Surname
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Period
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Remarks
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coat of arms
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Aarberg
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from 13th century
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Swiss counts
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Aarburg
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from 12th century
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Swiss noble family; originally under the name of Büron
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Office
Aarburg
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Aarwangen
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around 1200 to around 1350
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Noble family in the Swiss plateau
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Abenberg
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around 1040 until the turn of the 12th / 13th centuries century
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old, Frankish counts
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Evening red
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since the 18th century
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bourgeois, later aristocratic correspondence from Saxony; Elevation to the imperial nobility in 1793
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Abenheim
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1190-1512
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extinct, Rhineland-Palatinate nobility
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-
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Abensberg
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12-15 century
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Bavarian noble family; 1653 imperial count under the name Abensperg and Traun
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Abensperg and Traun
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since 1114
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Austrian noble family from Traungau , belonging to the high nobility, 1653 imperial count
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Abercron
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?
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German-Danish noble family
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Absberg
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1113-1647
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extinct, Frankish noble family
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Appraisal
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1294-1830
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Silesian family, baron status in 1695
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Achalm
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first half of the 11th to the end of the 12th century
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extinct Swabian family of counts
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Adelebsen
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1111-1957
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noble Brunswick noble family
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Adelmann of Adelmannsfelden
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since 1118
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Swabian nobility; 1680 imperial baron status; 1790 imperial count status
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Adelsheim (Adelsheim von Ernest)
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since 1324
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Franconian-Swabian nobility; 1830 Baron status
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Adensen
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1120 / 1140-1325
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Lower Saxon noble lords
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-
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Aderkas
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since 1277
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German-Baltic nobility in Livonia, later also in Estonia and Ösel
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Aeschi
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since 1252
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Swiss ministerial family in the canton of Solothurn
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-
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Monkey stone
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1510-1649
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extinct, lower nobility of the northeastern Vorderpfalz in the Middle Ages
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Agilolfinger
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548-788
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the first Bavarian ducal dynasty
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-
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Ahalolfinger
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724-954
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extinct family of the Swabian nobility during the Carolingian era
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-
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Aham
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until 1881
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Bavarian noble family
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Ahlebeck
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1571 to 17th century
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Pomeranian-Lauenburg noble family
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Ahlefeld
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since 1320
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Original noble family from Hildesheim Abbey
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Ahlefeldt from Dehn
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since 1783
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third line of the line of Ahlefeld. Name and coat of arms association with the von Dehn (first for Carl Friedrich Ulrich von Ahlefeldt , married to Sophie Charlotte Friederike Freiin von Dehn).
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Ahlimb
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14th century to 1830
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Brandenburg noble family
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Ancestors
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1456
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Rügen primal nobility, extinct on Rügen in 1680, flourishes in Denmark
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Aichelberg
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1189 to before 1500
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extinct, noble family
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Aichelburg
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since 1500
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noble family from Carinthia; In 1655 the hereditary-Austrian baron, 1787 the heredal-Austrian count
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Aichen
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since the beginning of the 17th century
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patrician family from County Mark; Moved to Vienna around 1640, was accepted into the new knightly family in 1666, into the old Lower Austrian knightly class in 1674 and into the baron class in 1816
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Ainod
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1282-1447
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Ministerial of the Counts of Gorizia with headquarters in Lower Carniola
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-
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Akerman
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since 19th century
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Baltic German noble family
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-
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Alaholfinger
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8th to 10th century
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Swabian noble family on the upper reaches of the Neckar and Danube
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-
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Albedyl
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since 1349
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family from Riga; next to it two noble families
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Albums
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extinguished in 1561
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Noble family from the Pinzgau (Land Salzburg)
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Alberti from Enno
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since about 1010
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ancient Tyrolean noble family; 1537 confirmation of ancient knightly nobility; 1714 hereditary Austrian counts
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Alberti from Poja
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?
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old aristocratic, originally French, who gained prestige in northern Italy and Austria; 1558 confirmation of nobility; 1683 admission to the Tyrolean nobility register; 1763 knighthood of the Salzburg state estates; 1774 imperial count status
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Albertiner
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1443 to the middle of the 18th century
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extinct princes of the Wettins
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-
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Albrecht of Albrechtsburg
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since 1625
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originally Swabian, later resident in Stockerau, Lower Austria and Vienna, to the knightly imperial nobility, then to the hereditary-Austrian knighthood
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Alcaini
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?
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old noble family originally from Veneto, later native to Austria; 1798 Incolat in the lordship for the Duchy of Carinthia; 1829 Confirmation of Austrian count status
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Aldenburg-Bentinck
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1633 to?
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semi-sovereign ruling house since 1663; Imperial barons, later imperial counts
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Aldersna
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since the 2nd half of the 13th century
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East Frisian noble family
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-
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Alemann
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since 1281
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Magdeburg Ratherren Familie; Elevation to the nobility in 1602
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Alemann
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1731-1762
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1731 raised to hereditary nobility; Already extinguished in 1762
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Alers
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?
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French aristocratic family originally from Normandy, who emigrated to Bremen and were raised to the Prussian nobility in 1875
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-
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Allerstedt
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1157 to the second half of the 14th century
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Thuringian imperial ministerial family that died out early
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-
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Allstedt
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12th to mid-14th century
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old Reich ministerial family
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Alnpeck
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15th century
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Saxon ministerial and patrician family
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-
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Old people
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since 1182
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1815 Hanoverian counts; 1901 Prussian counts with name extension "von Alten-Linsingen"
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Altenbockum
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since 1307
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Westphalian nobility
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Altenburg
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1146 / 47-1328
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Burgrave family in Saxony and Thuringia
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Altendorf
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since 1118
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Bavarian noble family
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-
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Altenstein
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10th century to 1878
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extinct, Franconian-Swabian noble family
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Althann
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since 1129
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Lower Bavarian nobility; 1574 hereditary-Austrian baron class with von der Goldburg zu Murstetten ; 1608 imperial count;
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Altheim
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since 1129
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Swabian noble family
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-
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Old rock
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1744-1751
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Originally from Mecklenburg, later also in Pomerania and Saxony, a noble family
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Alvensleben
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since 1163
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Uradel of the Halberstadt diocese. Different lines of the sex were given the Prussian count status in 1798, 1800, 1840 and 1901 - there are also six post-aristocratic families, each of which goes back to illegitimate sons of Alvensleben and who were ennobled in 1787, 1798, 1801, 1806 and 1858, as well as one family whose name was given when von Alvensleben did not object in 1960.
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At the end
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since 1460
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epistle sex; Prussian nobility 1888
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Ambros
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since 1878
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Austrian noble family; 1878 Austrian knighthood
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-
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Amelunxes
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since 1147
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old, Westphalian-Lower Saxon noble family; 1867 Approval for the continuation of the baron title
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Aminoff
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since 1618
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Russian-Baltic noble family naturalized in Sweden in 1618, introduced in 1650 ibid., introduced in Finland in 1818 and as a baron ibid., in 1821 counts according to birthright ibid.
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Ammendorf
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1224-1550
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important knightly noble family
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Foster life
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11./12. century
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old dynasty of counts - family castle in Grieben (Elbe)
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-
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Ammon
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since 1594
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Bavarian-Saxon noble family
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Ammon
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since 1742
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Prussian noble family
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Ammonides
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12th century
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extinct noble family from Schleswig-Holstein
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-
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Amsberg
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since 1891
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Noble family from Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania; 1891 Mecklenburg-Schwerin approval for the continuation of the nobility predicate.
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Amsdorf
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1302 until the end of the 17th century.
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Saxon noble family
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-
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Andechs
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11-13 century
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important counts of the Middle Ages
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Changed
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since 1301
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Family in Hanover, who provided merchants, councilors and mayors in the city for several centuries
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Andlau
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since 1144
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old, sub-Alsatian noble family; 1676 imperial baron status; 1817 Austrian counts.
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Andrian-Werburg
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since 1350
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Original Lombard nobility, imperial baron status in 1692, enrollment in the baron class in the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1812
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Andwil
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since 1169
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Eastern Swiss lower nobility
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Angelach
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1255-1608
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extinct ministerial nobility from Kraichgau
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Angern
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since 1160
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Magdeburg nobility
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Anniona
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7th century
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Bavarian primal and high nobility
|
-
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Anrep
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since 1470
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German-Baltic, originally Westphalian family; Swedish nobility 1635 (flourishing), Russian count Anrep-Elmpt 1853 (extinct).
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Apian-Bennewitz
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since 1495
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Imperial nobility 1541
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-
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Appetzhofen
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1527
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probably originally from Bavaria, lived in Waldshut in the 16th century; Barons
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Apremont
|
?
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Lorraine noble family
|
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Arco
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since 1124
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Noble noble family from the Principality of Trento
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Are
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around 930 to 1397
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important, early medieval noble family (extinct)
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-
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Arenberg
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since 1032
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Noble family from the Eifel, extinct in 1278, but continued in the female line. 1576 princes, 1644 dukes.
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Arenstorff
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since 1306
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Primeval noble family from the Uckermark
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Aretin
|
1769
|
Bavarian aristocratic family of Armenian origin; 1769 as a baron
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Aribones
|
850-1104
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Noble noble family in Bavaria and Austria
|
-
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Armansperg
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since 1221
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Bavarian nobility; 1719 baron class; 1790 counts
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Arnhem
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1160/1166 to the 14th century
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Lower Saxon noble lords
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-
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Arnim
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since 1204
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Primeval noble family from the Uckermark; 1786 + 1870 Prussian counts and 1841 Prussian barons for various lines
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Arnsberg
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11th century to 1368
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medieval counts; emerged from the Counts of Werl
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Arnsberg
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1173-1247
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medieval noble lords with property in Arnsberg; possibly emerged from the Counts of Arnsberg
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Arnshaugk
|
1125-1359
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Line of the Lobdeburg Counts
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Arnstedt
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since 1145
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Noble noble family of the County of Mansfeld
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Arnstein
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approx. 12th century to around 1300
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Noble counts of the Middle Ages, branch lines were Lindow-Ruppin and Barby
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Arnswald
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since 1178
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Stolbergian-Thuringian nobility family
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Arps from Arpshofen
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since 18th century
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Baltic German noble family
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Ashberg
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since 1243
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Westphalian nobility; 1673 title of baron and 1687 title of count for the Swedish line; 1814 title of baron for the Bavarian line. The Westphalian line also carries the title of baron, the Kurland and East Prussian line the title of baron.
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Aschhausen
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until 1657
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Central German noble family
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Ascanians
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since 1036
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East Saxon (East Westphalian) princely family
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Askuiner
|
11th to 12th century
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kärtner noble family
|
-
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Aspelkamp
|
1221 to?
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extinct, Westphalian noble family
|
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Aspermont
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12th to 14th century
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medieval Swiss noble family and knighthood
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Asseburg
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since 1219
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Lower Saxon nobility; 1816 Prussian counts
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Attems
|
since 1102
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Uradel of the former Margraviate of Friuli, in 1605 a baron and in 1630 and 1653 as a count
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Except
|
since 1307
|
Aristocratic Prussian family originally from Bavaria
|
|
Auer zu Brennberg
|
?
|
old, Bavarian noble family
|
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Auersperg
|
since 1220
|
old, Austrian noble family; Imperial barons and imperial counts for different lines.
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Auerswald
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since 1263
|
Meissen nobility
|
|
Auffenstein
|
1173 -?
|
originally Ministeriale of the Counts of Tyrol
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|
Aufseß
|
since 1114
|
noble noble family; one line received the imperial count (1695), another the imperial baron (1714)
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|
Aulock
|
since 1252
|
Silesian nobility
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|
From the corner
|
1283-2014
|
First noble family in Meißen, Anhalt and the Duchy of Magdeburg.
|
|
Awake
|
since 1599
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Noble family from the Trier area
|
|
Auspitz
|
since 1900
|
Jewish families from Moravia; Viennese banking family Auspitz and their branches Auspitz Edle von Artenegg and Edle von Auspitz; 1900 Austrian nobility
|
-
|
Avesnes
|
since 11th century
|
Franconian-Lorraine aristocratic family in Hainaut
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Aweyden
|
?
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Old Prussian noble family
|
-
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