List of German noble families / V

V

Surname	Period	Remarks	coat of arms
Vahl	since 1794	noble family from Western Pomerania
Vaihingen	? until 1364	extinct medieval noble family in Franconia and Swabia
Vaistli	14th century	Austrian noble family from Nüziders (Vorarlberg)	-
Valepage	14th to 15th century	Knight family of the Paderborn country, also called Valepage from the Wichmodeberg
Valley	1102-1268	extinct, Bavarian counts	-
Valzner	1387-1427	extinct patrician family of the imperial city of Nuremberg
Van der Straten-Ponthoz	since 19th century	Belgian-Austrian noble family; lordly counts
Vangerow (Pomerania)	since 1364	Pomeranian nobility
Vangerow (Neumark)	since 1568	from the Neumark pen nobility family; 1798/1828 Prussian nobility;	_{minor deviations}
Varell	?	extinct Franconian knighthood	-
Varendorff	since 1170	presumably originally free-of-charge Westphalian nobility with the headquarters of the same name in the former county of Tecklenburg
Varnhagen from Ense	since 1505	Westphalian nobility family; 1826 Prussian nobility
Vasmann	?	Vogtland or Meißnisches noble family	-
Vaz	1135-1338	Swiss noble family
Vegesack	since 1598	Livonian family with origin (1354/1410) in Münster, 1598 Swedish-Polish nobility, 1651 Swedish aristocratic renovation, 1745 enrollment with the Livonian knighthood, 1802 Swedish baron, 1830 introduction to the baron class of the Swedish knighthood, 1867 enrollment with the Oesel knighthood also to Franconia, Mecklenburg, Western Pomerania and West Prussia
Veilsdorf	1195 to 15th century	extinct Vogtland-Franconian ministerial family
Velen	13th century to 1756	First dynasties, later knight dynasty
Vellberg	1102-1592	South German noble family with possessions in the knightly canton of Odenwald
Veltheim	1157-1238	noble, extinct family, presumably from Swabia, in the Duchy of Saxony, who appeared as Counts of Osterburg and Altenhausen. - There is also the original noble ministerial family von Veltheim, first mentioned in 1141, which, however, did not descend from them
Venier	since 11th century	Venetian patrician family; In 1857 he was raised to the rank of count in Austria
Venningen	since 1139	old Kraichgau knight family; 1821 enrollment in the Bavarian baron class
Verger	17th to 19th century	Italian-Swiss noble family	-
Decline	972-1415	dynastic, Swabian counts of the Middle Ages
Verschuer	since 1477	Family from Appeltebroek near Barnevelt in Gelderland; 1696 Imperial barons and coat of arms association with the von Trott zu Solz
Verse	since 1217	noble family from Lower Saxony
Vestenberg	1263-1565	extinct Franconian-Swabian knight family based in Vestenberg near Petersaurach
Cousin of the Lily	?	Austrian high nobility that comes from Lower Styria
Cousin of Lilienberg	until 1842	Austrian counts
Vieregg, Vieregge also square	since 1346	mecklenburg nobility; 1552 in Bavaria, 1692 imperial baron, 1790 imperial count; 1590 in Pomerania, 1692 Prussian indigenous people, 1834 Prussian counts; 1703 Danish count, 1776 Danish nobility naturalization
Viermünden (Virmond)	before 1260 to 1744	extinct Hessian noble family, branch lines in Westphalia ( Virmond-Bladenhorst ) and on the Lower Rhine ( Virmond-Neersen ), 1621 barons, 1706 imperial counts
Vietinghoff	since 1230	Westphalian nobility of the county of Mark; Barons for several of the 14 lines.
Viktorids	6th to 8th century	one of the earliest aristocratic houses in Switzerland	-
Vincke	since 1223	Westphalian nobility; Prussian approval to use the title of baron
Vintler	since 13th century	Tyrolean noble family
Virneburg	1042-1445	zealous counts
Vitzthum from Apolda	1123 to?	extinct Thuringian noble family (of a tribe with the Vitzthum von Eckstädt)
Vitzthum of Eckstädt	since 1123	Thuringian nobility; 1711 Imperial Counts
Vogt of Elspe	since 1297	extinct ancient noble family in the Duchy of Westphalia
Vogt of Soest	since 1141 (extinct)	Aristocratic family named after the office in the Soest area
Vogt of Sumerau	?	Swabian nobility
Vogt of Weida , Gera and Plauen	since the middle of the 12th century	Medieval aristocratic family in the area of today's Thuringia and Saxony. The Vogtland is named after them.
Voit von Rieneck	since 1251	Franconian nobility; 1673 imperial baron status; 1697 Imperial Counts
Voit from Salzburg	1258 (?) To 1853	Service men on the Salzburg, arose from the Fieger family, who were wealthy in Haßgau .
Volckamer von Kirchensittenbach	since 1378	Upper Palatinate nobility, originally from the Nuremberg patrician family
Volen von Wildenau	since 1232	Swabian noble family
Volkenstorfer	1120-1616	Noble noble family of Upper Austria. In the 12th century it entered the ministry of the Styrian margraves
Volland	since 1276	Originally from Swabia, the Vogt family, in 1530 and 1570 were raised to the imperial nobility
Full spit	1210-1553	extinct Westphalian noble family belonging to the knighthood
Volmestein	1134 to early 15th century	Rhenish noble family
Voss (Mecklenburg)	since 1253	Primeval nobility from Mecklenburg; Houses in Giewitz and Buch: 1800 and 1840, respectively, Prussian counts
Voss (Lower Saxony)	since 1221	Primeval nobility from the Osnabrücker Nordland and the Oldenburger Münsterland;
Voss (Diepholz)	early 16th century	Noble family from Diepholz
Voss (County Mark)	13th Century	Noble family from the County of Mark
Vrints to Falkenstein	?	Bremen family who rose to the Austrian nobility through marriage
Vrtba	16th century to first half of the 19th century	extinct Bohemian noble family	-
Vultejus (Vultée)	since 1446	Hessian family from Wetter near Marburg an der Lahn; 1630 imperial nobility;