Amsdorf (noble family)
Amsdorf , at the time also Ambsdorff , Amsdorff or similar, was a Saxon noble family that came from the margraviate of Meißen and became extinct at the end of the 17th century.
history
Little research has been done into the origin of this gender. According to Kneschke's statement that the family also called themselves Amelungsdorf, Amesdorf can be assumed to be the place of origin. In 1302, a representative of the family is named for the first time in a document from the Pforte monastery.
At the beginning of the 16th century the family owned Großzschepa in the Wurzen Abbey .
The theologian Nikolaus von Amsdorf (born December 3, 1483 in Torgau; † May 14, 1565 in Eisenach) emerged from the marriage of the bailiff of Mühlberg Georg von Amsdorf with Katharina, born von Staupitz, the sister of Johann von Staupitz the most famous representative of this noble family was. His brother Barthel von Amsdorf had two sons, with whose descendants the family went out in the 17th century.
coat of arms
In 1302, Thilo von Amsdorf sealed an ibex leaping to the right with a shield. As Bishop of Naumburg, Nikolaus had a quartered coat of arms, in 1 and 4 the coat of arms of the Naumburg bishopric, 2 and 3 the jumping ibex.
literature
- Ernst Heinrich Kneschke (Ed.): New general German nobility lexicon , Volume 1, Leipzig, 1859, p. 73. Digitized on ub.uni-duesseldorf.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kneschke: Adels-Lexicon , Vol. 1, p. 73.