Carl-Alexander von Volborth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Carl-Alexander von Volborth

German heraldic artist (1909-2009)

Date of Birth: 21-Feb-1919

Place of Birth: Berlin

Date of Death: 25-Feb-2009

Profession: artist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Carl-Alexander von Volborth (February 21, 1919, Berlin - February 25, 2009, Antwerp) was a German-born American heraldic artist and heraldist. Born in Berlin-Charlottenburg, von Volborth received the Gustaf von Numers Prize 1984 in the XVIth International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences in Helsinki.
He was a member of HEROLD, Verein für Heraldik, Genealogie und verwandte Wissenschaften zu Berlin e.
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from 1990 and a member of Académie Internationale d'Héraldique.[1] Von Volborth lived and worked in the United States (Cincinnati, Ohio) during the 1950s and 1960s.
He was a teacher at the Cincinnati art school.
Von Volborth married twice; firstly, in 1942, to Rose Ottilie (née Duvernoy, from whom he was divorced in the 1960s or 1970s, having had two sons) and a Belgian diplomat, Dr Diana Danys. Von Volborth was admitted to the Johanniterorden ("Order of Saint John") in 1977.
Four years later, he received the accolade as a Knight of Justice (Rechtsritter) in the Order.
In 1962, Von Volborth illustrated and published a roll of arms of the knights of the Order living in North America.