Braun (Saxon noble family)
Braun is the name of a Saxon , and since 1760 Austrian, noble family that was elevated to the baron status in 1764.
history
origin
The Saxon von Braun family must not be confused with numerous other noble families of the same name, some of which come from other areas and have different coats of arms. In 1861, 16 aristocratic families appeared in Kneschke's New General German Adelslexicon and in 1974 in the aristocratic lexicon of the Genealogical Handbook of Adels, 15 aristocratic families of this name appeared.
According to the family legend, there were noble ancestors whose traces can be traced back to the 14th century. They lived in Gispersleben near Erfurt and sank into the peasant class due to the high number of children.
A representative of the family had lived in Vienna since 1760, which also made them an Austrian noble family.
Possessions
- Straussfurt , Obertopfstedt (1695–1795)
Status survey
After Carl Adolph Brown four years had worked at the Imperial Reichshofrat, rose Emperor Franz I. him and his descendants married on April 3, 1764 the Reich baron . His two younger brothers Ferdinand August and Johann Friedrich called themselves von Braun from 1769 and 1770 respectively .
coat of arms
Blazon : shield quartered with a golden central shield with a black lion striding to the right; 1 and 4: three golden stars in blue, one above the other; 2 and 3: three inclined silver bars in red. Three crowned helmets, the right one with a growing lion; the middle one with open flight, the right blue wing bearing the three stars, the left one red with three white bars; the left helmet has five peacock feathers.
Personalities
- Nicolaus Braun († 1704), manor owner in Straussfurt
- Johannes Sebastianus Braun († 1737), pastor of Henschleben and Vehra, brother of the previous one
- Matthias Nicolaus Braun (1684–1737), German lawyer
- Carl Adolph Freiherr von Braun (1716–1795), Imperial Councilor in Vienna.
- Johann Friedrich von Braun (1722–1799), non-fiction author in Langensalza
literature
- Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 2, Friedrich Voigt's Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1861, p. 26. ( books.google.de )
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of baronial houses , Gotha, 1865, p. 96.
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses , Gotha, 1872, pp. 64–65.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ New general German Adels Lexicon Volume 2, pp. 25-26
- ↑ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume II, Volume 58 of the complete series, pp. 71–72
- ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 2, Friedrich Voigt's Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1861, p. 26.