Gag from Katzenelnbogen
Knebel von Katzenelnbogen was the name of a German noble family.
history
The members of the Rhenish knight family Knebel were originally ministerials of the Counts of Katzenelnbogen and called themselves Knebel von Katzenelnbogen after them, although the Counts of Katzenelnbogen , who had their ancestral seat at the castle of the same name in today's Rhein-Lahn district, died out in 1479. The wealthy family on both sides of the Middle Rhine had their hereditary funeral in St. Quintin in Mainz . 1710 Knebel von Katzenelnbogen of emperors Joseph I. in the realm baron conditions applicable. In 1816 the family died out in the male line .
Personalities
As officials, the gags were in the service of electors and princes. Members of the family can also be found as canons in Mainz , Augsburg , Eichstätt , Worms and Speyer . Some are mentioned:
- Diether Knebel von Katzenelnbogen was canon of Mainz in 1423.
- Caspar Knebel von Katzenelnbogen, 1536–1540 / 1542 Burgmann at Alzey Castle and Palace
- Diether Knebel von Katzenelnbogen, from 1549 mayor of Groß-Winternheim
- Dietrich Knebel von Katzenelnbogen, from 1574 mayor of Groß-Winternheim
- Johann Philipp von Knebel von Katzenelnbogen (* 1588, † 1659), Electoral Mainz Council and the bailiff to maximum and Hofheim , 1641 mayor of Nierstein Knights Court, captain of the knights on the Upper Rhine, father of Nachgenannten
- Johann Anton I. Knebel von Katzenelnbogen (Cazenelenbogen) (* 1646; † 1725), 1705–1725 Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt
- Maria Anna Charlotte Knebel von Katzenelnbogen (* 1685; † 1755), niece of the aforementioned, founder and matron of the Eichstatt convent of Notre Dame for almost 40 years
- Johann Philipp Christoph von Knebel von Katzenelnbogen (1648–1714), 1684 to 1687 senior bailiff in Tauberbischofsheim, later Colonel-Court Marshal, Senior District Judge and from 1712 Vice Cathedral in Mainz , at the same time General Director of the Imperial Knighthood on the Rhine in Swabia and Franconia , father the aforementioned
- Lothar Franz Knebel von Katzenelnbogen (1700–1749), Vicar General in Worms.
coat of arms
The first coat of arms was a red shield in silver, accompanied by a black ring in the upper right corner; A red dog-eared right and a silver left dog-eared crest. The helmet covers were red and silver.
They later acquired the fourth coat of arms as heirs to von Graenrodt (also von Grärod , Grarath , Graurod or Graerodt ). Fields 1 and 4 show the red surface of a shield in silver and a black ring in the (heraldic) right upper corner (more rarely also a red ring). Fields 2 and 3 show a golden crossbar in black, which is accompanied by two balls at the top and one golden ball at the bottom.
archive
- Adelsarchiv Knebel von Katzenelnbogen (Jacoba Stoltenberg-Rössler), archive, Neuweier Castle, Baden-Baden
literature
- Brun Appel: On the history of the convent of the Congrégation de Notre Dame in Eichstätt 1711-1809 . In: Collecting sheet of the Historical Association of Eichstätt 81/82. (1988/89), Eichstätt 1989, pp. 9-54
