German noble families

The Udonids (Udonen) were a German noble family, ruling as both the Counts of Stade and Margraves of the Nordmark, or Northern March, from the 9th to the 12th century. The first formal member of this family was Henry I the Bald, who took his seat in Harsefeld, part of the Duchy of Franconia, where he built a castle in 965. He was the grandson of the first Count of Stade, Lothar I, who was killed by the Great Heathen Army in the Battle of Ebstorf, and was recognized as one of the Martyrs of Ebsdorf by the Catholic Church.

thumb|240px | Wiesenburg Castle in Saxony gave its name to this branch of the ducal family

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The Hunfridings or Burchardings (Bouchardids) were a family of probably Alemannic origin who rose to prominence in their homeland, eventually becoming the first ducal dynasty of Swabia. The first known member of the family was Hunfrid, Margrave of Istria and, according to some sources, last Duke of Friuli under Charlemagne from 799. The last member of the clan was Burchard III, Duke of Swabia, who died in 973. Descendants of the dynasty lived on in the female line through the House of Wettin.

thumb|Coat of arms of Hohengeroldseck, 948 AD to 1806 AD

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thumb|right|150px|Coat of arms of the Schrötter von Kristelli The Schrötter family is an Austrian noble family, whose members held various important positions in the Austrian Empire and Prussia.

thumb|Coat of arms of the Dalberg family as rulers of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt thumb|Earlier arms of the Dalberg family, from the Scheibler Armorial thumb|Later arms of the Dalberg family at the Jüngerer Dalberger Hof in Mainz thumb|Arms of the Freiherren von Dalberg, mid 19th century The House of Dalberg is the name of an ancient and distinguished German noble family, derived from the hamlet and castle (now in ruins) of Dalberg or Dalburg, near Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate. They were the ruling family of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt.

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The Möllendorf family (also: Möllendorff, Moellendorff) has been prominent German noble family in the history of Brandenburg and Prussia. The von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff family descends from an adopted son (born Wilamowitz) of a member of the Möllendorf family.

thumb|Coat of arms of the Counts von Haugwitz The House of Haugwitz (Graf von Haugwitz, ) is an old and influential Saxon noble family originating from the Meissen region.

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The House of Lüttichau is an old German and Danish noble family that originated from Meissen, Saxony and belongs to the High Nobility. The family has several separate noble branches, primarily from Saxony, Denmark, Austria and Braunschweig. The Lüttichau family are amongst the largest landowners in Denmark today. Males of the family carry the title Baron or Imperial Count.

thumb|165px|Arms of the Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein The Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen line was a short-lived name of the main line of the ducal house of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, after its bankruptcy in 1667. The main line of the family was also a cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg, ruling family of the Kingdom of Denmark.

The Freytag von Loringhoven is a German noble family that originated in Westphalia. It was an Uradel family whose name is also spelled as Vrydach, Frydag, Freydag and various other slightly different spellings.

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thumb|Coat of arms of the Lehndorff family The House of Lehndorff is an old German noble family from former East Prussia, first recorded in 1236. Members of the family occupied many important military positions within the Kingdom of Prussia. They held the title of Imperial Count, granted to them on 23 February 1687 by Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor.

thumb|upright=0.9|Coat-of-arms of the von Arenstorffs The Arenstorff family, also Arnstorff, is the name of a German noble family of ancient nobility originated from Uckermark, Brandenburg.

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thumb|right|200px|Coat of arms of the Brauchitsch family The Brauchitsch family is the name of an old Prussian noble family, first documented in the 13th century at the Silesian village of Brauchitschdorf, nowadays Chrustenik. Members of the family have been noted as statesmen and high military officers in Germany.

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thumb|right|150px|Coat of arms of the Thienen family The Thienen family is the name of an ancient noble family, that origins in the Duchy of Holstein. The spelling of the name, over the centuries has changed from Tyne and Tynen to Thien, Tienen, Thinen and finally Thienen. The barons of Thienen-Adlerflycht are the only branch of this family still existing; they belong to the high nobility of Denmark.

The Emichones () were an early medieval family in the southwestern German region. Its members were counts (Gaugrafen) in the Nahegau, perhaps as undercounts of the Salian dynasty. The conventional name Emichones is due to the prevailing first name "Emich". Several later families may trace their origins to the Emichones.

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The ducal line of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Rethwisch descended from the line of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön. It was founded by Joachim Ernest II (born 5 October 1637; died 5 October 1700) who as the third son of the Duke of Plön, Joachim Ernest, received the estate of Rethwisch in Stormarn as his inheritance. He was a general to the Spanish royal house in the Netherlands and became a Roman Catholic in 1673.

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thumb|Coat of arms of Saldern family The Saldern family (up to the 17th century, Salder) or von Saldern, is the name of an old German aristocratic family from the areas of Hildesheim and Brunswick Land. The family seat of the same name is an eponymous castle on the River Fuhse in Salzgitter-Salder. Originally the family, whose branches are still alive today, only owned estates in the Lower Saxony area, but from the middle of the 16th century they also owned extensive property in the March of Brandenburg.

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Finckenstein may refer to: Finck von Finckenstein, a German aristocratic family, Imperial Counts of the Holy Roman Empire and Counts in Prussia Finckenstein Palace, (Schloss Finckenstein) in former East Prussia, today Poland Kamieniec Suski, Poland, prior to 1945: Finckenstein a village in former East Prussia Treaty of Finckenstein (1807) Finckenstein coat of arms Finkenstein am Faaker See, town in Carinthia in Austria from where the Finck von Finckenstein family originally comes from according to the Imperial Count Diploma Burgruine Finkenstein, the Finkenstein ruined castle in Carinthi

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See also Treskow (noble family) and Tresckow, Pennsylvania

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thumb|Páni z růže, wall painting by Mikoláš Aleš in [[Plzeň]] thumb|All five Vitkonides coat of arms in main entrance of Landštejn Castle The Vítkovci () were a Czech noble clan from southern Bohemia descended from Witiko of Prčice. The clan includes the House of Rosenberg.

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thumb|Coat of arms of Counts von Brockdorff The Brockdorff family is a Schleswig-Holsteiner old noble house that belonged to German and Danish nobility.

thumb|200px|Coat of arms of Counts von Taxis-Bordogna und Valnigra The House of Taxis-Bordogna und Valnigra is the name of an old Austro-Italian noble family whose members held the position of Imperial Hereditary Postmaster. The family was formed by the descendants of Elisabeth von Taxis († 1518) and her husband Bonus von Bordogna. Elisabeth Taxis was a sister of the Brussels Postmaster General Johann Baptista of Taxis (1470–1541), the ancestor of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis.