Friedrich von Schenck

Schenck was born 16 January 1851 in Arnsberg, Kingdom of Prussia, the oldest of three children, of Wolfgang Friedrich von Schenck (1802–1885), judiciary council and notary, and his fourth wife, Auguste Lisette von Schenck (née Weiskirch; 1819–1888). He had two younger sisters; Tutta von Schenck (1852–1915) and Huberta Kessler (née von Schenck; 1854–1933). He had six half-sisters from the three previous marriages of his father.^{[citation needed]}

On 11 September 1883, Schenck married Emilie Marie Louise Lenné (1859–1931), of Cologne, in Bad Neuenahr. They had nine children.^{[citation needed]}