Foller (noble family)
Foller , historically also Follert , is the name of a Prussian noble family .
history
The family is said to come from the Principality of Halberstadt and came to Prussia with the Teutonic Order . The family line begins with Hans von Foller in Prussia in the middle of the 16th century. His son Henry of Foller († 1593) was quartermaster of Duke Albrecht and Amtshauptmann to Neuhausen and established with the acquisition of mixing, Backelfeld, wigs, Zielkheim, Regitten, Mankau and Erkritten the outstretched Country Estate of the family, however, pending the outcome of 18 Century fell into strange hands. Later members of the family could excel in the army and administration. Benjamin von Foller (1760-1819) received the order Pour le Mérite in 1807 as a major in the Dragoon Regiment (No. 1) .
Known family members
- Ludwig Gustav von Foller (1677–1750), Prussian district administrator and governor of the Rhine
- Friedrich von Foller (1710–1769), Prussian tribunal counselor and judicial director
- Gustav Friedrich von Foller (1767–1842), Prussian war and domain councilor and district administrator for the Neustettin district
- Albert von Foller (1789–1868), Prussian major general
coat of arms
The coat of arms is divided , at the top in red an upright green vine leaf between two blue wine glasses placed at an angle , at the bottom in silver two wine glasses crossed at an angle inward. The upper shield figure on the helmet with red and silver covers . The Blasonierungen in JddA , in GHdA and Siebmachers armorials vary with the tincture of the glasses and the leaves and vines.
Coat of arms of the Foller in Siebmacher's Wappenbuch 1900
Coat of arms of the Foller in Siebmacher's coat of arms book 1906
literature
- Nobility Lexicon . Volume 3, Volume 61 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag , Limburg / Lahn 1975, pp. 319–320 (cites further sources)
- Stem row. In: Genealogical pocket book of the knight and noble families. Volume 6, Brünn 1881, pp. 168-171.
- Genealogical paperback of the primeval nobility. Volume 2, Brno 1893, pp. 176-177.
- Older genealogy. In: Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der noble houses. Old nobility and post office nobility . 29th year, Justus Perthes , Gotha 1939, p. 155.
- Yearbook of the German Nobility . First volume, Berlin 1896, pp. 631–635.
- Ernst Heinrich Kneschke (ed.): New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 3, Friedrich Voigt, Leipzig 1861, pp. 290–291 (cites further sources)
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J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms . Bauer & Raspe, Nuremberg.
- Otto Titan von Hefner , Alfred Grenser , George Adalbert von Mülverstedt , Adolf Matthias Hildebrandt : III. Volume, 2nd section, 1st volume, The blooming nobility of the Kingdom of Prussia: Nobles. 1878, p. 129, Tfl. 173.
- Adolf Matthias Hildebrandt: Volume VII, 3. Department, A, Extinct Prussian nobility: Provinces of East and West Prussia. Supplement. 1900, p. 11, Tfl. 6th
- Adolf Matthias Hildebrandt: III. Volume, 2nd section, 2nd volume, 2nd part, The Prussian Adel: Supplements u. Improvements: barons and counts. 1906, p. 70, Tfl. 59.
- Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Nobility Lexicon . Volume 2, Leipzig 1836, pp. 178-179.
Web links
- Foller on Adelslexikon.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Leopold von Ledebur : Adelslexicon of the Prussian Monarchy . Volume 1, Rauh, Berlin 1856, p. 225.
- ↑ Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. Volume 1, Mittler , Berlin 1913, p. 559.
- ^ Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 275 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).