List of German noble families / D

D.

Surname	Period	Remarks	coat of arms
Attics	since around 1500	Thuringian noble family
Dahn (Tann)	Late 12th century to 1603	extinct, Palatine noble family
Dalberg	1208-1979	extinct, German noble family; 1654 title of baron
Dallwitz (Scof)	since 1174	one of the three branches of the ancient Franconian and Tyrolean family Scof (next to the Gotsch and the Schaffgotsch ); Lords and Counts
Dalwigk / Dalwig	since 1227	Hessian-Waldeck original nobility
Damerau		Prussian, Pomeranian and Polish noble families	Damerau-Wojanowski Damerau-Dabrowski
Damitz	since 1240 until?	Pomeranian noble family from the Cammin region
Danckelmann	since 1227	German noble family from Westphalia
Dannenberg	since 1190	Lower Saxon nobility
Danwitz	since the 14th century	Silesian, Austrian, Lower Rhine nobility
Dassanowsky	since the 14th century	Austrian branch of the Prussian-Polish noble family Taczanowski, which belongs to the Jastrzębiec family
Counts of Dassel	approx. 1100 to 1310	Counts in the Suilbergau north of the Solling with the lords of Einbeck and Dassel
The same	since 1230	Lower Saxon nobility
Dauba	14.-15. century	old, Bohemian noble family	-
Daublebsky von Sterneck	?	Austrian noble family, originally from Bohemia, branched into several lines; 1620 Bohemian nobility; 1786 Austrian knighthood; 1792 imperial baron status; 1807 Austrian baron
Daun Daun-Falkenstein	1163-1851	Noble family from Daun in the Eifel; later in the Rhineland and Austria
Debschitz	since 1280	old, Upper Lusatian or Lower Silesian noble family
Cover	since 1250	old, Lower Saxon (Kehdinger) noble family
Degenberg	1186-1602	old noble family in the Bavarian Forest; 1465 imperial baron status
Degenfeld	since 1281	aristocratic family with feudal rights in Baden and Württemberg since the 13th century
Dehio	since 18th century	German-Baltic and Russian noble families	-
Stretch / stretch	since 18th century	Baltic-Dutch noble family
Stretch	since 1635	German-Baltic noble family
Delbruck	since 1645	Lower Saxon family from Alfeld an der Leine; Prussian nobility by being awarded the Order of the Black Eagle in 1896	-
Delitz, Delitzsch, Delitsch	since 1197	Noble family, with Lower Saxony and Brandenburg-Prussian branches
Della Scala	?	Italian and Austrian noble families; 1816 Austrian title of count
Dellingshausen	since 1385	Einbecker and Revaler patrician family, 1680 Swedish aristocratic naturalization, 1785 imperial freedom, 1862 Russian approval of the use of the baron title for the entire family
Delwig	since 1238	Westphalian, later German-Baltic nobility; Swedish barons in 1720, Russian barons in 1868
Denffer	since 1665	old Courland noble family
Dequede	since 1272	originally an aristocratic family from the Altmark	-
Derfelden	since the 16th century	Baltic noble family
Derfflinger	1674-1724	extinct Brandenburg baronial family
Dernath	until 1877	extinct noble family from Schleswig-Holstein that originally came from the Netherlands and was also based in Bohemia and Hungary
Dernbach	since 1213	Hessian-Franconian noble family
Dersch	1261-1717	North Hessian noble family
Look	since 1602	Prussian-Kurland family, 1602 knightly imperial nobility, 1603 Bohemian nobility, 1663 Brandenburg nobility confirmation with improvement of the coat of arms, 1682 enrollment in the Courland knighthood, 1740 Prussian indigenous people, 1817 enrollment in the aristocratic class in the Kingdom of Bavaria, 1862 Russian recognition of the right to hold the title of baron
Desfours	since the 16th century	old noble family from Lorraine
Design	1242 to the 18th century	Mecklenburg noble family
Dettelbach	1101-1578	Lower Franconian noble family
Detten	since 1534	Westphalian noble family from the Münsterland
Deuring	since 1612	Austrian noble family based in Vorarlberg with their original headquarters in Bregenz
Dewaldt	since 1679	Austrian noble family; 1679 as a baron
Dewall	since 1429	Dutch-Westphalian noble family
Dewitz	since 1212	old, north German noble family
Deym	since 1385	Bohemian nobility; 1708 old Bohemian gentry as Deym Freiherr von Střítež, 1730 Bohemian count as Deym Graf von Střítež, 1813 entry in the count class of the nobility register in the Kingdom of Bavaria
Seal	?	Munich patrician and aristocratic family
Diebitsch	since 1311	old, Silesian noble family
Diede zum Fürstenstein	End of the 13th century until 1807	Hessian ministerial and noble family
Diemar	in Thuringia since 1474	old, Frankish noble family
servant	12th - 16th century	knightly, originally as a Sachsenhauser, sat at the Sachsenhausen castle near Deiningen on the Isar; first named servant around 1303 , then patrician of Munich
Diepholz	1109-1585	noblemen from 12th century, title of count from 1530, extinct in 1585
Diepoldinger Rapotonen	955 to the 13th century	between 1256 and 1258, a powerful and influential family in the Holy Roman Empire that died out	-
Diesbach	since 1416	formerly ruling family of the Republic of Bern (extinct); Freiburg patrician family
Dieskau	since 1225	Meissen noble family
Diessenhofen	13th to 15th century	Knights from the 13th to 15th centuries from Diessenhofen in Thurgau in what is now Switzerland; Branch of the Lords of Hettlingen
This	since 1687	Post-aristocratic family whose origins lie in Westphalia
Dietherr von Anwanden	1431-1819	Family from the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg
Dietlein	since 1906	Prussian noble family
Lockpick	since 1719	Industrial dynasty in northern Alsace; 1719 Baron of the Holy Roman Empire	-
Dietrichstein	1002-1864	noble family from Carinthia
Diez	1073-1472	medieval dynasty in the central Lahn area
Diezelsky	since the 2nd half of the 16th century	Pomeranian, Pomeranian and Prussian noble families
Dillingen	11-13 century	extinct, Swabian noble family	-
Dincklage	since 1231	Westphalian nobility, first mentioned in a document in 1231
Dinsing	since 1482	extinct Westphalian noble family
Diringshofen	since 1495	Prussian noble family
Ditfurth	since 1148	Noble family of the Harzgau ; four lines: Quedlinburg, Halberstadt, Aschersleben and Blankenburg
Ditmar / Dittmar	since 1725	Baltic noble family
Ditties	since 1220	old, Mecklenburg noble family, 14./15. Century move to Prignitz, 16th century move to Denmark, still flourished in the 20th century in Norway
Dittmer	?	Originally from Pomerania, later Austrian noble family
Chub	since 1696	Swedish noble family of German origin	-
Dobenck	since 1279	old, Frankish noble family
Doberschütz	around 1470	old, Silesian and Lausitzian noble families
Doblhoff	since 1706	Tyrolean noble family; 1706 Austrian knighthood
Dobschütz	since 1266	old, Silesian noble family
Doderer	since 1877	Austrian noble family
Doetinchem de Rande	since 1180	Dutch and Prussian noble families
Dohna	since 1127	noble burgrave family from Silesia, Prussia and Lusatia; 1648 Imperial recognition as imperial and burgraves and counts
Dohnányi	since 1653	Hungarian and German noble families	-
Dölau	since 1288	Vogtland and Meißnian noble families
Dolfin	?	Venetian patrician family; 1817 Austrian-Italian nobility confirmation; 1819 or 1820 Austrian counts; 1841 nobility of the Austrian imperial state
Oarlocks	since 1288	old-market nobility; 1854 Name and coat of arms association with the von Mellin as von der Dollen-Mellin
Dönhoff	since 1282	Noble family from the county of Mark in Westphalia; imperial count since 1633; Imperial princes for a branch 1637
Donndorf	since 1398 (possibly extinct)	Noble family from Upper Franconia; a Thuringian family of the same name died out in the middle of the 13th century
Donop	since 1227	Lower Saxon nobility from the county of Lippe
Döring	since 1307	Wroclaw patrician family	-
Dörnberg	since 1100	hessian nobility; 1663 Imperial Barons; 1865 Austrian counts
Dorgelo	since 1381	Lower Saxon, later also Westphalian nobility
Dornberg	1160-1257	Hessian noble family and Reichsministeriale zu Dornberg Castle; extinguished in 1257
Thorns	since 1535	Lübeck councilors from Barmen ; Imperial nobility confirmation 1672
Dortmund	1189-1452	Westphalian ministerial family, counts, with the lords of Lindenhorst of a tribe
Dossow	since 1277	Brandenburg nobility from the Prignitz
Douglas	since 12th century since 1848 (Baden) since 1884 (Prussia)	German noble family descending from the Scottish clan of the same name ; two not directly related lines: Baden line: descending from the Swedish line , 1848 Baden counts through marriage to the Countess von Langenstein-Gondelsheim Prussian line: 1884 Prussian barons; 1888 Prussian counts
Drachenfels	12th to 16th century	Rhenish nobility
Draschwitz	1311-1565	extinct Meissen-Saxon noble family
Drašković	since 1490	old Croatian noble family; 1567 as a baron, in 1631 as a count
Dražice	13th Century	extinct Central Bohemian family
Drentels	since 1691	Baltic-Swedish noble family
Dreschwitz	since 1232	Bavarian noble family
Drieberg	since 1178	extinct Mecklenburg noble family with roots in the Schwerin / Rostock area.
Drolshagen	since the 13th century	extinct Westphalian knight and Münster patrician family
Drosedow	1462-1849	Old Pomeranian noble family
Droste to Erwitte	14th Century	extinct Westphalian family
Droste to Hülshoff	since 1209 (as vondeckebrock )	Westphalian nobility, baron class from time immemorial
Droste to Vischering	since 1170 (as von Wulfheim)	Uradel of the Principality of Münster; 1670 baron class; 1826 Prussian counts
Drygalski	after 1505	old and wealthy East Prussian noble family; 1755 recognition of the Prussian nobility;
D'Uclaux de La Valette	since 1311	French, Prussian and Austrian noble families
You plat	since 1657	French aristocratic family; later also counted among the nobility in Kurhannover, England and Denmark	-
Dubský	?	old Bohemian-Moravian and Austrian noble family and belongs to the Austrian high nobility; 1653 Princely
Dücker	around 1190	Limburg, later German-Baltic nobility; 1634, 1671, 1711, barons for different tribes; 1719 Swedish count for House Meyris in Estonia
Düdelsheim	First mentioned in 1239, extinguished in 1587	Middle Rhine knight family from the Wetterau
Fertilizing	1228 to 17th century (?)	extinct, Westphalian noble family;
Dürckheim	since 1185	Palatinate-Alsatian nobility. Since the end of the 18th century as Eckbrecht von Dürckheim-Montmartin or Dürckheim-Montmartin in Bavaria.
Düring	since 1140	noble family of Lower Saxony; 1719 Swedish barons; 1752 Swedish counts; 1881 Prussian confirmation of the title of baron
Thin	12th century to 1333	extinct, Hohenstaufen ministerial family
Dürnholz	12th and 13th centuries	extinct, noble Moravian family	-
Dry	1388-1583	extinct Austrian noble family from Carniola
Dürrmenz	1159 to?	extinct, medieval noble family
Skinny beak	16th Century (?)	extinct, Silesian noble family in the principality of Neisse
Dugel of carbene	1225-1525	extinct, Middle Rhine ministerial family in the Wetterau
Duino	1150-1406	extinct Austrian ministerial family	-
Dyhrn	since 1276	Prussian-Silesian noble family that originally came from the Meissen nobility