Winterfavoriten The Gerling-Preis, originally established as "Preis von Birlinghoven" in 1921, and from 1934 onwards, named and sponsored by Robert Gerling
The couple had three children, Theodor Damian (1873-1907), owner of Birlinghoven Palace, Marie Emma Adele Wilhelmine, later Countess von Bernstorff (1876-1945)