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{{Expand Russian|Тотлебен|date=May 2011}}
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{{Infobox surname
|name           = Tottleben and Totleben, {{langx|ru|Тоттле́бен, Тотле́бен}}
|image          = Totleben_COA.png
|image_size     = 150px
|caption        = Coat of arms of Totleben family
|pronunciation=
|meaning        = from Tottleben
|region         = [[Tottleben]], [[Thuringia]]
|languageorigin = [[Middle German]]{{cn |reason=That's part of High German and only refers to the region. Why not Old/Middle High German, as it's made up of 2 words belonging to very old forms of German? Source? |date= April 2025}}
|variant        = von Tottleben, von Totleben
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The '''Totleben''' (initially '''Tottleben''') '''family''' is a [[Baltic nobility|German-Baltic noble family]] with its origins at [[Gera]],{{dubious |Possible, but counterintuitive. Gera, not Tottleben? Source? |date= April 2025}}{{cn |date= April 2025}} [[Thuringia]], [[Germany]]. Members of the family occupied important positions in the [[Duchy of Courland and Semigallia|Duchy of Courland]] and later throughout the [[Russian Empire]]. On 9 October 1879 they were granted the title of [[Count]] in Russia.

== Notable members ==
* Count [[Gottlob Heinrich Curt von Tottleben|Gottlob Curt Heinrich von Tottleben]], ''Lord at [[Tottleben]], [[Iłowa|Zeippau]], and [[Jankowa Żagańska|Hansdorf]] in the [[Duchy of Żagań |Duchy of Sagan]]'' (<small>{{langx|de|Gottlob Heinrich Graf von Tottleben, Herr auf Tottleben, Zeippau und Hansdorf im Saganschen}}</small>; 1715, Tottleben – 1773), [[Saxony]]-born Russian general
* Count [[Eduard Totleben]] ({{langx|ru|Эдуа́рд Ива́нович Тотле́бен}}; 1818, Jelgava – 1884, Bad Soden), [[Russia]]n general
* [[John Totleben]] (born 1958, Erie, Pennsylvania), [[United States|American]] illustrator

== See also ==
* [[Totleben, Bulgaria|Totleben]] ({{langx|bg|Тотлебен}}), a village in [[Pleven Province]], [[Bulgaria]], named after Eduard Totleben

{{surname|Totleben, [[von Totleben]]}}
[[Category:German-language surnames]]
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[[Category:Thuringian nobility]]
[[Category:Saxon nobility]]
[[Category:Silesian nobility]]
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