TheLerchenfeld family is an ancientGerman noble family originating fromBavaria, whose members held significant positions within theHoly Roman Empire,Kingdom of Bavaria,Poland andRussia.

The first known member was Wernhard (Bernardus) de Lerchinfelt who was mentioned in 1070. The family obtained the title ofBaron on 22. February 1653, while the elder branch of the family got elevated to the title ofImperial Count on 20. March 1698 byLeopold I, Holy Roman Emperor with the nameLerchenfeld auf Köfering und Schönberg. Other branch of the family also obtained the title of Imperial Count on 31. March 1770 byEmperor Joseph II and started the line calledLerchenfeld-Prennberg.

• Countess Maria Walpurgis von und zu Lerchenfeld auf Köfering und Schönberg (died 1769), governess ofMarie Antoinette
• Amalie von Lerchenfeld (1808-1888), socialite and an illegitimate daughter ofDuchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
• Hugo Graf von und zu Lerchenfeld auf Köfering und Schönberg (1871–1944), German politician andPrime Minister of Bavaria
• Hugo Phillip Graf von Lerchenfeld auf Köfering und Schönberg (1848–1925), Bavarian diplomat
• Magdalena Elisabeth Vera Lydia Herta von Lerchenfeld (1913–2006), wife ofClaus von Stauffenberg
• Philipp Graf von und zu Lerchenfeld (1952–2017), German politician

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