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Prince Bernhard von Bülow
(1849-1929) After first rising to the rank of State Secretary in 1897, von Bulow was appointed Chancellor by Kaiser Wilhelm II on 16-Oct-1900. He replaced the aging and ailing Prince Chodwig zu Hohenlohe. A politician by nature, he often manipulated the Emperor to further his own position. He was made a Prince of the German Empire as a result of his involvement in the Morocco Crisis of 1905. His career was a casualty of his own ambition and he was forced to resign from office as a result of the Daily Telegraph affair on 26-Jun-1909.

Bernhard Fürst von Bülow gives a discussion of German history. Listen

Brigitte Graefin von Bülow
Brigitte Graefin von Bülow, Australian, is a direct descendant of the German *von Bulow* side of the family. Having been educated at International Schools,Lyceum and University, including Bombay and Switzerland, she speaks 5 languages fluently and has a PhD in Psychology (Neuro) and Buddhism. She had for many years classical piano lessons, ballet, spokefrench from a young age and always wanted to explore the universe.
She is a devout Tibetan Buddhist and carries the Buddhist name Tenzin Lhamo, given to her by the Ven. Monks of the Dharamsala Monastery (Dalai Lama).
Her love for art has expressed itself in different ways: she composes classical piano music and lives with and through music (inherited from her Von Bulow forefathers), paints and writes poetry, (one of the poems was in the finals of an International Poetry Competition and has been published in a book) and is a member of several major Art Institutions.
Ofcourse she would not be a true blue blood von Bulow if her other great interest would not be the Diplomatic world and all that has to do with finding peaceful and intelligent solutions for whatever the situation calls for: she belongs to numerous organizations, Enviromental-Peace-WorldBank-FreeTibet-Buddhist. etc and is an active participant in every one of them. She is a Mensa member since 1983.
Some of the VIP positions she held were with Ansett Airlines in Australia and with the Deutsches Haus at the Olympics in 2000 in Sydney. She has a son, Paul, is married to an American and currently lives in Miami/Fl..

Vicco von Bülow
1923-11-12 ,Brandenburg Vicco von Bulow is considered to be the one of the greatest German humorists and is among the most popular personalities of German theatre and television. As the son of an army officer turned police officer. After his graduation, he joined the army, and fought in World War II as an officer. After the War, he eventually ended up studying at the Academy of Art in Hamburg. He then became a cartoonist, starting in Die Strasse. His 'Auf der Hund Gekommen' cartoon panels premiered in the Stern daily. In these panels, Loriot parodied the relations between humans and dogs. He became immortal as "Loriot" in cartoons, sketches and theatre plays. He has got his greatest acknowledgement as caricaturist, writer and director. His work is remembered and awarded with media's highest awards and honors in his country.

Wilfried von Bülow
Wilfried von Bulow was born on May 20, 1937 in Wesslienen, East Prussia, Germany. He graduated from WOJH in Harburg, Germany. He and his wife Elisabeth have two children, Vicco and Isabelle.Wilfried was elected Chairman of the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) in 2000 and assumed office in January 2001. He is a founding member of AIIS. Wilfried has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Ferrostaal Incorporated in New York since 1998. Ferrostaal Incorporated is a leading company involved in the import and export of steel and steel products, machinery and equipment, as well as engineering and logistical services. Wilfried joined the Ferrostaal Group of companies in 1962 and has served in a variety of executive positions in the company in Latin America and the United States. From 1981 to 1988 he was Executive Vice President of Ferrostaal Metals Corporation in San Francisco, California. He held the position of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Ferrostaal Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina from 1975 to1981. From 1969 to 1975, he was Managing Director of Ferrostaal Chile S.A., Santiago de Chile. His first Latin American appointment for Ferrostaal was as Manager of the Industrial Plant Division with Ferrostaal de Colombia in Bogota.

General Friedrich Wihelm von Bülow " lucky Bülow"
(1755-1816) Despite joining the army at the age of 13, Friederich von Bulow was a talented musician who loved the arts. He became an officer in 1772 and served in the early campaigns against Revolutionary France. Rocked by the loss of his family, he put aside his grief and joined in the battle against Napoleon Bonaparte in 1806. Wellington said that it would not be fair if he did not credit the victory at Waterloo to the timely assistance he had received from Blucher and his Prussians... and he went on to say that "the action of General von Bulow on Napoleon's right flank was MOST DECISIVE." (Wellington to Bathurst, June 19, 1815)

Another leading figure in the reconstruction of the Prussian army, von Bulow put the reforms to the test in 1813 and won the clashes at Luckau, Grossbeeren and Dennewitz. Extremely popular with his men, von Bulow led them through the carnage at Leipzig. During the 100 Days' Campaign it was von Bulow's IV Corps that arrived on the French right flank at Waterloo and sealed victory for the Allies. Returning home, he died in 1816. The Crests

Freiherr Hans Von Bülow
(1830-1894), German composer, celebrated pianist, and the first virtuoso conductor. Born in Dresden, Bülow studied law in Leipzig and Berlin, but turned to a musical career. After studying music with the German composer Richard Wagner and piano with the Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt, he became an outstanding concert pianist. In 1857 he married Liszt's daughter Cosima. She left Bülow in 1869 and became the wife of Richard Wagner. In 1864 Bülow became conductor of the royal opera in Munich, where he conducted the first performance of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde (1865).

"If anyone doesn't care for the way things are in Germany," the Kaiser was moved to declare one day, "let him shake the dust from his shoes."

At the end of von Bulow's final concert in Berlin, he laid down his baton, drew a hankerchief from his pocket, elaborately dusted his shoes - and promptly left for Egypt. Hans von Bulow detested two members of an orchestra named Schultz and Schmidt. One day, he was informed that Schmidt had died. Von Bulow's reply: "Und Schultz?"
He Died Meistersinger (1868). From 1880 to 1885 he was conductor at the court ducal at Meiningen; his orchestra became one of the finest in Europe. The Grave

Cosima von Bülow
(1857-68) Cosima von Bülow, wife of the composer Richard Wagner and director of the Bayreuth Festivals from his death in 1883 to 1908. Cosima was the illegitimate daughter of the composer-pianist Franz Liszt and the countess Marie d'Agoult, who also bore Liszt two other children. Liszt later legitimatized their births; he also provided generously for their education and, in the case of his daughters, their dowries. With her sister, Blandine, Cosima was educated in Paris by the governess of her father's mistress, Princess Wittgenstein, and then at the house of the mother of Hans von Bülow in Berlin. In 1857 she married Hans von Bülow, one of the outstanding conductors of his time and a favourite pupil of Liszt; but, though she encouraged him in his work and remained devoted to him throughout her life, their marriage proved unsatisfactory. She bore him two daughters; the two daughters subsequently born to Cosima--Isolde (1865) and Eva (1867)--were Richard Wagner's children. In 1868, Cosima with her four daughters left von Bülow and went to live with Wagner in Triebschen; they were finally married in 1870. In ! that year, too, Wagner composed the Siegfried Idylle to commemorate the birth of their son, Siegfried (1869-1930). With the passing of Wagner (1883), she took upon herself the management of the Bayreuth Festivals, of which she was art director until 1908, when her son took over. To this self-imposed task she applied her characteristic energies and her continued devotion to Wagner's works. She was the moving force behind the festival plays in both commercial and social matters, influencing the selection of repertory, artists, and style of presentation. She died in Bayreuth in total blindness.

Otto von Bülow
Korvettenkapitän (Crew 1930) Sank 15 ships for a total of 72.570 tons 2 ships damaged for a total of 16.689 tons. Born 16 Oct, 1911 Wilhelmshaven Ranks 9 Jan, 1930 Seekadett 1 Jan, 1932 Fähnrich zur See 1 Apr, 1934 Oberfähnrich zur See 1 Jan, 1935 Leutnant zur See 1 Jun, 1936 Oberleutnant zur See 1 Jun, 1939 Kapitänleutnant 1 Jun, 1943 Korvettenkapitän Decorations 6 Apr, 1942 Iron Cross 1st Class 20 Oct, 1942 Knights Cross 26 Apr, 1943 Knights Cross with Oak Leaves U-boat Commands: U-3 11 Nov, 1940 2 Jul, 1941 U-404 6 Aug, 1941 19 Jul, 1943 U-2545 29 Mar, 1945 18 Apr, 1945 For the first ten years of his naval career, Otto von Bülow served on the large warships Deutschland and Schleswig-Holstein, and in several navy anti-aircraft units. In April 1940 he joined the U-boat arm and seven months later took command of the school boat U-3 in the 21st Flotilla. After the usual Baubelehrung, in August 1941 Bülow commissioned U-404 at Danzig. In January 1942 the boat left Kiel on her first war patrol. In the course of the next five patrols Bülow sank 14 ships, including the British destroyer HMS Veteran (1,120 tons). His attack on 25 April, 1943 against the British aircraft carrier HMS Biter with two FAT and two G7e torpedoes was not successful, as all the torpedoes detonated some distance away from the British warship. Bülow left the boat after this patrol. In September 1943, Korvkpt. Bülow founded the 23rd Flotilla in Danzig, where future U-boat commanders got their first training. When he commissioned U-2545 in the spring of 1945 he was one of the highly decorated U-boat commanders (including Schnee, Cremer, Emmermann, Witt and Topp), who took command of the new Electro U-boats (Type XXI and the smaller Type XXIII) in an attempt to turn the tide in the battle of the Atlantic. In last weeks of war Bülow commanded the Marinesturmbataillon I (Naval Assault Battalion I). After the war he spent three months in British captivity. In July 1956 he joined the newly formed German navy (Bundesmarine). In 1960 at Charleston, South Carolina he commissioned the destroyer Z-6, the former US destroyer USS Charles Ausburne. In March 1963 he became commander of the 3. Zerstörer- geschwader (3rd Destroyer Squadron). Before he retired in 1970, he spent his last five years as Kapitän zur See and garrison chief of Hamburg.

Karl von Bülow
Karl von Bülow was born on 24th April 1846. He was a veteran Prussian officer and served in the Austro-Prussian War (1866) and the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71). On the outbreak of the First World War he was placed in command of the German Second Army that invaded Belgium. He was later criticized for failing to exploit early victories against the retreating French Army. He remained in control of the German Army on the Western Front and was promoted to field marshal in January 1915. After a heart-attack in March 1915, he returned to Germany and retired from the army in 1916. Karl von Bülow died in Berlin on 31st August 1921. The Grave

William J. Bulow
South Dakota Governor, US Senator. Served as South Dakota's first Democratic Governor, serving from 1924 to 1931. Elected as a Senator from South Dakota to the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1931 to 1943. He grew up and was educated in Clermont County, Ohio, and graduated with a degree of law from the University of Michigan in 1893. During that same year, he came to South Dakota when the state was only four years old. He first lived in Sioux Falls and worked for Joe Kirby's office. He then came to Beresford via horse and carriage to set up his own law office. He helped to develop the town of Beresford, where he served twenty-five years as city attorney and served as mayor in 1912. His house was later registered as a historic landmark. During Beresford's seventy-fifth jubilee in 1959, the city park was dedicated as "Bulow Park."