Eberstein (Franconian noble family)

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Coat of arms of those of Eberstein

Eberstein is the name of an old Franconian ( Buchonian ) noble family with the same name, Eberstein auf der Rhön , which was destroyed in 1282 and which first appeared in documents in 1116 and which began with Heinrich von Eberstein in 1239. In the 16th century the family belonged to the ducal Franconian imperial knighthood in the knight cantons of Rhön-Werra and Baunach .

history

First in 1453 in Dornburg / Saale and Obertrebra , since 1528 in Gehofen . In 1662 the goods Reinsdorf, Großleinungen and Morungen came into the possession of Field Marshal Ernst Albrecht von Eberstein (1605–1676). Members of the Fruit Bringing Society were Hans Georg von Eberstein and Ernst Albrecht von Eberstein . The von Eberstein auf Gehofen family were related by marriage to the von Rockhausen family on church divorces.

Family coat of arms

In blue a lily-covered silver anklet . On the helmet with blue-silver covers the growing torso of a crowned blue-clad Mohrin .

Nobility elevations and nobility recognition

Older line

Prussian recognition of the baron class on December 14, 1881 in Berlin for the Prussian major general zD Robert von Eberstein and on January 31, 1883 in Berlin for the brothers Viktor von Eberstein , Prussian major (1836–1891), and Hugo von Eberstein (1846– 1908), Prussian captain .

Younger line

  • Prussian baron ad personam on September 8, 1854 in Putbus for the Prussian captain Hermann von Eberstein .
  • Prussian baron ad personam on December 16, 1870 at Versailles Palace for cousins Henry von Eberstein and Max von Eberstein , both Prussian second lieutenants .
  • Prussian baron ad personam on February 29, 1872 in Berlin for the Prussian engineer officer Captain Louis Ferdinand von Eberstein .
  • Prussian baron ad personam on January 31, 1883 in Berlin for cousins Ernst von Eberstein , Prussian captain, and Botho von Eberstein , Prussian second lieutenant.
  • Royal Saxon recognition of the baron ad personam on December 15, 1908 with entry in the royal Saxon nobility book on April 1, 1909 (No. 316) for the above Henry Freiherr von Eberstein as a Prussian lieutenant colonel a. D.

Known family members (chronological)

literature

  • Documentary supplements to the historical news of the imperial knightly family Eberstein vom Eberstein on the Rhön. 6 volumes, Dresden 1879–1887 digitized
  • History of the Barons von Eberstein and their possessions. Sondershausen 1865 ( full text , digitized version ), and additional literature on the family (until 1893, list ).
  • Feud of Mangold von Eberstein zum Brandenstein against the imperial city of Nuremberg 1516–1522. 2nd Edition. Dresden 1879.
  • The Franconian Ebersteine ​​from Karl von Eberstein zu Marktsteinach to Christian Ludwig von Eberstein, the founder of the still blooming Neuhaeuser line. Baensch, Berlin 1889 digitized
  • The founder of the still flourishing Neuhaeuser line Christian Ludwig von Eberstein and his descendants. Baensch, Berlin 1889 digitized
  • The possessions held by the Franconian Ebersteins from Eberstein on the Rhön before they moved to the lower part of the Golden Aue in their home and on the Elb-Saale. Schenck, Berlin 1890 digitized
  • The members of the Eberstein family from Eberstein auf der Rhön, living in 1893, and their direct ancestors up to the time of the transition of the Eberstein family from the Franconian home to Thuringia. Schenck, Berlin 1893. Digitized
  • Draft of a coherent line of trunks of the Franconian Eberstein family. From the forefathers appearing in the oldest documents to the present. Baensch, Berlin 1887 digitized
  • The Franconian Ebersteine ​​from the forefathers appearing in the oldest documents up to Karl von Eberstein zu Marktsteinach. Baensch, Berlin 1889 digitized

Web links

Commons : Eberstein (Franconian noble family)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fulda Document Collection. Volume 5, p. 331.
  2. ^ Gerhard Köbler : Historical Lexicon of the German Lands. The German territories from the Middle Ages to the present. Verlag CH Beck, 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1 , p. 154. (digitized version)
  3. ↑ GHdA Adelslexikon. Volume III (19759)
  4. ^ Ralf Schumacher: The political integration of the Principality of Hanau into the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt. In: Hanauer Geschichtsverein 1844 eV: Hanau in the Napoleonic era (= Hanauer Geschichtsblätter. 47). Hanau approx. 2015, ISBN 978-3-935395-21-3 , p. 149.