Cramm

According to a source from 1774, the family came to the area of the bishopric of Hildesheim around 815 with the Carolingian Emperor Louis I and was granted estates there by him.{{Cite book|last=Krohne|first=Johann Wilhelm Franz von|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e-FDAAAAcAAJ&dq=cramm+ludovico+pio&pg=PA159|title=Allgemeines Teutsches Adels-Lexicon: Darinn von d. alten u. neuen Gräfl.-Freyherrl.- u. Adelichen Familien ... gehandelt wird|date=1774|publisher=Fuchs|language=de}} However, the family is first verifiably documented in 1150 with Dietrich von Cramme. The Cramms were a wealthy knightly family and respected feudatories of the ecclesiastical and secular rulers of the region. From a very early start in their history, the family held high positions at their respective courts. From 1250 on they were the hereditary chamberlains of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg and from 1294 to 1589 the hereditary cup-bearers of the Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim. In later centuries family members served the House of Welf as generals, chamberlains and ministers. They held the title of Freiherr (Baron) and owned multiple estates of which the castles of Bodenburg, Brüggen and Oelber are still in their possession.

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• Armgard von Cramm (1883–1971), Mother of Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld and grandmother of Beatrix of the Netherlands
• Asche von Cramm (also Aschwin IV., Ascanius, Assa von Cramm; approx. 1480–1528), famous warrior and military leader of the Reformation period,{{Cite web|title=Geschichte der Johanniter-Comthureien Nemerow und Gardow|url=http://mvdok.lbmv.de/mjbrenderer?id=mvdok_document_00000584|access-date=2022-02-17|website=mvdok.lbmv.de}} field marshal to Prince-elector John of Saxony and friend of Martin Luther. At his suggestion, Luther wrote "Ob Kriegsleute auch in seligem Stande sein können" (Whether Soldiers, Too, Can Be Saved{{Cite web|title=Martin Luther's 'Whether Soldiers, Too, Can Be Saved' {{!}} Cram|url=https://www.cram.com/essay/Argumentative-Essay-On-Soldiers-Can-Be-Saved/PKMBTBH9C55W|access-date=2021-12-09|website=www.cram.com}}), which appeared in 1526. He gained special fame for his bravery in battle, but also for his good nature and piety.{{Cite book|last=im Auftr. der Braunschweigischen Landschaft e.V. hrsg. von Horst-Rüdiger Jarck|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/180960283|title=Braunschweigisches biographisches Lexikon [...] 8. bis 18. Jahrhundert|date=2006|isbn=978-3-937664-46-0|location=Braunschweig|oclc=180960283}}
• Aschwin von Sierstorpff-Cramm (1846-1909), Hereditary chamberlain of the Duke of Brunswick. Later he served as Master of the Horse for the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and received the title of Pasha.
• Gottfried von Cramm (1909–1976), German tennis champion who won the French Open twice and reached the final of a Grand Slam in five other occasions. He was ranked number 2 in the world in 1934 and 1936, and number 1 in the world in 1937. His refusal to work with the Nazi regime got him briefly jailed in 1938.
• Helga von Cramm (1840–1919), German and Swiss painter, illustrator and graphic artist.
• Ludolf von Cramme (documented in 1246), first hereditary chamberlain of the Duchy of Brunswick{{Cite book |title=Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der adeligen Häuser |publisher=C. A. Starke Verlag |year=1974 |edition=58 |pages=365 |language=de}}

File:Cramm, Klara mit ihren Töchtern.jpg|Klara von Cramm (⚭ Johann VIII von der Asseburg) with her daughters, 16th century

File:39vc australia 37-best.jpg|Gottfried von Cramm during the Australian Championships 1937

File:Inhuldiging in de Nieuwe Kerk, Bestanddeelnr 930-9428.jpg|Armgard von Cramm (2nd from the left) together with her daughter-in-law Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, her son Prince Bernhard and her great-grandson Prince Willem-Alexander.

File:Cramm-burghard-christian-friedrich-adolf-in-neuer-theater-almanach-jg25-1914-vor-s01.jpg|Burghard von Cramm (1837-1913), privy councilor and envoy to the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

File:Burg Teichstraße Bodenburg Bad Salzdetfurth 08.jpg|Bodenburg Castle

File:Schloss Brüggen.jpg|Brüggen Castle

File:Aerial image of Schloss Oelber (view from the south).jpg|Oelber Castle, ancestral seat of the family since 1296

{{reflist}}

• [https://zdb-katalog.de/list.xhtml?t=iss%3D%220435-2408%22&key=cql&asc=false Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon Band II, Band 58 der Gesamtreihe, C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1974, ISSN 0435-2408]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=e-FDAAAAcAAJ&dq=cramm+ludovico+pio&pg=PA159 Allgemeines Teutsches Adels-Lexicon: Darinn von d. alten u. neuen Gräfl.-Freyherrl.- u. Adelichen Familien ... gehandelt wird. Fuchs, 1774]
• [https://openlibrary.org/books/OL607802M/The_Cram_sourcebook The Cram Sourcebook 1996 Michael A. Cram] ISBN 9780788404580
• [https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25769818M/ Personal history,incidents, etc., relating to the family Von Cramm 1870 Daniel Houston Cram]

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