List of noble families named Briesen

Coat of arms of the von Briesen (Mark)

Coat of arms of the von Briesen (Neumark-Pommern)

Several noble families bore the name of Briesen :

an old Rhineland noble family known only by their coat of arms .
Coat of arms : A jumping red unicorn in silver .

Briesen (Mark) : an old aristocratic family from the Brandenburg region, which appeared in a document for the first time in 1298 with the knight Christian von Briesen , witness of the Margrave of Brandenburg, and which was already in hereditary possession of the Zibelle moated castle near Triebel in 1415 . The family also gained some reputation in Poland , where they were known as Breza . Branches of this family still exist today in the United States and Canada.
Coat of arms : split from silver over black and red by a fork cut. On the helmet with red and silver covers a closed eagle flight marked like the shield .

Briesen (Neumark-Pommern) : an old Neumärkisch - Pomeranian noble family with the parent house of the same name in the district of Schivelbein , which appears for the first time in a document with dominus Hermannus de Breze on December 16, 1212 and with knight Bertramus de Briesen , documented in 1256, lord of the manor on Briesen and others , the direct stem row begins.
Coat of arms : three red bars in silver. On the helmet with red and silver covers three (red, silver, red) ostrich feathers .

Briesen (1839) : a Prussian noble family that is traced back to Christoph Briese , malt brewer and councilor in Nordenburg ( East Prussia ), documented 1718–1741 and with Friedrich David Eduard Briesen (* February 18, 1786; † April 22, 1864) , royal Prussian Government and building officer in Munster starts, who was raised in Berlin in the Prussian nobility on 23 December 1839 Diploma of 22 February 1840.
arms : Argent, a red bar. On the helmet with red and silver covers three (red, silver, red) ostrich feathers.

Known family members (without individual family assignment)

Adalbert Konstantin von Briesen († 1698), was a Polish diplomat, Starost, voivode and senator
Ludwig von Briesen (1773-1859), Prussian district administrator
Karl von Briesen (1765–1834), Prussian lieutenant general
Otto von Briesen (1804–1868) Prussian district administrator
Reinhold von Briesen (1805–1882), Prussian lieutenant general
Louis Arthur von Briesen (1819–1896), Prussian lieutenant general
Constantin von Briesen (1821–1877), Prussian district administrator and member of the Prussian House of Representatives
Otto von Briesen (1832–1905), Prussian lieutenant general
Emy von Briesen (1857–1936), German painter and poet, daughter of Constantin von Briesen
Alfred von Briesen (1849–1914), Prussian infantry general in the First World War
Kurt von Briesen (1886–1941), German infantry general in World War II; Son of Alfred von Briesen
Arthur von Briesen (1891–1981), German major general in World War II
August von Briesen (1935–2003), German-French painter, lithographer, draftsman and illustrator

Genealogical manual of the nobility . Nobility Lexicon. Volume II. Volume 58 of the complete series. CA Starke Publishing House . Limburg (Lahn) 1974. ISSN 0435-2408 . P. 109.
Gothaisches genealogical paperback . Justus Perthes
- Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses 1908, second year, 1908 p. 125f , 1919 p. 117f Briesen (1839)
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses. 1905. Sixth year, p. 177f Briesen (Neumark-Pommern)
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the noble houses. 1917 p. 167f , 1922 p. 156ff Briesen (Mark)
Johann Sinapius : Of The Silesian Nobility Other Part Or Continuation Of Silesian Curiosities. Leipzig and Breslau 1728, p. 550.