ʃˈuːlənbˌɜːɡ dɪdnˌɑːt hæv tʃˈɪldɹən ænd, ðˌoʊ hiː wˈɪld hɪz kəlˈɛkʃən ˈɛn blˈɑːk tə hɪz nˈɛfjuː kˈaʊnt ˈædɑːlf fɹˈiːdɹɪtʃ vˈɑːn dˈɛɹ ʃˈuːlənbˌɜːɡbˈiːtsəndˌoːɹf wɪððə stˌɪpjʊlˈeɪʃən ðæt ðeɪ biː kˈɛpt təɡˈɛðɚ, ɪnðə pˈæleɪ ʃˈuːlənbˌɜːɡ ɪn bɜːlˈɪn, hɪz wɪl wʌz nˌɑːt ˈɑːnɚd, ænd ˈæftɚ hɪz dˈɛθ hɪz kəlˈɛkʃən wʌz dɪspˈɜːst.
Schulenburg did not have children and, though he willed his collection en bloc to his nephew Count Adolf Friedrich von der Schulenburg-Beetzendorf with the stipulation that they be kept together, in the Palais Schulenburg in Berlin, his will was not honoured, and after his death his collection was dispersed.