near Nördlingen through marriage. Before that, the Stauffenbergs were owners of Wilflingen and Jettingen. Over the course of the years, further estates were added to the family's possessions, such as Schloss Greifenstein and Schloss Burggrub in Heiligenstadt near Bamberg, the Lautlingen castle near Ebingen on the southern slopes of the Schwäbische Alb, Schloss Rißtissen some twenty kilometers south of Ulm, and the Straßberg and Wildentierberg estates in Lautlingen near Albstadt. After 1918, when the constitution of the Weimar Republic abolished all noble titles in Germany and declared them to be part of the family name, the family came to have two names in order to preserve the former titles of Schenk, Graf (Count) and Freiherr (Baron) as parts of the surnames. Since the title of Schenk is considered to be of superior rank due to being a hereditary office title, it is placed before the noble title, which in turn is placed before the surname. The correct versions of the family's surnames are thus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and Schenk Freiherr von Stauffenberg respectively. Two of the family's members also served as Prince-Bishops – of Bamberg (Marquard Sebastian), and of Augsburg and Konstanz (Johann Franz) – and thus they used the title of Fürst (Prince) instead of their other noble titles. Notable family members Marquard Sebastian Schenk von Stauffenberg, Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (14 May 1644 – 9 Oct 1693) Johann Franz Schenk von Stauffenberg. Prince-Bishop of Constance (1658–1740) Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (15 Mar 1905 – 10 Aug 1944) Philippe von Stauffenberg (born 17 May 1964) Alexander Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (15 Mar 1905 – 27 Jan 1964) Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg (9 Jan 1903 – 8 Apr 1945) Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (15 Nov 1907 – 20 Jul 1944) Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg (27 Aug 1913 – 2 Apr 2006) Berthold Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (born 3 Jul 1934) Franz-Ludwig Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (born 4 May 1938) See also Master of the Stauffenberg Altarpiece References http://www.schwaben-kultur.de/pdfs/2003-3.pdf External links German families Roman Catholic families