20 July plot in 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
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thumb|right|Coat of arms of the family The Schenk von Stauffenberg family is a Roman Catholic Uradel German noble family from Swabia, Germany. The family's best-known recent member was Colonel Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg – the key figure in 20 July plot in 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
== History == thumb|right|Johann Franz Schenk von Stauffenberg (1658–1740) thumb|Patent awarding the title of Imperial Count|Count to Anton Schenk von Stauffenberg by Emperor Joseph II, 1785 The recorded history of the Schenk von Stauffenberg family begins in Swabia in the 13th century, when the family, who belonged to the Reichsrittern (Imperial Knights), originated from the settlement Cell, where they owned extensive estates surrounding the village and the Zollerberg.