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<blockquote data-quote="William Faulkner" data-source="post: 1549004" data-attributes="member: 19963"><p>Adolph was actually against vaccination from what I understand. We should probably familiarize ourselves with Ursula. I have a feeling we will be hearing from her often over the course of the decade, well those of us that aren't culled at least. </p><p></p><p>Von der Leyen's father's grandparents were the cotton merchant <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Albrecht_(businessman)" target="_blank">Carl Albrecht</a> (1875–1952) and Mary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladson_family" target="_blank">Ladson</a> Robertson (1883–1960), an American who descended from a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planter_class" target="_blank">planter</a> family in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" target="_blank">Charleston, South Carolina</a>. Her American ancestors played a significant role in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_colonization_of_the_Americas" target="_blank">British colonization of the Americas</a>, and she descends from many of the first English settlers of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Carolina" target="_blank">Carolina</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_of_Virginia" target="_blank">Virginia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Pennsylvania" target="_blank">Pennsylvania</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados" target="_blank">Barbados</a>, and from numerous colonial governors. Among her ancestors were Carolina governors <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Yeamans" target="_blank">John Yeamans</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Moore_(governor)" target="_blank">James Moore</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gibbes" target="_blank">Robert Gibbes</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Smith_(governor_of_South_Carolina)" target="_blank">Thomas Smith</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Blake_(governor)" target="_blank">Joseph Blake</a>, Pennsylvania deputy governor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Carpenter" target="_blank">Samuel Carpenter</a>, and the American revolutionary and lieutenant governor of South Carolina <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ladson" target="_blank">James Ladson</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#cite_note-13" target="_blank">[12]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#cite_note-14" target="_blank">[13]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#cite_note-15" target="_blank">[14]</a> The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladson_family" target="_blank">Ladson family</a>were large plantation owners and her ancestor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H._Ladson" target="_blank">James H. Ladson</a> owned over 200 slaves by the time <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States" target="_blank">slavery in the United States</a> was abolished; her relatives and ancestors were among the wealthiest in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_North_America" target="_blank">British North America</a> in the 18th century, and she descends from one of the largest slave traders in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies" target="_blank">Thirteen Colonies</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wragg" target="_blank">Joseph Wragg</a>. Carl and Mary were the parents of Ursula von der Leyen's grandfather, the psychologist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Albrecht_(psychologist)" target="_blank">Carl Albrecht</a>, who was known for developing a new method of meditation and for his research on mystical consciousness.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#cite_note-16" target="_blank">[15]</a> She is the niece of the conductor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Alexander_Albrecht" target="_blank">George Alexander Albrecht</a> and a first cousin of the chief conductor of the Dutch National Opera <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Albrecht" target="_blank">Marc Albrecht</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#cite_note-17" target="_blank">[16]</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_von_der_Leyen_family.svg" target="_blank"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Coat_of_arms_of_the_von_der_Leyen_family.svg/220px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_von_der_Leyen_family.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>Von der Leyen's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_der_Leyen_(family_from_Krefeld)" target="_blank">family coat of arms</a></p><p>In 1986, she married physician <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heiko_von_der_Leyen" target="_blank">Heiko von der Leyen</a>, a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_der_Leyen_(family_from_Krefeld)" target="_blank">von der Leyen family</a> that made a fortune as silk merchants and was ennobled in 1786; her husband became a professor of medicine and the CEO of a medical engineering company. She met him at a university choir in Göttingen.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#cite_note-uk.reuters.com-18" target="_blank">[17]</a> They have seven children, born between 1987 and 1999.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#cite_note-19" target="_blank">[18]</a> The von der Leyen family are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutheran" target="_blank">Lutheran</a> members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_Germany" target="_blank">Evangelical Church of Germany</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#cite_note-20" target="_blank">[19]</a></p><p></p><p>Ursula von der Leyen is a native speaker of German and French; she speaks English fluently, having lived for a combined five years in the United Kingdom and the United States.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#cite_note-21" target="_blank">[20]</a> She lives with her family on a farm near Hanover where they keep horses.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#cite_note-22" target="_blank">[21]</a> She is a keen <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equestrianism" target="_blank">equestrian</a> and has been involved in competitive horseriding.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#cite_note-23" target="_blank">[22]</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="William Faulkner, post: 1549004, member: 19963"] Adolph was actually against vaccination from what I understand. We should probably familiarize ourselves with Ursula. I have a feeling we will be hearing from her often over the course of the decade, well those of us that aren't culled at least. Von der Leyen's father's grandparents were the cotton merchant [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Albrecht_(businessman)']Carl Albrecht[/URL] (1875–1952) and Mary [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladson_family']Ladson[/URL] Robertson (1883–1960), an American who descended from a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planter_class']planter[/URL] family in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina']Charleston, South Carolina[/URL]. Her American ancestors played a significant role in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_colonization_of_the_Americas']British colonization of the Americas[/URL], and she descends from many of the first English settlers of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Carolina']Carolina[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_of_Virginia']Virginia[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Pennsylvania']Pennsylvania[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados']Barbados[/URL], and from numerous colonial governors. Among her ancestors were Carolina governors [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Yeamans']John Yeamans[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Moore_(governor)']James Moore[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gibbes']Robert Gibbes[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Smith_(governor_of_South_Carolina)']Thomas Smith[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Blake_(governor)']Joseph Blake[/URL], Pennsylvania deputy governor [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Carpenter']Samuel Carpenter[/URL], and the American revolutionary and lieutenant governor of South Carolina [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ladson']James Ladson[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#cite_note-13'][12][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#cite_note-14'][13][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#cite_note-15'][14][/URL] The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladson_family']Ladson family[/URL]were large plantation owners and her ancestor [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H._Ladson']James H. Ladson[/URL] owned over 200 slaves by the time [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States']slavery in the United States[/URL] was abolished; her relatives and ancestors were among the wealthiest in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_North_America']British North America[/URL] in the 18th century, and she descends from one of the largest slave traders in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies']Thirteen Colonies[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wragg']Joseph Wragg[/URL]. Carl and Mary were the parents of Ursula von der Leyen's grandfather, the psychologist [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Albrecht_(psychologist)']Carl Albrecht[/URL], who was known for developing a new method of meditation and for his research on mystical consciousness.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#cite_note-16'][15][/URL] She is the niece of the conductor [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Alexander_Albrecht']George Alexander Albrecht[/URL] and a first cousin of the chief conductor of the Dutch National Opera [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Albrecht']Marc Albrecht[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#cite_note-17'][16][/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_von_der_Leyen_family.svg'][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Coat_of_arms_of_the_von_der_Leyen_family.svg/220px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_von_der_Leyen_family.svg.png[/IMG][/URL] Von der Leyen's [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_der_Leyen_(family_from_Krefeld)']family coat of arms[/URL] In 1986, she married physician [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heiko_von_der_Leyen']Heiko von der Leyen[/URL], a member of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_der_Leyen_(family_from_Krefeld)']von der Leyen family[/URL] that made a fortune as silk merchants and was ennobled in 1786; her husband became a professor of medicine and the CEO of a medical engineering company. She met him at a university choir in Göttingen.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#cite_note-uk.reuters.com-18'][17][/URL] They have seven children, born between 1987 and 1999.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#cite_note-19'][18][/URL] The von der Leyen family are [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutheran']Lutheran[/URL] members of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_Germany']Evangelical Church of Germany[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#cite_note-20'][19][/URL] Ursula von der Leyen is a native speaker of German and French; she speaks English fluently, having lived for a combined five years in the United Kingdom and the United States.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#cite_note-21'][20][/URL] She lives with her family on a farm near Hanover where they keep horses.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#cite_note-22'][21][/URL] She is a keen [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equestrianism']equestrian[/URL] and has been involved in competitive horseriding.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#cite_note-23'][22][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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