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von Kantzow is the name of a noble family from the German part of Pommern, and is sometimes listed without the leading von. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. In German, von is a Preposition which approximately means of or from. This family gained noble status in Sweden in 1812, was declared to be of baron status in 1821, and was introduced in Sweden's House of Knights in 1822 as family no. 376. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Baron is a specific Title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin (liber The Swedish House of Lords (Riddarhuset means either the corporation of the Swedish nobility or the palace of the nobility. This is a complete list of Swedish Noble Families introduced at the Riddarhuset.
Notable members of this family:
- Carin von Kantzow, who gained membership in the family through marriage, and later re-married to Hermann Göring. Carin Göring ( 21 October 1888 – 17 October 1931) was the first wife of Hermann Hermann Wilhelm Göring (also spelled Goering) (12 January 1893 15 October 1946 was a German Politician, Military leader and a leading member
- Nils Kantzow, member of the 1908 Swedish gymnastics Olympics team. Sweden competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.
- Hans von Kantzow, swedish mountain engineer and industry man who invented the alloy Kanthal. Hans von Kantzow, born in 1887-06-09 at Alkvetterns herrgård Bjurtjärns församling Storfors municipalty dead 1979 in Hallstahammar ? mountain engineer and industry man Kanthal is an Alloy of mainly Iron and Chromium (20–30 % Aluminium (4–75 %
- Sydney H de Kantzow, one the two founders of Cathay Pacific Airways. Cathay Pacific Airways Limited () is the largest Airline and Flag carrier of Hong Kong.
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