Claus von Stauffenberg

Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
Claus von Stauffenberg
Birth name	Claus Philipp Maria Schenk
Born	(1907-11-15)15 November 1907 Jettingen, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died	21 July 1944(1944-07-21) (aged 36) Berlin, Free State of Prussia, Nazi Germany 52°30′28″N 13°21′44″E / 52.507892°N 13.36219°E / 52.507892; 13.36219 (Execution Site of Nazi Germany Resistance)
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (1930–1933)  Nazi Germany (1933–1943) German resistance (1943–1944)
Service/branch	Wehrmacht
Years of service	1930–1944
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Tunisia Campaign
Awards	Wound Badge on 14 April 1943 (in gold) German Cross on 8 May 1943 (in Gold)
Spouse(s)	Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg (1933–1944; his death)
Relations	Parents Alfred Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg Caroline Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg Children Gm Berthold Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg Heimeran Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg Franz-Ludwig Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg Valerie Ida Huberta Karoline Anna Maria Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg Konstanze Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg

World War II

Claus Philipp Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (15 November 1907 – 21 July 1944) was a German army officer and member of the German nobility who was one of the leading members of the failed 20 July plot of 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler and remove the Nazi Party from power. Along with Henning von Tresckow and Hans Oster, he was one of the central figures of the German Resistance movement within the Wehrmacht. For his involvement in the movement, he was executed by firing squad shortly after the failed attempt known as Operation Valkyrie.

Stauffenberg's full name was Claus Philipp Maria Justinian, followed by the noble title of "Count of Stauffenberg". He was born in the Stauffenberg castle of Jettingen between Ulm and Augsburg, in the eastern part of Swabia, at that time in the Kingdom of Bavaria, part of the German Empire. He was the third of four sons including the twins Berthold and Alexander and his own twin brother Konrad Maria, who died in Jettingen one day after birth on 16 November 1907. His father was Alfred Klemens Philipp Friedrich Justinian, the last Oberhofmarschall of the Kingdom of Württemberg. His mother was Caroline Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, née Gräfin von Üxküll-Gyllenband, the daughter of Alfred Richard August Graf von Üxküll-Gyllenband and Valerie Gräfin von Hohenthal.