Baron Günther Hubertus von Reibnitz

Günther von Reibnitz
Baron von Reibnitz as a lieutenant in 1918
Born	(1894-09-08)8 September 1894 Mistitz, Silesia, German Empire
Died	2 March 1983(1983-03-02) (aged 88) Breitbrunn am Chiemsee, Germany
Resting place	Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Spouse(s)	Margherita Schoen (div. 1931) Maria Anna Szapáry of Muraszombath, Countess Szapár (m. 1941; div. 1946) Esther Schütte (m. 1950; div. 1956) Rosemarie Kramer (m. 1956–83; his death)
Children	Margarita von Reibnitz Friedrich von Reibnitz Marie Christine, Princess Michael of Kent
Parent(s)	Baron Hans Egon von Reibnitz Baroness Ida von Eickstedt

Freiherr Günther Hubertus von Reibnitz (8 September 1894 – 2 March 1983) was a cavalry officer of the German Empire during the First World War. He joined the Nazi Party in 1930 and was a member of the SS Cavalry Corps.

Reibnitz married four times and was the father of Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz, who in 1978 became Princess Michael of Kent on her marriage to Prince Michael of Kent, taking the traditional form of title and style. Two of his grandchildren, Lord Frederick Windsor and Lady Gabriella Windsor, are in the line of succession to the British throne.

Reibnitz was a member of the ancient , Silesian landowners, and was the son of Baron (Freiherr) Hans Egon von Reibnitz (1856-1918), who on 19 February 1887 had married Ida von Eickstedt (1867-1937) in Gieraltowitz, Upper Silesia. Reibnitz was born on 8 September 1894 at Mistitz in the Prussian province of Silesia, now called Miejsce Odrzańskie, having since become part of Poland. He was educated at the at Berlin-Lichterfelde, from which he graduated at the end of 1913. In March 1914 he was commissioned as an ensign into the , in Parchim. In August 1914, soon after the beginning of the First World War he was severely wounded and captured, remaining a prisoner of war of the French for most of the duration of the war. On 20 September 1918, shortly before Reibnitz was released in exchange for a French officer, his father died in Berlin. After the war, in the lead-up to the to resolve competing German and Polish territorial claims in Upper Silesia, Reibnitz and his brother Joachim founded two regiments of German irregulars (Freikorps), aiming to guard the border on the River Oder from Cosel to Ratibor. Reibnitz married firstly Margherita Schoen, the widow of Friedrich Ernst Graf von Seherr-Thoss (1881-1918), and a daughter of Gustav Schoen by his marriage to Elisabeth Wentzel. Thereafter, he took over the management of her estate of Krzanowitz in Upper Silesia. Their daughter Margarita was born on 18 January 1924 at Krzanowitz. After separating from his wife, Reibnitz established a farm at Hahnenvorwerk, near Silverberg in Silesia, breeding animals for the fur trade. In 1933 this activity ended when he was appointed to the honorary position of Regional Director of Hunting for Silesia. On 1 December 1930 Reibnitz joined the Nazi Party, becoming member number 412855. On 15 April 1933 he then became a member of the Cavalry SS, with the SS number 66010.