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     Olga Helena Gräfin von Benckendorff was born on 11 October 1857 at Stuttgart, Baden-Württemburg, Germany. She was the daughter of Konstantine Graf von Benckendorff and Johanne Prinzessin von Croÿ. She died on 26 January 1926 at age 68 at Rome, Italy^G.

     Evelyn Annie Dixon was the daughter of Rt. Hon. Sir Daniel Dixon, 1st Bt. and Annie Shaw.^1,2 She married Captain Herbert Bernard Ward, son of Lt.-Gen. Hon. Bernard Matthew Ward and Laura Maberly, on 16 April 1918.¹ She died on 26 November 1925.¹
     From 16 April 1918, her married name became Ward.¹

     Countess Maria Caroline Lichnowsky was born on 6 September 1861. She was the daughter of Prince Carl Lichnowsky and Marie Prinzessin von Croÿ. She married Wilhelm Graf von Redern on 26 September 1886. She died on 3 December 1933 at age 72.
     Her married name became von Redern.

     Wilhelm Graf von Redern was born on 19 February 1842. He married Countess Maria Caroline Lichnowsky, daughter of Prince Carl Lichnowsky and Marie Prinzessin von Croÿ, on 26 September 1886. He died on 1 December 1909 at age 67.

     Wilhelm Heinrich Victor Herbert Graf von Redern was born on 13 February 1888. He was the son of Wilhelm Graf von Redern and Countess Maria Caroline Lichnowsky. He died on 14 December 1914 at age 26 at Ypres, Belgium^G, killed in action.
     He fought in the First World War.

     Viktoria Maria Gräfin von Redern was born on 12 March 1889 at Berlin, Germany^G.¹ She was the daughter of Wilhelm Graf von Redern and Countess Maria Caroline Lichnowsky. She married Ernst Georg Hermann Robert Manderup Prinz zu Lynar, son of Alexander Ernst Manderup 4th Prinz zu Lynar and May Amelia Parsons, on 29 November 1917. She died in 1981 at Donaueschingen, Germany^G.

     Ernst Georg Hermann Robert Manderup Prinz zu Lynar was born on 31 March 1875 at Rome, Italy^G. He was the son of Alexander Ernst Manderup 4th Prinz zu Lynar and May Amelia Parsons.² He married Viktoria Maria Gräfin von Redern, daughter of Wilhelm Graf von Redern and Countess Maria Caroline Lichnowsky, on 29 November 1917. He died on 4 February 1934 at age 58 at Berlin, Germany^G.¹

     Ernst Wilhem Prinz zu Lynar was born on 25 July 1924. He was the son of Ernst Georg Hermann Robert Manderup Prinz zu Lynar and Viktoria Maria Gräfin von Redern. He married Ingrid Bretzke on 10 February 1956. He died on 2 May 2005 at age 80.²
     He gained the title of Prinz zu Lynar.

     Ingrid Bretzke was born on 20 November 1924 at Stettin, Germany^G. She married Ernst Wilhem Prinz zu Lynar, son of Ernst Georg Hermann Robert Manderup Prinz zu Lynar and Viktoria Maria Gräfin von Redern, on 10 February 1956.

     Beatrice Gräfin zu Lynar was born on 22 June 1958. She is the daughter of Ernst Wilhem Prinz zu Lynar and Ingrid Bretzke.
     She gained the title of Gräfin zu Lynar.