Alvensleben is the name of a Low German aristocratic family, whose earliest known member is Wichard de Alvensleve first mentioned in 1163 as a ministerialis of the Bishopric of Halberstadt. The family name comes from Alvensleben Castle (today Bebertal, district of Börde in Saxony-Anhalt).
The agnatic line of the family begins with Gebhard von Alvensleben, mentioned in 1190–1216. The Alvenslebens were hereditary seneschals (Erbtruchsessen) of the Bishopric and Principality of Halberstadt from the 12th century and had castles as the family seat from the time of the purchase (before 1282) of the castle of Erxleben and at Kalbe Castle (1324) in the Altmark. They were occasionally also castellans (Burgherren) of Calvörde Castle in Calvörde.
The family coat of arms shows in gold two red fesses, the upper one emblazoned with two, the lower one with one silver roses. On the helmet with its red and gold mantling there is an upright, gnarled branch in red and gold, two branches to the right and one to the left, crowned with a silver rose.
Achaz Henry of Alvensleben (1716–1777), Prussian generalAlbert, Count of Alvensleben (1794–1858), Prussian minister of financeAlbert, Count of Alvensleben-Schönborn (1848–1928), member of the Prussian House of LordsAlkmar II of Alvensleben (1841–1898), lieutenant general and commandant of BreslauAlkmar of Alvensleben (1874–1946), German doctorAndrew of Alvensleben (died 1565), castellanAnna Maria of Alvensleben (1659–1724), eldest daughter of Gebhard Christopher of Alvensleben at Erxleben IArmgard of Alvensleben (1893–1970), abbess of Heiligengrabe Abbey and managing director of the German Evangelical Railway MissionBerthold I of Alvensleben, Bishop of HildesheimBusso of AlvenslebenChristian of Alvensleben (born 1941), German photographerConstantine of Alvensleben (1809–1892), Prussian generalEdward of Alvensleben (1787–1876), LandratFrederica of Alvensleben, née von Klinglin (1749–1799), actressFrederick of Alvensleben (urk. 1301–1308), last Master of the Order of the Templers in Alemannia and SlavoniaFrederick Joachim of Alvensleben (1833–1912), LandratFrederick John, Count of Alvensleben (1836–1913), ambassadorFerdinand, Count of Alvensleben (1803–1889), landowner and member of the Prussian House of LordsGebhard XIV of Alvensleben (erw. 1393–1425), castellan at Gardelegen and governor (‚‘Landeshauptmann‘‘)Gebhard XVII of Alvensleben (died 1541), governor (Landeshauptmann)Gebhard XXIII of Alvensleben (1584–1627), Governor (‚‘Landeshauptmann‘‘) Beeskow uns StorkowGebhard XXV of Alvensleben (1618–1681), statesman and historianGebhard John I of Alvensleben (1576–1631), lord of the manor and builder of an observatoryGebhard Charles Ludolf of Alvensleben (1798–1867), Prussian generalGebhard John Achaz of Alvensleben (1764–1840), landownerGebhard Nicholas of Alvensleben (1824–1909), senior master foresterGustav of Alvensleben (1803–1881), Prussian generalGustav Hermann of Alvensleben (1827–1905), Prussian generalGustav Constantine of Alvensleben (1879–1965), businessman in Vancouver, CanadaHans Bodo, Count of Alvensleben-Neugattersleben (1882–1961), landowner and President of the German Gentleman’s ClubHermann of Alvensleben (1809–1887), Prussian generalJoachim I of Alvensleben (1514–1588), scholar and reformerJohn Ernest, Count of Alvensleben (1758–1827), cathedral dean and Brunswick ministerJohn Frederick II of Alvensleben (1657–1728), Hanoverian ministerJohn Frederick Charles of Alvensleben (1714–1795), British-Hanoverian ministerJohn Frederick Charles II of Alvensleben (1778−1831), Prussian generalJohn Louis Gebhard of Alvensleben (1816–1895), lord of the manor and musicianCharles Augustus I of Alvensleben (1661–1697), privy councillor in Hanover and Canon of MagdeburgKathleen King of Alvensleben, architectKuno of Alvensleben (1588–1638), Canon of MagdeburgLudolf of Alvensleben (1844–1912), Prussian major general and lord of the manorLudolf X of Alvensleben (1511–1596), statesmanLudolf Augustus Frederick of Alvensleben (1743–1822), royal Prussian major general, commandant of Glaz Fortress and Inspector of the Silesian ArmyLudolf-Hermann of Alvensleben (1901–1970), Nazi Reichstag MP and lieutenant general in the Waffen SSLudolf Udo of Alvensleben (1852–1923), county deputy and Prussian politicianLouis Charles Alexander of Alvensleben (1778–1842), Prussian officer and literary figure in Theodor Fontane’s novel Schach von WuthenowLouis of Alvensleben (1805–1869), landowner and member of the Prussian House of LordsLouis of Alvensleben (playwright) (1800–1868), German playwrightMargarethe of Alvensleben (1840–1899), abbess of Heiligengrabe AbbeyOscar of Alvensleben (1831–1903), German landscape artistPhillip Charles, Count of Alvensleben (1745–1802), Prussian state and cabinet ministerProfessor Reimar von Alvensleben (born 1940), agrarian economistRudolf Anthony of Alvensleben (1688–1737), Hanoverian ministerUdo Gebhard Ferdinand of Alvensleben (1814–1879), landowner and member of the Prussian House of LordsUdo III of Alvensleben (1823–1910), landowner and authorUdo von Alvensleben-Wittenmoor (1897–1962), German art historianSophia of Alvensleben (1516–1590), abbess of Althaldensleben AbbeyValentine of Alvensleben (1529–1594), castellan at Gardelegen and ErxlebenWerner II of Alvensleben (erw. 1428–1472), castellan at Gardelegen, Electoral Brandenburg concillor and court marshal (Oberhofmarschall)Werner VIII of Alvensleben (1802–1877), Prussian generalWerner, Count of Alvensleben-Neugattersleben (1840–1929), landowner and businessmanWerner von Alvensleben (1875–1947), merchant and politicianWichard von Alvensleben (1902–1982), farmer and forester, officerWichard von Alvensleben (Go-Spieler) (1937–2016), lawyer, Go player
