Kotzebue (noble family)

Early known members of the family include Henning Kossebu, a diplomat in Stendal in the Altmark, and Arnd Cassebu, a councillor in Salzwedel.

His son Johann (1591–1629) was a Lutheran theologian, rector in Quedlinburg and minister in St. Jakob's church de in Magdeburg.

August von Kotzebue worked as a consul general in Russia and Germany, and almost all his descendants entered Russian service.

August von Kotzebue married three times and had a total of 18 children, of whom 1 son and 3 daughters died during childhood.

Crest: over the crown a white-bearded monk standing in a brown robe, holding a scourge in his raised right hand.

Coat of arms of the untitled Kotzebue family of 1786, in the Baltic Coat of arms book by Carl Arvid von Klingspor in 1882. [ 1 ]
Coat of arms of the comital Kotzebue family of 1876, in the Baltic Coat of arms book by Carl Arvid von Klingspor in 1882. [ 1 ]
The grave of August von Kotzebue as of 2006
A plaque commemorates August von Kotzebue's residence in Mannheim