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Surname Period Remarks coat of arms
Aarberg from 13th century Swiss counts
Mandrot coat of arms Gf v Neuenburg-Aarberg.jpg
Aarburg from 12th century Swiss noble family; originally under the name of Büron
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Office
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Aarburg
Aarwangen around 1200 to around 1350 Noble family in the Swiss plateau
Aarwangen-coat of arms.svg
Abenberg around 1040 until the turn of the 12th / 13th centuries century old, Frankish counts
Abenberg - Counts - Franconia - Heilsbronn Münster - Stiftungsbild.jpg
Evening red since the 18th century bourgeois, later aristocratic correspondence from Saxony; Elevation to the imperial nobility in 1793
Abendroth coat of arms.jpg
Abenheim 1190-1512 extinct, Rhineland-Palatinate nobility -
Abensberg 12-15 century Bavarian noble family; 1653 imperial count under the name Abensperg and Traun
Abensberg-Scheibler18ps.jpg
Abensperg and Traun since 1114 Austrian noble family from Traungau , belonging to the high nobility, 1653 imperial count
Abensperg and Traun Wappen.jpg
Abercron ? German-Danish noble family
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Absberg 1113-1647 extinct, Frankish noble family
AbsbergSiebmacher101.jpg
Appraisal 1294-1830 Silesian family, baron status in 1695
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Achalm first half of the 11th to the end of the 12th century extinct Swabian family of counts
Coat of arms Counts of Achalm.svg
Adelebsen 1111-1957 noble Brunswick noble family
Coat of arms Adelebsen.svg
Adelmann of Adelmannsfelden since 1118 Swabian nobility; 1680 imperial baron status; 1790 imperial count status
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Adelsheim (Adelsheim von Ernest) since 1324 Franconian-Swabian nobility; 1830 Baron status
Siebmacher102-Adoltzheim.jpg
Adensen 1120 / 1140-1325 Lower Saxon noble lords -
Aderkas since 1277 German-Baltic nobility in Livonia, later also in Estonia and Ösel
Aderkas coat of arms 010.JPG
Aeschi since 1252 Swiss ministerial family in the canton of Solothurn -
Monkey stone 1510-1649 extinct, lower nobility of the northeastern Vorderpfalz in the Middle Ages
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Agilolfinger 548-788 the first Bavarian ducal dynasty -
Ahalolfinger 724-954 extinct family of the Swabian nobility during the Carolingian era -
Aham until 1881 Bavarian noble family
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Ahlebeck 1571 to 17th century Pomeranian-Lauenburg noble family
Ahlebeck coat of arms.jpg
Ahlefeld since 1320 Original noble family from Hildesheim Abbey
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Ahlefeldt from Dehn since 1783 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).
Ahlefeldt Baron von Dehn coat of arms 1783 02.jpg
Ahlimb 14th century to 1830 Brandenburg noble family
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Ancestors 1456 Rügen primal nobility, extinct on Rügen in 1680, flourishes in Denmark
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Aichelberg 1189 to before 1500 extinct, noble family
XIngeram Codex 113a-Aichelberg.jpg
Aichelburg since 1500 noble family from Carinthia; In 1655 the hereditary-Austrian baron, 1787 the heredal-Austrian count
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Aichen since the beginning of the 17th century 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 1282-1447 Ministerial of the Counts of Gorizia with headquarters in Lower Carniola -
Akerman since 19th century Baltic German noble family -
Alaholfinger 8th to 10th century Swabian noble family on the upper reaches of the Neckar and Danube -
Albedyl since 1349 family from Riga; next to it two noble families
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Albums extinguished in 1561 Noble family from the Pinzgau (Land Salzburg)
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Alberti from Enno since about 1010 ancient Tyrolean noble family; 1537 confirmation of ancient knightly nobility; 1714 hereditary Austrian counts
Family coat of arms of the Alberti von Enno before 1537.png
Alberti from Poja ? 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 1443 to the middle of the 18th century extinct princes of the Wettins -
Albrecht of Albrechtsburg since 1625 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 ? 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
Coat of arms of the Counts of Alcaini.jpg
Aldenburg-Bentinck 1633 to? semi-sovereign ruling house since 1663; Imperial barons, later imperial counts
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Aldersna since the 2nd half of the 13th century East Frisian noble family -
Alemann since 1281 Magdeburg Ratherren Familie; Elevation to the nobility in 1602
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Alemann 1731-1762 1731 raised to hereditary nobility; Already extinguished in 1762
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Alers ? French aristocratic family originally from Normandy, who emigrated to Bremen and were raised to the Prussian nobility in 1875 -
Allerstedt 1157 to the second half of the 14th century Thuringian imperial ministerial family that died out early -
Allstedt 12th to mid-14th century old Reich ministerial family
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Alnpeck 15th century Saxon ministerial and patrician family -
Old people since 1182 1815 Hanoverian counts; 1901 Prussian counts with name extension "von Alten-Linsingen"
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Altenbockum since 1307 Westphalian nobility
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Altenburg 1146 / 47-1328 Burgrave family in Saxony and Thuringia
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Altendorf since 1118 Bavarian noble family -
Altenstein 10th century to 1878 extinct, Franconian-Swabian noble family
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Althann since 1129 Lower Bavarian nobility; 1574 hereditary-Austrian baron class with von der Goldburg zu Murstetten ; 1608 imperial count;
Althann coat of arms.jpg
Altheim since 1129 Swabian noble family -
Old rock 1744-1751 Originally from Mecklenburg, later also in Pomerania and Saxony, a noble family
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Alvensleben since 1163 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 since 1460 epistle sex; Prussian nobility 1888
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Ambros since 1878 Austrian noble family; 1878 Austrian knighthood -
Amelunxes since 1147 old, Westphalian-Lower Saxon noble family; 1867 Approval for the continuation of the baron title
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Aminoff since 1618 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 1224-1550 important knightly noble family
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Foster life 11./12. century old dynasty of counts - family castle in Grieben (Elbe) -
Ammon since 1594 Bavarian-Saxon noble family
Ammon 1824 CoA.jpg
Ammon since 1742 Prussian noble family
Ammon 1742 CoA.jpg
Ammonides 12th century extinct noble family from Schleswig-Holstein -
Amsberg since 1891 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 1302 until the end of the 17th century. Saxon noble family -
Andechs 11-13 century important counts of the Middle Ages
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Changed since 1301 Family in Hanover, who provided merchants, councilors and mayors in the city for several centuries
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Andlau since 1144 old, sub-Alsatian noble family; 1676 imperial baron status; 1817 Austrian counts.
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Andrian-Werburg since 1350 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 since 1169 Eastern Swiss lower nobility
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Angelach 1255-1608 extinct ministerial nobility from Kraichgau
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Angern since 1160 Magdeburg nobility centered
Anniona 7th century Bavarian primal and high nobility -
Anrep since 1470 German-Baltic, originally Westphalian family; Swedish nobility 1635 (flourishing), Russian count Anrep-Elmpt 1853 (extinct).
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Apian-Bennewitz since 1495 Imperial nobility 1541 -
Appetzhofen 1527 probably originally from Bavaria, lived in Waldshut in the 16th century; Barons
Appetzhofen coat of arms.jpg
Apremont ? Lorraine noble family
Armoiries d'Aspremont.svg
Arco since 1124 Noble noble family from the Principality of Trento
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Are around 930 to 1397 important, early medieval noble family (extinct) -
Arenberg since 1032 Noble family from the Eifel, extinct in 1278, but continued in the female line. 1576 princes, 1644 dukes.
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Arenstorff since 1306 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 Noble noble family in Bavaria and Austria -
Armansperg since 1221 Bavarian nobility; 1719 baron class; 1790 counts
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Arnhem 1160/1166 to the 14th century Lower Saxon noble lords -
Arnim since 1204 Primeval noble family from the Uckermark; 1786 + 1870 Prussian counts and 1841 Prussian barons for various lines
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Arnsberg 11th century to 1368 medieval counts; emerged from the Counts of Werl
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Arnsberg 1173-1247 medieval noble lords with property in Arnsberg; possibly emerged from the Counts of Arnsberg
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Arnshaugk 1125-1359 Line of the Lobdeburg Counts
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Arnstedt since 1145 Noble noble family of the County of Mansfeld
Coat of arms of the von Arnstedt.svg
Arnstein approx. 12th century to around 1300 Noble counts of the Middle Ages, branch lines were Lindow-Ruppin and Barby
Blason ville for Pont-à-Marcq (north) .svg
Arnswald since 1178 Stolbergian-Thuringian nobility family
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Arps from Arpshofen since 18th century Baltic German noble family
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Ashberg since 1243 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 until 1657 Central German noble family
Aschhausen coat of arms.jpg
Ascanians since 1036 East Saxon (East Westphalian) princely family
Blason Principauté d'Anhalt (XIIIe siècle) .svg
Askuiner 11th to 12th century kärtner noble family -
Aspelkamp 1221 to? extinct, Westphalian noble family
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Aspermont 12th to 14th century medieval Swiss noble family and knighthood
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Asseburg since 1219 Lower Saxon nobility; 1816 Prussian counts
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Attems since 1102 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
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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 since 1263 Meissen nobility
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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.
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Awake since 1599 Noble family from the Trier area
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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 ? Old Prussian noble family -