# Pfuel

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{{Short description|German ancient noble family}}
{{Infobox family
|surname =Pfuel family
|type = [Noble family](/source/Noble_family)
|coat of arms =140px<br />[Coat of arms](/source/Coat_of_arms) of Pfuel
|country =[Holy Roman Empire](/source/Holy_Roman_Empire)<br />[German Empire](/source/German_Empire)
|motto=''Muth und Hoffnung''<br/>("Courage and Hope")
|titles = {{Collapsible list|title=''See list''|1=Extant titles
*[Uradel](/source/Uradel)
*[Ritter](/source/Ritter_(title))
*[Freiherr](/source/Freiherr)
*[Graf](/source/Graf)}}
|founding year =926
|founded={{Start date and age|926}}
|current head =Christian Friedrich Graf Bruges-von Pfuel, (* 1942)
|estate = 
*[Tüßling Castle](/source/T%C3%BC%C3%9Fling)
*[Mamhofen, Starnberg](/source/Starnberg)
|cadet branches =
*Pfuhl
*Phull
|website      = [http://jahnsfelder-chronik.de/ jahnsfelder-chronik.de]<br />[http://www.schloss-tuessling.de/ schloss-tuessling.de]
}}
The '''Pfuel family''', also known as '''Pfuhl''' or '''Phull''', is an [ancient](/source/Uradel) [German noble family](/source/German_nobility) with a history that traces back to the year 926 when they first arrived in [Brandenburg](/source/Brandenburg) with King [Henry the Fowler](/source/Henry_the_Fowler), who started governing the region in 928–929, allowing Emperor [Otto I](/source/Otto_I%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor) to establish the [Northern March](/source/Northern_March) in 936 during the German {{lang|de|[Ostsiedlung](/source/Ostsiedlung)}}. Over the centuries, the Pfuel extended their influence across various regions including [Saxony](/source/Saxony), [Saxony-Anhalt](/source/Saxony-Anhalt), [Mecklenburg](/source/Mecklenburg), [Pomerania](/source/Pomerania), [Württemberg](/source/W%C3%BCrttemberg), [Westphalia](/source/Westphalia), [Eastern Europe](/source/Eastern_Europe), and [Sweden](/source/Sweden).<ref name="von_Uechtritz_1791-S80">{{citation|author=[August Wilhelm Bernhardt von Uechtritz](/source/August_Wilhelm_Bernhardt_von_Uechtritz) |date=1791 |location=Leipzig |pages=80 |publisher=Intelligenz-Comtoir; Hahmannsche Buchhandlung; Beygangische Buchhandlung |title=Diplomatische Nachrichten adelicher Familien, als derer ... v. Pfuhl ... betreffend |url={{Google books|JqlAAAAAcAAJ|Scan|page=80 |plainurl=yes}} |volume=2. Teil}}</ref><ref name="Gauhe_1719-S1186">{{citation|date=1719 |editor=[Johann Friedrich Gauhe](/source/Johann_Friedrich_Gauhe) |location=Leipzig |publisher=Johann Friedrich Gleditschens seel. Sohn |page=1186 |title=Des Heil. Röm. Reichs genealogisch-historisches Adels-Lexicon: darinnen die heut zu Tage florirende älteste und ansehnlichste adeliche, freyherrliche und gräfliche Familien nach ihrem Alterthum und Ursprunge, Vertheilungen in unterschiedene Häuser &c. nebst den Leben derer daraus entsprossenen berühmtesten Personen, insonderheit Staats-Ministern, mit bewährten Zeugnissen vorgestellet werden, nebst einer nöthigen Vorrede, Anhange und Register |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_M6U_AAAAYAAJ/page/n690}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>[Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch](/source/Leopold_von_Zedlitz-Neukirch): ''[Neues Preussisches Adels-Lexicon](/source/Neues_Preussisches_Adels-Lexicon) oder genealogische und diplomatische Nachrichten von den in der preussischen Monarchie ansässigen oder zu derselben in Beziehung stehenden fürstlichen, gräflichen, freiherrlichen und adeligen Häusern mit der Angabe ihrer Abstammung, ihres Besitzthums, ihres Wappens und der aus ihnen hervorgegangenen Civil- und Militärpersonen, Helden, Gelehrten und Künstler.'' Gebrüder Reichenbach, Leipzig 1842, S.&nbsp;35: ''Pfuhl (Pfuel), die Herren vo''n ({{archive.org |bub_gb_ja9AAAAAcAAJ |page=n39}}).</ref><ref>{{citation|author=[Johann Christian von Hellbach](/source/Johann_Christian_von_Hellbach) |date=1826 |location=Ilmenau |pages=229 |publisher=Voigt |title=Adels-Lexikon: oder Handbuch über die historischen, genealogischen und diplomatischen, zum Theil auch heraldischen Nachrichten vom hohen und niedern Adel, besonders in den deutschen Bundesstaaten, so wie von dem östreichischen, böhmischen, mährenschen, preußischen, schlesischen und lausitzischen Adel |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_M6U_AAAAYAAJ/page/n229 |volume=Band 2: ''L bis Z''}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

==History==
The Pfuel family is one of the oldest and most venerable families in Brandenburg-Prussian history and has made significant marks in German and European history.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gewerbekreis-tuessling.de/folge10.htm |title=''Heimatpfleger Rudolf Roßgotterer erzählt Tüßlinger Geschichte(n): – (Folge 10) Die Grafen Bruges von Pfuel.'' |access-date=2024-10-23 |archive-date=2005-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050311155542/http://www.gewerbekreis-tuessling.de/folge10.htm |url-status=dead }} gewerbekreis-tuessling.de</ref><ref name="Fontane_Pfulen-Land">[Theodor Fontane](/source/Theodor_Fontane): ''Das Pfulen-Land''. In: ''Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg''. Band 2: ''[Das Oderland](/source/Wanderungen_durch_die_Mark_Brandenburg)'', „Auf dem hohen Barnim“ ([http://www.zeno.org/nid/20004778359 Digitalisat.] [zeno.org](/source/zeno.org)).</ref><ref name="Materna_Ribbe_1995">{{citation|author=[Felix Escher](/source/Felix_Escher) |date=1995 |editor=[Ingo Materna](/source/Ingo_Materna), [Wolfgang Ribbe](/source/Wolfgang_Ribbe) |isbn=3-05-006977-5 <!-- |kommentar=Reprint der Ausgabe: Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-05-002508-5 --> |location=Berlin / Boston |pages=231–290 |periodical=Brandenburgische Geschichte |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |title=Das Kurfürstentum Brandenburg im Zeitalter des Konfessionalismus |url={{Google books|f3-dCgAAQBAJ|eingeschränkte Vorschau auf die Akademie-Ausgabe|plainurl=yes}}}}</ref> They were among the families with the largest holdings and incomes in the [Margraviate of Brandenburg](/source/Margraviate_of_Brandenburg).<ref>{{citation|author=Bernhard von Gersdorff |date=1981 |isbn=3-87776-154-2 |location=Berlin |pages=10 |publisher=Stapp |series=Preussische Köpfe, 7 |title=Ernst von Pfuel. Freund Heinrich von Kleists, General, preussischer Ministerpräsident 1848}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>  Their lineage includes several influential figures who played key roles in military, governance, and political reforms, including a [Prussian Minister of War](/source/Prussian_Minister_of_War) and [Prime Minister of Prussia](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Prussia). Twenty-five of them served as [general](/source/general)s. Having acquired sixteen military medals [Pour le Mérite](/source/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite) - the highest award for bravery that could be awarded in the [Kingdom of Prussia](/source/Kingdom_of_Prussia), they are the second highest decorated family.<ref>Gustaf Lehmann: ''Die Ritter des Ordens Pour le Merite.'' Band 2: ''1812–1913.'' Mittler, Berlin 1913, {{DNB-IDN|991894677}}, S. 631<!-- elektronische Reproduktion: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Leipzig / Frankfurt am Main 2021, noch ohne URN, https://d-nb.info/1245142186 -->.</ref>

{{Blockquote
|text=The Pfuels came to the March so early, that as early as 1603, in a funeral sermon given at the death of one of their own, they could be described not only as an 'excellent' but also as an 'ancient family'. A lineage from which 'equestris et literati ordinis viri', brave war shields and well-learned, intelligent and tried men, emerged.
|author=[Theodor Fontane](/source/Theodor_Fontane)
|title=[Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg](/source/Wanderungen_durch_die_Mark_Brandenburg)
|source=Das Oderland (1863)
}}

Members of the family held the title of [Count](/source/Count).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://genealogy.euweb.cz/titles/b.html | title=Counts - B }}</ref> Today, they bear the name Counts '''Bruges-von Pfuel'''.

== Family line ==
thumb|262px|Anna von Pfuel, Oil on wood (1566)
Ancestors' list for direct paternal main line:<ref>[http://jahnsfelder-chronik-pfuel.lima-city.de/2001.html Der Mannesstamm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818193923/http://jahnsfelder-chronik-pfuel.lima-city.de/2001.html |date=2011-08-18 }} {{in lang|de}}</ref>

* Henricus de Puele, c. 1215
* Heino de Puele (1282–1307)
* Heino von Pule (1306–1349)
* Strassen von Pfuel (died 1375)
* Otto von Pfuel (1375–1420)
* Bertram von Pfuel (born. c. 1405–1410, died 1482), 1440 to 1477 documented
* Friedrich von Pfuel (1460–1527)
* Bertram von Pfuel (born 1510/1515, died 1574), 1531 to 1574 documented
* Friedrich von Pfuel (1545–1594), 1577 to 1587 documented
* Bertram von Pfuel (1577–1639), 1597 to 1638 documented
* Friedrich Heino von Pfuel (1620–1661)
* Christian Friedrich von Pfuel (1653–1702 near [Kaiserswerth](/source/Kaiserswerth)), [KIA](/source/Killed_in_action)
* Hempo Ludwig von Pfuel (1690–1770 in Gielsdorf)
* Ludwig von Pfuel (1718 in Gielsdorf – 1789 in [Berlin](/source/Berlin))
* Friedrich von Pfuel (1781 in [Jahnsfelde](/source/M%C3%BCncheberg) – 1846 in [Karlsbad](/source/Karlovy_Vary))
* Alexander von Pfuel (1825 in Berlin – 1898 in Jahnsfelde)
* Heino von Pfuel (1871 in Jahnsfelde – 1916 in Berlin), [DOW](/source/Killed_in_action)<ref>[http://www.denkmalprojekt.org/Verlustlisten/vl_1_brb_drag-_reg_nr_2_wk1.htm Verlustliste: 1. Brandenburgisches Dragoner- Regiment Nr. 2.] {{in lang|de}}</ref>
* Curt Christoph [Graf](/source/Graf) Bruges-von Pfuel (1907 in Berlin – 2000 in [Bonn](/source/Bonn))
* Christian Friedrich Graf Bruges-von Pfuel (born 1942 in Jahnsfelde)
* Frederic Alexander Graf Bruges-von Pfuel (born 1978 in [Munich](/source/Munich))

== Estates ==
thumb|262px|Jahnsfelde manor-house
=== [Brandenburg](/source/Brandenburg) ===
* 1367 Falkenberg 
* 1375 Werftpfuhl, Altranft
* pre-1413 Frankenfelde, Bliesdorf, Reichenow, Möglin, Wollenberg, Schönfeld, Reichenberg, Biesow 
* 1445 Wriezen
* 1449 Jahnsfelde
* 1450 Gielsdorf, Grünthal, Leuenberg, Schulzendorf
* 1472 Trebnitz
* 1480 Quilitz (Neuhardenberg)
* pre-1500 Tempelfelde, Torgelow, Tiefensee, Steinbeck, Quappendorf, Ruhlsdorf, Garzau, Garzin
* 1529 Friedersdorf
* 1536 Wilkendorf
* pre-1663 Buckow, Hohenfinow, Prötzel, Hasenholz, Dahmsdorf, Obersdorf, Kienitz, Münchehofe

=== [Berlin](/source/Berlin) ===
* Strausberg
* 1472 Biesdorf
* 1609 Marzahn
* 1655 Dahlem

=== [Saxony-Anhalt](/source/Saxony-Anhalt) ===

* 1641 Helfta
* 1654 Polleben
* 1664 Eisleben, Wimmelburg
* 1668 Seeben, Muldenstein
* 1680 Nedlitz

=== [Baden-Württemberg](/source/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg) ===

* 1787 Obermönsheim

=== [Pomerania](/source/Pomerania) ===

* 1827 Schwerin
* 1838 Elmershagen

=== [Bavaria](/source/Bavaria) ===

* 1991 Tüßling
* 1991 Gut Mamhofen (Starnberg)

<gallery class="center">
File:Schloss Jahnsfelde.png|Jahnsfelde manor-house (1449–1945)
File:Jahnsfelde, Schlosskirche.jpg|Family burial ground, Jahnsfelde
File:Schloss Altranft.jpg|Altranft castle (1375–1652)
File:Rittergut Schulzendorf Sammlung Duncker.jpg|Schulzendorf castle (1450–1837)
File:Friedersdorf-Sammlung Duncker (5416298).jpg|Friedersdorf castle (1529–1652)
File:Altlandsberg asv2022-09 img15 Wilkendorf Luftbild.jpg|Wilkendorf castle (1536–1900)
File:Dorfkirche in Wilkendorf.jpg|Family burial ground, Wilkendorf
File:Helfta, Klosterkirche St. Maria.jpg|Helfta Convent (1641–1712)
File:Buckow Schloss.jpg|Buckow castle, built in 1663 by Georg Adam von Pfuel, 1688 inherited by his son-in-law, [Field-Marshal](/source/Field-Marshal) [Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming](/source/Heino_Heinrich_Graf_von_Flemming)
File:Wimmelburg-monastery-manor.jpg|Wimmelburg monastery (1664–1798)
File:Muldenstein Herrenhaus Kirche-02.jpg|[Muldenstein](/source/Muldenstein) manor (1668–1822)
File:Waltersdorf Gutshaus.jpg|Waltersdorf estate (1739–ca.1900)
File:Schloss Obermönsheim (Schloss Hohengeissberg), Schloss der Freiherren von Gaisberg, Freiherr Eduard von Phull-Rieppur starb auf Schloss Obermönsheim im Januar 1918 - panoramio.jpg|[Obermönsheim](/source/M%C3%B6nsheim) castle, [Baden-Württemberg](/source/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg) (1787–1918)
File:Tüßling Schloss Gartenseite.JPG|[Tüßling](/source/T%C3%BC%C3%9Fling) castle, [Bavaria](/source/Bavaria) (since 1991)
File:Mamhofen, Kirche St. Jakob und Philipp-HB-01.jpg|Mamhofen estate, [Starnberg](/source/Starnberg), Bavaria (since 1991)
</gallery>

== Members ==

Notable members of the family include:
[[File:Friedrich von Amerling - Flamänder Bürgermeister (Baron Pfuel^) - 2683 - Kunsthistorisches Museum.jpg|thumb|"Baron Pfuel", [Friedrich von Amerling](/source/Friedrich_von_Amerling) (1836), [Belvedere, Vienna](/source/Belvedere%2C_Vienna)]]
* Adam von Pfuel (1604–1659), Swedish [General](/source/General), later [Privy Councillor](/source/Privy_Councillor) and [General-War commissar](/source/War_commissar) in Danish service; son of Adam I. (1562–1626)
* Adam Dietrich von Pfuhl, electoral [Colonel](/source/Colonel), [Domherr](/source/Domherr) to the Prince-elector of Brandenburg (until 1671), member of the [Fruitbearing Society](/source/Fruitbearing_Society).
* Adam Friedrich von Pfuhl (1643–c. 1707), electoral Colonel, owner of the [Salt evaporation pond](/source/Salt_evaporation_pond) in [Kötzschau](/source/K%C3%B6tzschau).
* Adam Heinrich Christoph, electoral Colonel, as well as service at the court of the Duke of Saxe-Gotha; hereditary lord of Polleben and Stedern.
* Alexander Friedrich von Pfuel (1825–1898), royal Prussian ''Ritterschaftsrat'',  Knight of Justice of the [Order of Saint John](/source/Order_of_Saint_John_(Bailiwick_of_Brandenburg)), Lord of Jahnsfelde; married to Anna (1835–1918), daughter of [Carl Graf von Brühl](/source/Carl_von_Br%C3%BChl), the [Superintendent general](/source/Royal_Household) of the [Prussia](/source/Prussia)n royal theatres; son of [Lieutenant General](/source/Lieutenant_General) Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Pfuel, as well as father of [dragoon](/source/dragoon) officer Heino Friedrich (1871–1916), Lord of Jahnsfelde, [DOW](/source/Killed_in_action) in World War I (1916).
* Anna-Elisabeth von Pfuel (1909–2005), aunt of [Prince Claus of the Netherlands](/source/Prince_Claus_of_the_Netherlands), great-aunt of King [Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands](/source/Willem-Alexander_of_the_Netherlands); wife of Julius Freiherr von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen (1906–1977), who was the brother of [Baroness Gösta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen](/source/Baroness_G%C3%B6sta_von_dem_Bussche-Haddenhausen) (1902–1996); sister of Curt-Christoph von Pfuel.
* Anna Katharine von Pfuel († 1657), daughter of Adam I. (1562–1626); mother of Georg Friedrich von Creytzen; great-grandmother of [Countess Katharina Dorothea Finck of Finckenstein](/source/Countess_Katharina_Dorothea_Finck_of_Finckenstein) (1700–1728), progenitrix of several European imperial and royal families; great-great-grandmother of [Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg](/source/Friedrich_Wilhelm%2C_Duke_of_Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl%C3%BCcksburg), father of King [Christian IX of Denmark](/source/Christian_IX_of_Denmark).
* [Anna Maria von Phul](/source/Anna_Maria_von_Phul) (1786–1823), American artist 
* Arndt Friedrich von Pfuel (1603–1673), Prussian [lieutenant colonel](/source/lieutenant_colonel); Lord of Schulzendorf, Schmöckwitz and Jahnsfelde.
* August Karl von Pfuhl (1794–1874), royal Prussian [major general](/source/major_general); father of [Lieutenant General](/source/Lieutenant_General) Emil von Pfuhl
* August von Phull (*  1769), royal Wurttembergian [Chamberlain](/source/Chamberlain_(office)), Premier Captain of the [Palace Guard](/source/Royal_Guard) ([Ober-Schloßhauptmann](/source/Royal_Household)); son of [General of the Artillery](/source/Feldzeugmeister) (''Generalfeldzeugmeister'') Friedrich August Heinrich Leberecht von Pfuhl (1735–1818)
* August Christoph Adolf von Pfuhl (*  1768), royal [treasurer](/source/treasurer), later senior forestry official (''Oberforstmeister'') near [Trier](/source/Trier); son of General Ernst Ludwig von Pfuhl (1716–1798)
thumb|Children of the Pfuel family, mid 17th century
* Barbara von Pfuel († 1637), mother of [Field Marshal](/source/Field_Marshal) [Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming](/source/Heino_Heinrich_Graf_von_Flemming) who was married to Dorothea Elisabeth von Pfuel († 1740), daughter of General Georg Adam von Pfuel (1618–1672); grandmother of Adam Friedrich von Flemming, Chamberlain to [Augustus II the Strong](/source/Augustus_II_the_Strong), and General Johann Georg von Flemming, Saxon electoral Chamberlain.
* Carl Ludwig von Pfuel (1725−1804), royal Prussian major general.
* Carl Ludwig Wilhelm August von Phull (1723–1793), general of the infantry, [Kingdom of Württemberg](/source/Kingdom_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg); father of Lieutenant General Karl Ludwig von Phull (1757–1826)
* Catharina Elisabeth von Pfuel (1598–1636), Lady-in-waiting of [Maria Eleonora of Sweden](/source/Maria_Eleonora_of_Brandenburg); wife of [Johan Banér](/source/Johan_Ban%C3%A9r) (1596–1641), Swedish [Field Marshal](/source/Field_Marshal) in the [Thirty Years' War](/source/Thirty_Years'_War). (see [Friedrich Schiller](/source/Friedrich_Schiller): ''[Wallenstein's Death](/source/Wallenstein_(play)))''; sister of Adam von Pfuel (1604–1659)
* Christian Friedrich von Pfuel (1653–1702), royal Prussian colonel, Lord of Gielsdorf, Wilkendorf and Jahnsfelde. Killed in action near [Kaiserswerth](/source/Kaiserswerth) during the [War of the Spanish Succession](/source/War_of_the_Spanish_Succession).
* Christian-Friedrich von Pfuel, (born 1942), lawyer, protagonist in [Sky du Mont](/source/Sky_du_Mont)s 2003 novel ''Prinz und Paparazzi''; grandson of [Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg](/source/Leo_Geyr_von_Schweppenburg), [General der Panzertruppe](/source/General_der_Panzertruppe), [Commander-in-chief](/source/Commander-in-chief) of [Panzer Group West](/source/Panzer_Group_West), as well as [Inspector General](/source/Inspector_General) of the [Armoured Forces](/source/Panzertruppe) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II).
* Christian Ludwig von Pfuel (1696–1756), royal Prussian major general of the Infantry.
* Curt Christoph von Pfuel (died 1781), [High Treasurer](/source/Treasurer) (''Oberkämmerer'') to the [Elector of Saxony](/source/Elector_of_Saxony), highest [Privy Councillor](/source/Privy_Councillor) and [General-War commissar](/source/War_commissar).
* Curt-Christoph von Pfuel (1907–2000), Dr.jur., Prussian [assessor](/source/Tax_assessment), member of the [Council of Europe](/source/Council_of_Europe), last [Fideikommiss](/source/Fee_tail), Lord of Jahnsfelde. Married to Blanche [Freiin](/source/Freiin) Geyr von Schweppenburg; daughter of [Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg](/source/Leo_Geyr_von_Schweppenburg). Character in [Marie Vassiltchikov](/source/Marie_Vassiltchikov)'s ''Berlin Diaries, 1940-1945''.
* Curt Wolf von Pfuel (1849–1936), royal Prussian [general of the cavalry](/source/General_of_the_Cavalry_(Germany)), [first aide-de-camp](/source/aide-de-camp) to [Wilhelm II, German Emperor](/source/Wilhelm_II%2C_German_Emperor), [Military attaché](/source/Military_attach%C3%A9) to Spain, Inspector-General of [Military education and training](/source/Military_education_and_training), Chairman of the Central Committee of the [German National Red Cross](/source/German_Red_Cross) during [World War I](/source/World_War_I).
* Emil Karl von Pfuel (1821–1894), royal Prussian lieutenant general.
* Ernst von Pfuel (1609/10–1659), Doctor of Law, [Imperial Count Palatine](/source/Imperial_Count_Palatine) of Berlin, [Advocate](/source/Advocate) at the [Kammergericht](/source/Kammergericht).
* [Ernst von Pfuel](/source/Ernst_von_Pfuel) (1779–1866), royal Prussian general of the infantry, governor of the [Canton of Neuchâtel](/source/Canton_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel), Governor of Berlin, Cologne and the Prussian sector of Paris, member of the [Prussian National Assembly](/source/Prussian_National_Assembly), [Prussian Minister of War](/source/Prussian_Minister_of_War) as well as [Prime Minister of Prussia](/source/Minister_President_of_Prussia).
* Ernst von Pfuhl (1768–1828), [Minister of State](/source/Minister_of_State) of the Kingdom of Württemberg.
* Ernst Ludwig von Pfuhl (1716−1798), royal Prussian [General of the Infantry](/source/General_of_the_Infantry_(Germany)), [Governor](/source/Governor) of [Spandau Citadel](/source/Spandau_Citadel), Inspector-General of the [Brandenburg](/source/Brandenburg) [Infantry](/source/Infantry).
* Frank (Francis) von Phul (1835–1922), captain of the [Confederate States Army](/source/Confederate_States_Army) serving as a staff officer to the generals [Lewis Henry Little](/source/Lewis_Henry_Little), [Daniel M. Frost](/source/Daniel_M._Frost), [John Bullock Clark](/source/John_Bullock_Clark) and [John S. Marmaduke](/source/John_S._Marmaduke), as well as [Aide-de-camp](/source/Aide-de-camp) of general [Braxton Bragg](/source/Braxton_Bragg).
* Franz Wilhelm von Pfuel (1733−1808), royal Prussian major general and [Commander](/source/Commander) of Danzig, later [General](/source/General) in [russia](/source/russia)n service.
* Friedrich von Pfuel (1462–1527), knight and [elector](/source/Prince-elector)al [state-captain](/source/Landeshauptmann), as well as Privy Councillor to the [Dukes of Mecklenburg](/source/List_of_Dukes_and_Grand_Dukes_of_Mecklenburg).
* Friedrich August Heinrich Leberecht von Pfuhl (died 1818), royal Wurttembergian [General of the Artillery](/source/Feldzeugmeister) (''Generalfeldzeugmeister''), [Governor](/source/Governor) of [Stuttgart](/source/Stuttgart).
* Friedrich Heino von Pfuel (1620–1661), [Rittmeister](/source/Rittmeister), service at the [royal Court](/source/Court_(royal)) of [Christina, Queen of Sweden](/source/Christina%2C_Queen_of_Sweden).
* Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Pfuel (1781–1846), royal Prussian lieutenant general, [Commanding officer](/source/Commanding_officer) of [Saarlouis](/source/Saarlouis), as well as [Commanding officer](/source/Commanding_officer) of [Spandau](/source/Spandau).
* [Friedrich von Phull](/source/Friedrich_von_Phull) (Karl August Friedrich Freiherr von Phull; 1767–1840), general of the infantry, [Commander-in-chief](/source/Commander-in-chief) of the Kingdom of Württemberg during the [French Revolutionary Wars](/source/French_Revolutionary_Wars).
[[File:KlemensKarlvonFreyberg.JPG|thumb|Ignatia Franziska von Pfuhl with her husband Klemens Karl von [Freyberg](/source/Freyberg); detail of a [fresco](/source/fresco) by Joseph Keller, church of St. Moritz (Zell), [Eisenberg, Bavaria](/source/Eisenberg%2C_Bavaria)]]
* Georg Adam von Pfuel (1618–1672), royal Prussian [General of the Cavalry](/source/General_of_the_Cavalry_(Germany)), [Governor](/source/Governor) of [Spandau Citadel](/source/Spandau_Citadel), Lord of Groß- und Klein-Buckow ([Märkische Schweiz](/source/M%C3%A4rkische_Schweiz_(Amt))).
*Georg Dietrich von Pfuhl (1723–1782), Royal Prussian Colonel, Commanding officer of the 13. Infantry Regiment, Knight of the Order of the [Pour le Mérite](/source/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite) (1762); married to Leopoldine Anne of [Anhalt-Dessau](/source/Anhalt-Dessau) (1738–1808), daughter of Prince [William Gustav of Anhalt-Dessau](/source/William_Gustav_of_Anhalt-Dessau), heir to the principality of Anhalt-Dessau and eldest son of [Leopold I.](/source/Leopold_I%2C_Prince_of_Anhalt-Dessau)
* George Ehrenreich von Pfuhl (born 1646), [Landdrost](/source/Landdrost) of the [Principality of Lippe](/source/Principality_of_Lippe), Lord of Helfta and Polleben.
* George von Phul Jones (1872–1968), American politician ([Republican Party](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))), Representative from [Philadelphia County](/source/Philadelphia_County), [Pennsylvania House of Representatives](/source/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives)
* Gustav von Pfuel (1829–1897), [Prussian Junker](/source/Prussian_Junker) and politician, member of the [Prussian House of Lords](/source/Prussian_House_of_Lords), father-in-law of [Reichskanzler](/source/Chancellor_of_Germany) [Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg](/source/Theobald_von_Bethmann_Hollweg). Senior civil servant of the [Kingdom of Hanover](/source/Kingdom_of_Hanover); from 1868–1872 [district president](/source/Regierungsbezirk) (''Kreishauptmann'') and [Chief Constable](/source/Chief_Constable) of the district of [Celle](/source/Celle); [Prefect](/source/Prefect_(France)) of the [department](/source/Departments_of_France) [Seine-Maritime](/source/Seine-Maritime) in [Rouen](/source/Rouen), as well as [Civil Commissioner](/source/Commissioner) (''Zivilkommissar'') of the departments [Aisne](/source/Aisne) and [Ardennes](/source/Ardennes_(department)) during the [Franco-Prussian War](/source/Franco-Prussian_War).
* Gustav Adolf von Pfuhl, member of the [Fruitbearing Society](/source/Fruitbearing_Society).
* Gustav Adolph von Pfuel (1632–1683), [Valet de chambre](/source/Valet_de_chambre) of [William III of England](/source/William_III_of_England); judge of Nödlitz
* Hans Emil Reinhold von Pfuel (*  1819), royal Prussian Chamberlain.
* Heino de Pule (1282–1307), hereditary [Knight](/source/Knight) and [Vogt](/source/Vogt) in service to the [Margrave](/source/Margrave)s of [Brandenburg](/source/Brandenburg).
* Heino von Pfuel, in the year 1440 electoral [Chancellor](/source/Chancellor) in service to [Frederick of Altmark](/source/Frederick_of_Altmark), [Margrave](/source/Margrave) of the Brandenburg, as well as to [Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg](/source/Frederick_II%2C_Elector_of_Brandenburg); Captain of [Oderberg](/source/Oderberg).
* Heino von Pfuel (1550–1602), electoral [Colonel](/source/Colonel) appointed by [John George, Prince-elector of Brandenburg](/source/John_George%2C_Elector_of_Brandenburg).
* Hempo Ludwig von Pfuel (1690–1770), royal Prussian Privy Councillor and [Major](/source/Major_(rank)), President of the Kriegs- u. Domänenkammer Halberstadt, Lord of Jahnsfelde.
* Henne de Pul, in the year 1337 Knight in the [retinue](/source/retinue) of [Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor](/source/Louis_IV%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor).
* Henne wan den Pule, in the year 1343 [Dengesmann Advocatus](/source/Advocate).
* Henning von Pfuhl, Privy Councillor of [Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg](/source/Joachim_II_Hector%2C_Elector_of_Brandenburg)(1505–1571) and "known as a well-deserved hero".
[[File:AJV6MAMLPTO55B8G-M-native-10795.jpg|thumb|The Steamer ''[Henry Von Phul](/source/Henry_Von_Phul_(packet))'' (1860)]]
* [Henry von Phul](/source/Henry_von_Phul) (1784–1874), American pioneer businessmen in [St. Louis](/source/St._Louis)' early history; son of Johann Wilhelm von Phull (Phul) (1739–1793), Brother of [Anna Maria von Phul](/source/Anna_Maria_von_Phul) (1786–1823), father of Frank (Francis) von Phul (1835–1922); von Phul married in 1816 Rosalie Saugrain (1797–1787), daughter of [Antoine Saugrain](/source/Antoine_Saugrain) (1763–1820)
* Heyno Dietloff von Pfuel (1652–1734), [Dike-reeve](/source/Dike-reeve) of the [Oderbruch](/source/Oderbruch).
* Hildbrandt von Pfuel, in the year 1260 mayor of [Wismar](/source/Wismar).
* Johanna Christina von Pfuel (1675–1735), great-great-grandmother of [Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden](/source/Leopold%2C_Grand_Duke_of_Baden); great-grandmother of [Louise Caroline of Hochberg](/source/Louise_Caroline_of_Hochberg), second wife of [Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden](/source/Charles_Frederick%2C_Grand_Duke_of_Baden) (see: [Kaspar Hauser](/source/Kaspar_Hauser))
* Johann Ernst von Pfuel (1640–1705), Lutheran [Doctor Theologiae](/source/Doctor_Theologiae), Prof. ''eloquentiae et poeseos'' in [Greifswald](/source/Greifswald), [Rector](/source/Rector_(academia)) of the "Fürstliche Pädagogium" [Stettin](/source/Stettin), [court chaplain](/source/court_chaplain) to the [Duke of Mecklenburg](/source/Duke_of_Mecklenburg), member of the ecclesiastical council of [Mecklenburg-Güstrow](/source/Mecklenburg-G%C3%BCstrow).
* Johann Gottlieb von Pfuel (1653–1681) Lieutenant colonel; Sohn des Adam von Pfuel (1604–1659)
* Juliane Sophie von Pfuel (1688–1749), great-grandmother of Reichskanzler [Otto von Bismarck](/source/Otto_von_Bismarck); married to Jobst Ernst von Schönfeld (1680–1725)
* Johann Wilhelm von Phull (1739-1793), Captain in general [George Washington](/source/George_Washington)'s staff, emigrated to America in 1764; father of the American artist Anna Maria von Phul (1786-1823) and Henry von Phul (1784-1974); son of Johann Phillip von Pfuel (1713-1748) and Wilhelmina Louisa von Hoff (1705-1780).
* [Karl Ludwig von Phull](/source/Karl_Ludwig_von_Phull) (1757–1826), [Prussian](/source/Kingdom_of_Prussia) general who served as chief of the [General Staff](/source/German_General_Staff) of King [Frederick William III of Prussia](/source/Frederick_William_III_of_Prussia) in the [Battle of Jena-Auerstedt](/source/Battle_of_Jena-Auerstedt). In [Russian](/source/Russian_Empire) service, Phull successfully advocated for a [scorched earth](/source/scorched_earth) policy during [Napoleon's invasion of Russia](/source/Napoleon's_invasion_of_Russia). Character in [Leo Tolstoy](/source/Leo_Tolstoy)'s novel ''[War and Peace](/source/War_and_Peace)''. 
* Kurt Bertram von Pfuel (1590–1658), [statesman](/source/politician) and [politician](/source/politician). [Valet de chambre](/source/Valet_de_chambre) to [George William, Prince-elector of Brandenburg](/source/George_William%2C_Elector_of_Brandenburg), General-[War commissar](/source/War_commissar) and highest Privy Councillor to [Frederick William I, Elector of Brandenburg](/source/Frederick_William_I%2C_Elector_of_Brandenburg) – [Duke](/source/Duke) of [Prussia](/source/Prussia).
* Ludwig von Pfuel (1718−1789), royal Prussian major general und [Hofmarschall](/source/Hofmarschall) to [Frederick William I of Prussia](/source/Frederick_William_I_of_Prussia).
* Ludwig Dietrich von Pfuhl (1669–1745), [field marshal](/source/Field_marshal_(Germany)) and commander of [Kehl](/source/Kehl) Fortress during the [War of the Polish Succession](/source/War_of_the_Polish_Succession); grandson of Adam von Pfuel (1604–1659).
[[File:MarthaVonPfuel1910.jpg|thumb|Martha von Pfuel, [Georg Kolbe](/source/Georg_Kolbe), 1910]]
* [Martha von Pfuel](/source/Martha_von_Pfuel) (1865–1914), wife of [Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg](/source/Theobald_von_Bethmann_Hollweg) (1856–1921), German politician and statesman who served as [Chancellor of the German Empire](/source/Chancellor_of_the_German_Empire) from 1909 to 1917.
* Maximilian von Pfuel (1854–1930), royal Prussian lieutenant general.
* Melchior von Pfuel (died 1548), "the [Alchemist](/source/Alchemy) and [Necromancer](/source/Necromancy)",<ref>{{Cite book|authorlink=Theodor Fontane|last=Fontane|first=Theodor|title=[Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg](/source/Wanderungen_durch_die_Mark_Brandenburg)|volume=2|page=489|publisher=Hertz|location=Berlin|year=1868|language=German}} ([https://books.google.com/books?id=dt0AAAAAcAAJ&dq=melchior+von+pfuel&pg=PA489 online])</ref> [Doctor](/source/Doctorate) of [Law](/source/Law), electoral Captain at Zossen, [Chancellor](/source/Chancellor) and Privy Councillor to the [Prince-elector](/source/Prince-elector) of Brandenburg.
* Nickel von Pfuel (died 1492), [Dr. iuris utriusque](/source/Dr._iuris_utriusque), Schloßhauptmann and Privy Councillor to the [Prince-elector](/source/Prince-elector) of Brandenburg, Knight and military commander, Vogt of Wriezen, judge at the [Kammergericht](/source/Kammergericht), owner of [Berlin](/source/Berlin) castle.
* Otto-Friedrich von Pfuel (1731–1811), royal Prussian Haupt-Ritterschaftsdirektor.
* Richard Balduin Ernst von Pfuel (1827–1900), royal Prussian legation councilor, German [Consul-General](/source/Consul_(representative)) and [Ambassador](/source/Ambassador); 1872–1876 German Consul-General in [Bucharest](/source/Bucharest), 1876–1888 Imperial Ambassador at the Swedish royal court; Lord of Gielsdorf.
* Stephanie von Pfuel, née ''Michel von Tüßling'' (born 1961), mayor of [Tüßling](/source/T%C3%BC%C3%9Fling) ([CSU](/source/Christian_Social_Union_in_Bavaria)); daughter of [Karl Freiherr Michel von Tüßling](/source/Karl_Freiherr_Michel_von_T%C3%BC%C3%9Fling), [Schutzstaffel](/source/Schutzstaffel) (SS) officer who served in the [Nazi](/source/Nazi) government of German dictator [Adolf Hitler](/source/Adolf_Hitler), in the staff of [Heinrich Himmler](/source/Heinrich_Himmler) and the [SS Main Office](/source/SS_Main_Office); ex-wife of Christian-Friedrich von Pfuel, (born 1942).
* Valtin von Pfuel (1587–1661), General-[War commissar](/source/War_commissar) to the [Prince-elector](/source/Prince-elector) of Brandenburg, as well as [High-Commissioner](/source/Commissioner) of the [Barnim](/source/Barnim).
* Werner von Pfuel (died 1482), [Hofmarschall](/source/Hofmarschall) to the princely [court](/source/Court_(royal)), later Vogt of [Küstrin](/source/K%C3%BCstrin) and [Privy Councillor](/source/Privy_Councillor) ([Geheimrat](/source/Geheimrat)) to the [Prince-elector](/source/Prince-elector) of Brandenburg, judge at the Royal Courts, Knight of the [Dominican Order](/source/Dominican_Order).
* Wolf Kurt von Pfuel (1809–1866), royal Prussian major general.
<gallery class="center">
 ADAM-VON-PFUEL.jpg|Adam von Pfuel (1604–1659)
 AlexandervonPfuel1870.jpg|Alexander von Pfuel  (1825–1898)
 Anna Maria von Phul.jpg|[Anna Maria von Phul](/source/Anna_Maria_von_Phul) (1786–1823)
 Christian FriedrichPfuel1653.jpg|Christian Friedrich von Pfuel (1653–1702)
 ChristianLudwig-VON-PFUEL1696.jpg|Christian Ludwig von Pfuel (1696–1756)
 GeneralKurtvonPfuel.jpg|Curt von Pfuel (1849–1936)
 Emilvonpfuel.JPG|Emil von Pfuhl (1821–1894)
 ErnstPfuel.jpg|[Ernst von Pfuel](/source/Ernst_von_Pfuel) (1779–1866)
 VON-PFUEL-1.jpg|Ernst Friedrich von Pfuel (1548/49–1613)
 Erstludwigpfuel.jpg|Ernst Ludwig von Pfuhl (1716−1798)
 FriedrichHeinrichLudwigvonPfuel.jpg|Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Pfuel (1781–1846)
 GeorgAdamvonPfuel.jpg|Georg Adam von Pfuhl (1618–1672)
 HEINO-VON-PFUEL.jpg|Heino von Pfuel (1550–1602)
 Henry von Phul (1784-1874).jpg|[Henry von Phul](/source/Henry_von_Phul) (1784–1874) 
 Jacob von Pfuel (född 1625), löjtnant - Nationalmuseum - 39264.tif|Jacob von Pfuel (1621–1704)
 Kflavonphull.jpg|[Karl Ludwig von Phull](/source/Karl_Ludwig_von_Phull) (1757–1826)
 Kurtbertrampfuel.jpg|Kurt Bertram von Pfuel (1590–1658)
 Maria von Pfuhl, gift Danckwardt-Lilljeström - Nationalmuseum - 39255.tif|Maria von Pfuel (1622−1697)
 Ernstludwigpfuel.jpg|Ludwig von Pfuel (1718−1789)
 VON-PFUEL-2.jpg
</gallery>

== Literature ==
* ''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels'', Adelslexikon Band X, pp.&nbsp;336f., Band 119, C. A. Starke, Limburg (Lahn) 1999, {{ISBN|3-7980-0819-1}}
* Bernhard von Gersdorff: ''Preußische Köpfe – Ernst von Pfuel''. Stappverlag, 1981, {{ISBN|3-87776-154-2}}
* Stephanie von Pfuel: ''Wenn schon, denn schon''. LangenMüller, 2007, {{ISBN|978-3-7844-3115-4}}
* Marco Schulz: ''Jahnsfelde Schlösser und Gärten der Mark''. Freundeskreis Schlösser und Gärten der Mark, Sibylle Badstübner-Gröger (Publisher). {{ISBN|978-3-941675-00-1}}

== References ==
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==External links==
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