List of German noble families / L

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Surname	Period	Remarks	coat of arms
La Roche	since approx. 1000	Noble family from the Free County of Burgundy
Laar (Bentheim)	since 1227	Burgmann family von Bentheim from Bentheim who called themselves von Laar
Laar from Salne (Bentheim)	since 1380	Family from Overijssel who settled in the county of Bentheim
Babble	11th to 15th century	Noble, old Bavarian noble family that named themselves after their headquarters in Prunn, Laaber and Breitenegg
Lacković	first half of the 14th to 16th centuries	noble family in the late medieval unified Croatian-Hungarian kingdom.
Ladner of Ladenburg	before 1400	noble family from Baden-Württemberg
Laer	?	originally Dutch, later Westphalian noble family
Laffert	ennobled since 1303 1664	Brunswick-Lüneburg patrician family, wealthy in Franconia and Mecklenburg after the ennoblement.
Laiming	Mid-12th century to 1679	extinct Upper Bavarian noble family
Laineck		extinct Franconian noble family, from the place of the same name Laineck (today part of Bayreuth in Upper Franconia). You were initially Ministeriale of the Meranians.
Lamberg	since 1343	Carinthian-Krainer nobility, possibly a tribe with the Lords of Graben ; 1524 imperial barons; 1636 imperial counts, 1707 imperial princes; 1709 Landgrave of Leuchtenberg
Lambsdorff	since 1239	Westphalian nobility, the full name of which is von der Wenge, called Lambsdorff . Vassals of the Teutonic Order. Wealthy in Livonia since the 15th century. 1880 Russian count status and Prussian count status confirmation with today's name.
Lamminger	Mid-14th to 18th century	Bavarian noble family
from the Lancken (Lancken-Wakenitz)	since 1285	old Rügisch-Pomeranian noble family; 1816 Swedish barons - there are also two other von der Lancken families with different coats of arms
Landenberg	since 1177	Uradel of the County of Kyburg; 1773 French recognition of the baron class;
Landesbergen	12th century to 1881	Lower Saxon-Westphalian noble family	-
Landsberg	since 1115	old Bergisches and Westphalian noble families; 1648 Imperial barons for the Erwitte-Velen tribe; 1840 Prussian count for the same.
Landschad von Steinach	12th century to 1653	extinct medieval lower noble family
Landstein	1194-1478	Bohemian noble family from the Witigonen family
Rural desert	since 1325	Thuringian noble family
Long	since 1315	Lusatian nobility
Long	since 1706	wealthy mailing nobility in Western Pomerania and Mecklenburg-Schwerin; 1706 imperial nobility; Prussian freeman 1839.
Long	since 1276	Westphalian noble family (near Westbevern)
Long	since 1184	Westphalian noble family (near Meppen)
Long coat from the RR	?	old Augsburg patrician family; 1511 admission to the Tyrolean aristocratic register; 1763 and 1766 confirmation of the traditional nobility; 1779 hereditary baron class;
Langenstein (Baden)	since 1827	Baden noble family
Langenstein (Switzerland)	since 1191	Swiss aristocratic family with headquarters in Melchnau, Canton Bern
Langermann and Erlencamp	since 1776	Mecklenburg noble family
Langmann	1352–1381 (?)	extinct patrician family of the imperial city of Nuremberg
Langwerth from Simmern	since 1215	Middle and Upper Rhine nobility, has been using the title of baron since the 18th century
Lanzenkirchen	1130, 1132	Austrian noble family in Lanzenkirchen in Lower Austria	-
Rag	1315-1419	extinct landlord family in the land of Hadeln
Larisch	since 1279	Upper Silesian nobility, 1654 Bohemian barons, 1748 Bohemian counts, 1791 Austrian counts Larisch von Mönnich
Lasser von Zollheim	?	East Tyrolean-Salzburg noble family	-
Latour	?	Noble Graubünden family from Breil / Brigels in the Cadi in the Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden	-
Lattorff	since 1182	old Anhalt noble family
Laubenberg	since 1263	Swabian noble family; Ancestral castle was the Alt-Laubenberg near Grünenbach in Westallgäu
Laucha	1271 to 15th century	extinct Thuringian gentry family
Laucha	1223 to 16th century	extinct Thuringian gentry from the town of Laucha in the Gotha district
Lurking from Münchhofen	since 1790	Prussian noble family
Lauffen	1037-1212	Frankish noble family that died out early
Le Coq	since 1565	Huguenot family that later settled in Prussia and Saxony
Le Duchat de Dorville	since 1538	Huguenot family that later settled in Prussia	-
Le Fort	1035-1327	Genevan patrician family originally from Piedmont and descendants of Mecklenburg and Pomeranian noble families
Lebenberg	until 1426	extinct, old Tyrolean noble family
Lechsgemünd-Graisbach	1035-1327	extinct Franconian-Bavarian noble family in the Middle Ages
Ledebur	since 1195	Westphalian nobility; 1719 Bohemian barons; Austrian counts
Leden	13th century to 1557	Patrician and aristocratic family from Tecklenburg in Westphalia
Ledochowski	since 1457	Polish and Austrian noble families; 1800 heirloom-Austrian count dignity
Empty	since 1791	Mecklenburg noble family, 1791 imperial nobility, accepted into the Mecklenburg knighthood in 1821
Lehndorff	since 1236	East Prussian nobility; 1687 imperial count
Lehsten	since 1255	Mecklenburg nobility, after name and coat of arms association with the v. Dingelstedt flourished in 1807 as a baron in Silesia
Lehwaldt	since 1290	Lower Lusatian nobility
Leiningen	since 1128	Noble counts from the Palatinate area; 1779 Princely
Leipa	1277-1682	extinct Bohemian family
Leipzig	since 1185	Meissnian nobility
Quietly	1171-1538	Burgraves at Leisnig Castle (extinct)	-
Lendersheim	?	Franconian-Swabian noble family
Lengenbach	?	noble, Bavarian-Lower Austrian noble family
Lengerke	since 1257	Osnabrück Council Family
Lengheimb	?	old noble family from Styria, which branched out as a knightly Styrian family with possessions in Carniola and Lower Austria
Lenk from Wolfsberg	Late 18th century until 1943	Austrian noble family;
Lentersheim	12th century to 1799	Franconian-Swabian noble family
Lenthe	1225-1907	extinct Lower Saxon nobility family
Lenzburg	1077-1173	extinct Swiss noble family	-
Leonberg	1200-1319	Lower Bavarian noble family that died out in the Middle Ages
Leonhardi	since 1610	Hessian noble family
Leonrod	circa 1218	Middle Franconian nobility; 1745 imperial count status
Leoprechting	since 1305	old Bavarian nobility; 1685 imperial barons, 1694 and 1813 Bavarian barons
Lepel	since 1236	Pomeranian and Mecklenburg prehistoric nobility; House Nassenheide: Prussian counts 1749; House Grambow: 1810 westf. Count class; Netzelkow House: 1812 Westphalian recognition of the baronate; House Wieck: 1837 Prussian counts.
Lerch von Dirmstein	1281-1699	extinct nobility family from the Palatinate
Lerchenfeld	since 1070	Bavarian nobility; 1653 imperial baron status; 1698 imperial count status
Lersner	since 1447	Nobility from Hesse and later belonging to the imperial city patriciate in Frankfurt am Main
Lesche from Mühlheim	1258 to the 19th century	Middle Hessian noble family
Lesedow	since 18th century	Estonian noble family, presumably of Scottish descent	-
Lessel	since 1112	Silesian nobility
L'Estocq	?	Huguenot family that settled in Prussia
Lettow-Vorbeck	since 1330	Old Pomeranian noble family
Leublfing	1174-1985	extinct Lower Bavarian nobility; 1604 imperial baron status; 1690 imperial count status
Leuchtenberg	1146-1646	Noble family of the Middle Ages
Leuth von Hachenburg	End of the 15th century - approx. Mid 17th century	Council family from Hachenburg in the west of the forest , in the 16./17. Century one of the leading civil servant families in Hesse, 1629 imperial aristocracy (expired)
Leuthorst or Luthardessen	since 1380	Lower Saxon noble family
Leutrum von Ertingen	since 1106	Swabian nobility; 1781 Sardinian counts; 1884 Württemberg barons and counts
Leutsch	since 1182	Meissner nobility, later also in Silesia, Hanover and Prussia
Levetzow	since 1219	mecklenburg nobility; 1751 Danish counts; 1867 barons in Austria; 1907 Prussian baron class
Lewinski	since 1526	old Pomerellian-Kashubian noble family
von der Leyen	since 879	noble family from the Moselle; 1653 imperial baron status; 1711 imperial count; 1806 Princely
von der Leyen (to Bloemersheim)		Krefeld noble family, Prussian baron class 1816
Leyser	since 1239	old German-Austrian family of scholars from Winnenden in Württemberg, ennobled in single lines; Imperial nobility 1739, 1770 and 1790, in the latter year also imperial barons for one line.
Leyser from Lambsheim	1368-1746	Palatinate noble family, named after the place Lambsheim
Lichnowsky	since 1377	Upper Silesian nobility; Barons; 1727 Bohemian counts; 1773 Prussian princes.	_{Lichnowsky-Werdenberg}
Lichtenberg	12th century	Frankish counts	-
Lichtenberg	1197 to the 15th century	extinct Alsatian noble family
Lichtenburg	1203 to the end of the 16th century	extinct North Bohemian noble family;
Lichtenhain	1129-1798	extinct Thuringian nobility;
Lichtenstein (Franconia)	1336-1850	extinct Franconian noble family
Lichtenstein (Austria)	since 1136	one of the oldest Austrian noble families
Dear lord	since 1731	Pomeranian noble family, (1727) 1731 imperial nobility, 1816 Mecklenburg indigenous people
Liebenau	since 1231	Meissen noble family, 1659 imperial nobility, 1764 Prussian nobility confirmation
Love stone	since 1200	Originally from Alsace, the nobility family; Barons
Dear	since 1845	Hessian noble family
Liechtenstein	since 1136	one of the oldest Austrian noble families
Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn	13th century to 1761	extinct noble family from South Tyrol; Ministerials of the Bishops of Trento and the Counts of Tyrol
Lieli	13th to 15th century	Swiss ministerial family in the wake of the Counts of Kyburg, later the Counts of Habsburg	-
Lienz and Lueg	up to the 16th century	Austrian noble family
Lieven	since approx. 1191	German Baltic-Liv sex; 1654 Swedish barons, 1720 Swedish counts, 1799 Russian counts, 1801 imperial counts, 1826 Russian princes
League salt	since 1583	Munich patrician family, which was raised to the nobility in 1583 as league salt in Ascholding
Lilies	since 1307	Westphalian noble family; 1798 knightly imperial nobility and coat of arms confirmation; 1756 imperial baron status	_{Family coat of arms} _{Lilies to Borg}
Lily field	since 1650	Swedish-Baltic noble family
Limburg	13th to early 15th century	Short-lived noble family ruling Limburg an der Lahn in the 13th and 14th centuries, a branch of the family of the Counts of Isenburg
Limburg-Arlon	11.–13./14. century	Family of the counts and (from 1140) dukes of Limburg	-
Limburg-Stirum	since 1056	noble counts on the Lower Rhine;
from the linden tree	since 1317	Prussian noble family, also represented in the patriciate of Thorn and Danzig, from the early 17th century spread to Silesia and Pomerania; 1631 Swedish indigenous people, 1653 Swedish barons
Linden (Pomerania)	1705-1785	Short-lived nobility from Pomerania - merged into the Heyden-Linden family
Linden (Switzerland / Southern Germany)	since 1780	Swiss-South German aristocratic family from the Principality of Liège, which was raised to imperial nobility by Emperor Joseph II in Vienna in 1780; see also Lynden
Lindenau	since 1181	Meissnian-Saxon nobility
Lindenfels	since 1497	Noble family from the Franconian and Upper Palatinate area; 1812 barons
Lindequist	since 1792	1792 Imperial nobility
Lindow-Ruppin	approx. 13th century - 1524	noble family of counts in the late Middle Ages, branch line of the Counts of Arnstein
Lindstedt	since 1809	Thuringian postal nobility; 1912 nobility in the princes of Schwarzburg	-
Lingen	since 1845	Inclusion in the ösel register of nobility in 1845, before that it was probably used by customary law of the nobility predicate
Linger	1701 to?	Prussian mail nobility, 1701 Prussian nobility, 1787 Prussian nobility in the form of a nobility renewal
Left from Lützenwick	until 1844	Thuringian noble family
Lentil singing	1170/1230	noble free Hessian nobility, 1684 and 1783 imperial baron, 1769 Kurmainz. Confirmation of the baron status, 1813 Kgl. Westphalian confirmation of the baronate, 1816 Kgl. Prussian count, 1818 English naturalization as Count Linsingen of Linsingen and Baron Linsingen, 1862 French aristocratic naturalization as Baron de Linsingen
Linstow	since 1281	Mecklenburg nobility, since 1777 Danish nobility naturalization
Liphart	since 17th century	German-Baltic noble family
from / to the lip	since 1123 (or 913)	German ruling family, possibly descending from the Counts of Werl (since 913); Abdication 1918
from the lip	since 1180	Westphalian nobility; 1916 Austrian recognition of the baron status.
Liudolfinger	866-1024	Saxon noble family and medieval German ruling dynasty	-
Livonius	since 1570	Nobility from Saxony, Prussian nobility in 1860, 1861 and 1888
Lobdeburg	12-15 century	extinct noble family originating from Franconia	_{Hartmannian tribe} _{Otto tribe}
Lobkowitz (Lobkowicz)	1408	Older tribe: 1840 barons; Younger tribe, Chlumetz line: 1624 imperial princes; 1786 title of duke; Bilin line: 1635/1670 Imperial Counts
Locatelli	since 1229	old noble family who came from Bergamo and came to Austria; 1229 nobility diploma; 1647 baron class; 1816 Counts
Lochau	since 1445	Saxon, Prussian and Bavarian noble families
Lochner (Lochner von Hüttenbach)	since 1274	Franconian nobility; 1814 Bavarian barons
Lochow	since 1241	Havelländischer Uradel
Lockstaedt	since 1253	Primeval nobility from Central Markets, spread to Pomerania, East Prussia and Russia
Lode	since 1229	German-Baltic nobility; 1630 Swedish indigenous community; 1810 Finnish indigenous people
Lode	1242-1731	Pomeranian nobility
Lodron	since 1124	Originally an Italian noble family from Trentino that also gained a foothold in the German-speaking area in the 16th and 17th centuries
Loë	since 1251	Westphalian nobility; 1629 Imperial Barons; 1707 electoral Brandenburg imperial count status
Löbbecke	since the 14th century	Merchant family from Iserlohn. In the 19th century many, mostly resident members of the family were raised to the Prussian nobility.
Loebell	since 1290	Silesian nobility
Loeben	since 1253	primeval noble family of lords, barons and counts; 1642 imperial baron status; 1790 imperial count status
Spoon wood from Colberg	since 1385	Patrician family of the imperial city of Nuremberg; 1708 imperial baron status
Löwensprung dipper	since 1516	East Prussian sex; 1647 nobility; Polish Lölhöffels called themselves Lelewel since 1768 .
Lösch von Hilkertshausen	?	Bavarian noble family
Losnich	from 1226	Rhineland noble family	-
Löw von Steinfurth	since 1301	Originally from the Middle Rhine, today from the Hessian noble family.
Lion's Arch	1160/1253	Hessian nobility family
Löwenstein-Wertheim	1463	German nobility; 1494 imperial count; 1813 Wuerttemberg princes
Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg	1611	Line of the House of Löwenstein-Wertheim acquired through inheritance in 1611; 1712 Princely
Lion star	since 1537	German-Baltic nobility from Estonia and Livonia, originally Rigemann, from 1650 Swedish nobility as "Rigemann von Löwenstern", later barons
Lion star	since 1667	South German noble family
Lion wolves	1299-1872	German-Baltic nobility, barons (recognized in 1854), 1726 Russian count, 1740 imperial count
Lowis of Menar	since 1434	German-Baltic noble family that came from Scotland
Logau	1305 to the 20th century	old Silesian noble family. 1605 Bohemian barons as "Logau and Olbersdorf", 1733 title of count.
Logothetti	?	came from an originally Greek family who rose to the Venetian and then Austrian counts through their actions
Lohra	1116 to 1227	Thuringian noble family, rulers of the county of Lohra
Lonstorf	1167-1342	extinct ministerial family of the bishops of Passau	-
Loos from Losimfeldt	1167-1342	Bohemian and Austrian noble families; 1861 Austrian nobility title	-
Looz-Corswarem	since 1016	originally Belgian noble family
Laurel of storks	1571-1857	extinct curb-Bavarian aristocratic family; 1571 imperial nobility
Lorber from Lorberau	since 1741	extinct Austrian noble family; 1741 nobility
Lorenz	since 1790	Saxon, Silesian and Prussian noble families
Losenstein	since 1252	Noble family with ancestral castle Losenstein in Losenstein (Upper Austria), which also branched out in Lower Austria, Bavaria and Northern Bohemia and are among the Apostle families of Austria
Lossow (Lossau)	since 1208	Brandenburg primeval nobility
Loudon	since 1759	German-Baltic noble family
Lowtzow	since 1292	old Mecklenburg noble family with the parent company Levitzow near Teterow
Lucius	since 1888	Thuringian family with lineage since the 17th century, Prussian nobility on May 5, 1888
Luck	since 1253	German nobility from Silesia
Luckner	since 1778	Danish - German noble family. 1778 Danish barons, 1784 Danish counts, 1787 Electoral Palatinate Bavarian nobility
Ludowinger	1080-1247	Ruling dynasty in medieval Thuringia and Hesse
Ludwig von Demuth	?	extinct, Ermland-Prussian noble family
Ludwigstorff	since 1703	Austrian high nobility
Lüchau	1266-1756	extinct Upper Franconian noble family
Gaps	since (1286) 1351	old Mecklenburg noble family
Lüder	since 1696	Brandenburg and later also the Baltic postal nobility;	-
Luderitz	since 1247	Old Marks nobility;
Lüdinghausen called Wolff	since 1174	Westphalian nobility; later in the Baltic States
from the Lühe	since 1230	Mecklenburg nobility
Lünde	since 1354	Hanoverian patrician family	-
Luneburg	1302–1741 or 1625–1961 (female line since 1950)	two unrelated noble families: 1) originally from the Hanseatic city of Lüneburg, which rose in the Lübeck patriciate. In 1641 the Lüneburg families belong to the circle society whose nobility is confirmed by the emperor; 2) morganatic sex, which from the herzogl. House of Braunschweig and Lüneburg, continued through adoption of a daughter line since 1950 (of the tribe of the Barons von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen)	_{Patrician family} _{morganatic Lüneburg}
Lüninck	since 1444	Rhenish-Westphalian noble family; 1845 Prussian recognition of the baron class
Lürwald	since 1313	old Westphalian noble family
Lürzer from Zechenthal	since 1671	Salzburg noble family
Lüschwitz	until the 18th century	extinct Franconian noble family originating in the Saxon region
Lütgendorf	since 1699	German-Austrian noble family	-
Liège	since 1355	Meissnian nobility; 1769 imperial count (line Kmehlen, younger house); 1791 Imperial Counts (Tjele line, younger house); 1865 Freiherren (Kmehlen line, older house); 1877 barons (Ulberdorf line).
Liettwitz	since 1321	German nobility; 1845 Prussian recognition of the title of baron since 1730; 1741 title of baron for the Reuthau tribe;
Lützelburg	since 1166	Lorraine nobility; 1665 Imperial and Hereditary-Austrian old gentry, 1666 Saxon baron, French recognition of the baronate for the entire family, 1812 entry in the baron class of the Bavarian nobility matriculation
Lützow (Lützau)	since 1287	Mecklenburg primeval nobility; 1643 Renewal of the Imperial Barons' status (Goldenbow House); Imperial Count 1692 (Seedorf line); 1786 Bohemian barons (House Groß-Brütz); 1869 Prussian barons (Schwechow House)
Luitpoldinger	807-989	early medieval family of the Frankish imperial aristocracy	-
Lukowitz	?	Lithuanian, Polish, Pomeranian and Prussian noble families
Lumerins	since 1231	Graubünden noble family
Lupping	1065-1582	extinct noble family with possessions in the Baar, in the Black Forest, in Klettgau and in Alsace
Luternau	since 1226	Kyburg and Habsburg ministerial family
Luttelnau	1295-1417	Extinct Westphalian noble family with possessions in Essen
Luxburg	since 1386	St. Gallen Council Family; 1776 Imperial Knighthood; 1779 Imperial Baroness; 1790 imperial count status;
Luxembourg	1288-1437	German princely dynasty which, along with the Habsburgs, provided most of the Roman-German kings of the late Middle Ages; The house Luxemburg-Ligny is the younger line of the German house Limburg-Arlon naturalized in France
Lynar	since 1347	Prussian count family of Italian origin; 1807 Austrian princes
Lyncker	since 1658 and 1688	Hessian, later also Saxon, postal nobility
Lynden	?	old, originally Geldrian noble family; see also Linden