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 general
Albert, Count of Alvensleben (1794–1858), Prussian minister of finance
Albert, Count of Alvensleben-Schönborn (1848–1928), member of the Prussian House of Lords
Alkmar II of Alvensleben (1841–1898), lieutenant general and commandant of Breslau
Alkmar of Alvensleben (1874–1946), German doctor
Andrew of Alvensleben (died 1565), castellan
Anna Maria of Alvensleben (1659–1724), eldest daughter of Gebhard Christopher of Alvensleben at Erxleben I
Armgard of Alvensleben (1893–1970), abbess of Heiligengrabe Abbey and managing director of the German Evangelical Railway Mission
Berthold I of Alvensleben, Bishop of Hildesheim
Busso of Alvensleben
Christian of Alvensleben (born 1941), German photographer
Constantine of Alvensleben (1809–1892), Prussian general
Edward of Alvensleben (1787–1876), Landrat
Frederica of Alvensleben, née von Klinglin (1749–1799), actress
Frederick of Alvensleben (urk. 1301–1308), last Master of the Order of the Templers in Alemannia and Slavonia
Frederick Joachim of Alvensleben (1833–1912), Landrat
Frederick John, Count of Alvensleben (1836–1913), ambassador
Ferdinand, Count of Alvensleben (1803–1889), landowner and member of the Prussian House of Lords
Gebhard 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 Storkow
Gebhard XXV of Alvensleben (1618–1681), statesman and historian
Gebhard John I of Alvensleben (1576–1631), lord of the manor and builder of an observatory
Gebhard Charles Ludolf of Alvensleben (1798–1867), Prussian general
Gebhard John Achaz of Alvensleben (1764–1840), landowner
Gebhard Nicholas of Alvensleben (1824–1909), senior master forester
Gustav of Alvensleben (1803–1881), Prussian general
Gustav Hermann of Alvensleben (1827–1905), Prussian general
Gustav Constantine of Alvensleben (1879–1965), businessman in Vancouver, Canada
Hans Bodo, Count of Alvensleben-Neugattersleben (1882–1961), landowner and President of the German Gentleman’s Club
Hermann of Alvensleben (1809–1887), Prussian general
Joachim I of Alvensleben (1514–1588), scholar and reformer
John Ernest, Count of Alvensleben (1758–1827), cathedral dean and Brunswick minister
John Frederick II of Alvensleben (1657–1728), Hanoverian minister
John Frederick Charles of Alvensleben (1714–1795), British-Hanoverian minister
John Frederick Charles II of Alvensleben (1778−1831), Prussian general
John Louis Gebhard of Alvensleben (1816–1895), lord of the manor and musician
Charles Augustus I of Alvensleben (1661–1697), privy councillor in Hanover and Canon of Magdeburg
Kathleen King of Alvensleben, architect
Kuno of Alvensleben (1588–1638), Canon of Magdeburg
Ludolf of Alvensleben (1844–1912), Prussian major general and lord of the manor
Ludolf X of Alvensleben (1511–1596), statesman
Ludolf Augustus Frederick of Alvensleben (1743–1822), royal Prussian major general, commandant of Glaz Fortress and Inspector of the Silesian Army
Ludolf-Hermann of Alvensleben (1901–1970), Nazi Reichstag MP and lieutenant general in the Waffen SS
Ludolf Udo of Alvensleben (1852–1923), county deputy and Prussian politician
Louis Charles Alexander of Alvensleben (1778–1842), Prussian officer and literary figure in Theodor Fontane’s novel Schach von Wuthenow
Louis of Alvensleben (1805–1869), landowner and member of the Prussian House of Lords
Louis of Alvensleben (playwright) (1800–1868), German playwright
Margarethe of Alvensleben (1840–1899), abbess of Heiligengrabe Abbey
Oscar of Alvensleben (1831–1903), German landscape artist
Phillip Charles, Count of Alvensleben (1745–1802), Prussian state and cabinet minister
Professor Reimar von Alvensleben (born 1940), agrarian economist
Rudolf Anthony of Alvensleben (1688–1737), Hanoverian minister
Udo Gebhard Ferdinand of Alvensleben (1814–1879), landowner and member of the Prussian House of Lords
Udo III of Alvensleben (1823–1910), landowner and author
Udo von Alvensleben-Wittenmoor (1897–1962), German art historian
Sophia of Alvensleben (1516–1590), abbess of Althaldensleben Abbey
Valentine of Alvensleben (1529–1594), castellan at Gardelegen and Erxleben
Werner II of Alvensleben (erw. 1428–1472), castellan at Gardelegen, Electoral Brandenburg concillor and court marshal (Oberhofmarschall)
Werner VIII of Alvensleben (1802–1877), Prussian general
Werner, Count of Alvensleben-Neugattersleben (1840–1929), landowner and businessman
Werner von Alvensleben (1875–1947), merchant and politician
Wichard von Alvensleben (1902–1982), farmer and forester, officer
Wichard von Alvensleben (Go-Spieler) (1937–2016), lawyer, Go player
