Diebitsch (noble family)
Diebitsch is the name of an old Silesian noble family .
history
The family first appeared in a document on November 22, 1311 with Johann von Dewisch . The family name had different spellings, such as Debycz, Debytsch and Dewitsch. The lineage begins with Heinrich von Diebtsch , who was born around 1400 and in 1435 was court master of Duke Ludwig II of Liegnitz .
On August 10, 1732, the Bohemian line was elevated to the Bohemian baron class. From the Diebitsch-Sabalkansky line, the Russian Major General Hans Ehrenfried von Diebitsch (* 1738, † 1822) was enrolled in the Courland Knighthood in 1801 . His son Johann von Diebitsch, Russian adjutant general, was accepted into the Estonian knighthood on January 12, 1826 , and on August 11, 1826 raised to the Russian count as von Diebitsch-Sabalkansky. On September 22nd, 1829, who had meanwhile been promoted to Russian field marshal, was also enrolled in the Livonian knighthood .
coat of arms
The family coat of arms (oldest seal from 1433) shows 3 (2: 1) black wings in gold. On the helmet with black and gold covers a natural fox with a black rooster in its throat.
Count's coat of arms Diebitsch-Sabalkansky
Known family members
- Carl von Diebitsch (1819–1869), Prussian architect
- Friedrich von Diebitsch (1790–1872), Hanover major general and commandant of Northeim
- Hans Karl von Diebitsch-Sabalkanski (1785–1831), Russian field marshal
- Karl Heinrich von Diebitsch (1865–1924), German officer and commander of a volunteer corps in the Baltic States
- Oskar von Diebitsch (1823–1906), Prussian major general, legal knight of the Order of St. John
literature
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Genealogical manual of the nobility . CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn)
- Nobility Lexicon. Volume II, Volume 58 of the complete series, 1974, pp. 471-472
- Genealogical handbook of noble houses. A 5, volume 24 of the complete series, 1960, pp. 111-116; A 12, volume 55 of the complete series, 1973, pp. 144-147; A 21, Volume 98 of the Complete Series, 1990, pp. 98-103.
- Genealogical paperback of the knight and noble families. Volume 4, Brünn 1879, pp. 124-127.
- Genealogical paperback of the primeval nobility. Volume 2, Brno 1893, pp. 159-163.
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the noble houses. Justus Perthes , Gotha 1903 p. 264 ff. , (Continuations 1907–1940)
- Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Nobility Lexicon . Volume 1, Leipzig 1836, p. 414 .
