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Coat of arms of the barons of Greyss, between 1701 and 1705, Siebmacher's Wappenbuch , part 1

Stone coat of arms of those von Greiss on grave monument of Wilhelm von Greiss zu Wald and wife Barbara, born. Mersburg, Pyhra Parish Church

The Greiss zu Wald (also Greiß, Greyss, Greissen, Greyssen, zum Wald ) were an old, originally Thuringian knightly family who came to Austria around 1500 under Maximilian I and was elevated to the baron status in 1607 .

history

Origin and possessions

In 1229 a Renvardus de Grucen is mentioned in the Saxon main state archive . Wilhelm Greiss , knight, court and country hunter of Maximilian I was the first resident of this family in Austria and was enfeoffed in 1510 with the dominion of Wald (near Pyhra ).

Ennoblement and extinction

The Greissen ( Johann, Hanns Wilhelm and Seyfried and their cousins Wolf Dietrich, Sebastian and Hans Sigismund ) received a baron diploma on April 18, 1607.

With Johann Rudolf Freiherr von Greissen zum Wald, the male line died out in 1659 .

Important namesake

Wilhelm Greiss the Younger (*?; † 1533): Councilor and Obrister Jägermeister of Archduke Ferdinand, Lord of Gmünd and Gföhl
Christoph Greiss (*?; † 1576): kk Oberstabelmeister (1558) and (since 1568) Lower Austrian regimental councilor , lord of the lordships and castles of Wald, Gmünd, Gföhl, Rosenau , Schrems and Sitzenberg ,
Christoph the Younger (* 1563; † 1617): Knight, Lord of Gföhl and Pielachhaag and (from 1609) Lower Austrian sub-marshal

coat of arms

Family coat of arms

Blazon of the family coat of arms or knight's coat of arms: In silver, two red cross tips entering on the right.

Barons coat of arms

Blazon of the barons coat of arms from 1607: shield quartered: 1 and 4 the family coat of arms and 2 and 3 in gold a black roebuck on the right.

Monuments

In the parish church, Pyhra (near St. Pölten ), Lower Austria, there is a grave monument on the south wall of the presbytery to Hans Jakob von Greiss zu Wald, wife Magdalena von Eitzing and their children. There is also a grave monument on the north wall of the right side choir with Wilhelm von Greiss zu Wald and his wife Barbara nee. Mersburg. On the left is the coat of arms of the von Greiss family. A grave monument on the south wall of the right side choir depicts Christoff von Greiss zu Wald and his wife Magdalena and their children.

Hans Jakob von Greiss zu Wald, wife Magdalena von Eitzing and children
Wilhelm von Greiss zu Wald, wife Barbara b. Mersburg (left: Greiss coat of arms)
Christoff von Greiss zu Wald, wife Magdalena and children

literature

Franz Karl Wißgrill : scene of the rural Lower Austrian nobility from ... Volume 3, Vienna 1797, p. 393ff.
Franz Xaver Schweickhardt : Representation of the Archduchy of Austria under the Ens. Volume 3 (Wald, Pyhra), Vienna 1836, pp. 170f, pp. 192–194.
Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon. 4th volume, Leipzig 1863, p. 26ff.

Web links

Commons : Greiss family - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wilhelm von Greyssen as imperial hunter, copper engraving around 1517

Individual evidence

↑ According to a family legend, Emperor Maximilian I is said to have put the roe buck in his coat of arms for his chief hunter Wilhelm Greiss, who found a rare black roebuck on a court hunt

[1] According to a family legend, Emperor Maximilian I is said to have put the roe buck in his coat of arms for his chief hunter Wilhelm Greiss, who found a rare black roebuck on a court hunt