Origin

The von Brühl family came from Gangloffsömmern in Thuringia. When Heinrich von Brühl was born in Weissenfels on 13 August 1700, this part of the country belonged to the Principality of Saxony-Weissenfels. Brühl's father Hans Moritz was Privy Councillor and Lord Chamberlain to the Duke of Weissenfels. Heinrich von Brühl became a page in Weissenfels in 1713, and moved to the Dresden court as a silver page in 1719.