List of German noble families / R

R.

Surname	Period	Remarks	coat of arms
Raabs	before 1084 to 1191	Franconian nobility with headquarters in Lower Austria ( Raabs an der Thaya )
Ravens	since 1320	old Mecklenburg noble family, 1734 Danish count, 1787 name and coat of arms association with the v. Lewetzow, 1881 renewed Danish recognition of the count status
Rabenau	since 1235	Meissen nobility. There are still two families with the same name and the same or similar coat of arms, which go back to illegitimate ancestry and were ennobled in 1779 and 1912 respectively.
Raven von Pappenheim	since 1106	Westphalian-English noble family, tribal with the Lords of Canstein ; 1811 Westphalian count class
Rabenstein	1188-1742	extinct Franconian noble family
Rabensteiner from Wirsberg	?	Franconian noble family
Rabensteiner zu Döhlau	? until 1643	extinct Franconian noble family
Rabenswalde	1160-1312	extinct family that came from the family of the Counts of Kevernburg
Raboisen	before 1200 to 14th century	extinct old Holstein noble family, related to the knights of Barmstede
Rackel	since 1331	Upper Lusatian noble family
Racknitz	since 1224	Primeval noble family from Styria; 1553 imperial baron status
Radeck	since 1247	important ministers of the archbishops in the bishopric of Salzburg
Rademacher	since 1264	noble barons of the imperial nobility, coming from Holland u. a. settled in Hessen, 1549 & 1766 recognition / renewal diplomas
Radolin	since 1397	Polish primeval nobility of the Koszucki tribe, 1836 Prussian count, 1888 Prussian prince (primogenitur)
Radowitz	since 1569	Hungarian-German noble family	-
Radziwiłł	since 1398	originally Lithuanian, later also Polish and Prussian noble families; 1515 imperial count; 1547 confirmation of imperial prince status
Raesfeld / Raesfeldt	Raesfeldt 1253, Raesfeld 1547	two different Westphalian noble families (the Raesfeldt are extinct); 1757 Imperial Barons for Raesfeld, 1841 Bavarian Barons for Raesfeldt.
Rahden	since 1219	Noble-free sex from the Archbishopric of Bremen, 1620 enrolled in the Courland knighthood, 1862 Russian baron
Rahna	?	Saxon and Thuringian noble families
Rainer to Rain	since 13th century	Lower Bavarian noble family	-
Reason	since 1787	German-Baltic noble family
Raitenau	14.-17. century	old southern German noble family from the Lake Constance area
Raitenbach	since 1252	Franconian and Vogtland noble families
Raitenbuch	since approx. 1126	Ministerial sex of the Hochstift Regensburg
Raitz from Frentz	since 948	family belonging to the oldest Cologne families of lay judges and knights; 1635 Imperial barons for the Kendenich line ; 1650 the same for the Schlenderhan line
Ramdohr	since 1377	old Central German and Brunswick-Hanover noble family; 1716 knightly imperial nobility confirmation
Ramel	since 1256	Pomeranian nobility, extinct in Germany, 1584 Danish nobility naturalization, 1664 Swedish nobility naturalization, 1770 Swedish baron
Ramelstein	since 12th century	Bavarian noble family
Ramin	since 1280	Pomeranian nobility
Ramming	?	Noble family from the Kraichgau
Junk bag	1265-1854	extinct Thurgau prehistoric nobility; Barons
Ramstadt	since 1190	appear from 1354 as Lords of Wallbrunn ; Imperial Knighthood, Hessian and Rhineland nobility; Headquarters initially in Nieder-Ramstadt, later Ernsthofen Castle in the Modautal and Partenheim near Mainz; Bohemian barons 1724, extension to the entire family in 1726
Ramstein	12-14 century	medieval noble family	-
Ramung von Kammerstein	1212-1313	Middle Franconian noble family	-
Randeck	13th century - 1537	Palatine noble family
Randersacker	? until 1541	initially the lower nobility ministerial family in the service of the Würzburg bishops, later represented in several knightly cantons
Randow	since 1236	Uradel of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg. ––– A family of Randow ennobled in 1804, to whom the same coat of arms was granted, has again become extinct in the male line.
Rantzau (Ranzow)	since 1226	Original noble family based in Schleswig-Holstein, 1650 imperial count for one line
Rappach	since around 1360	Noble family from Styria, which is also part of the rural nobility in Lower Austria or one of the twelve Apostle families of Austria
Black	1543-1752	Prussian-Courland family
Rapperswil	until 1283	Eastern Swiss aristocratic family, which can be assigned to the imperial direct high nobility
Rappoltstein	1038-1673	Noble family from Alsace
Raron	12th to 15th century	Swiss noble family in Valais
Ras	12./13. Century	Noble family in the area around the Rosental in southern Carinthia	-
Quick look	1224 to after 1857	extinct, Saxon, Rhuringian and Hessian noble families
Rastenberg	since 1252	Thuringian noble family	-
Rau von Holzhausen	since 1146	Hessian noble family
Robber	since 1370	old Croatian noble family, which also settled in Lower Austria in the 14th century
smoke	since 1777	Prussian noble family that goes back to Major General Bonaventura von Rauch
Smoke head	since 1308	Meissnian nobility in the Saalekreis
Raugrafen	1148-1457	extinct noble family who had their main possession in the former Nahegau
Spacer	since 1590	noble family from the Upper Palatinate
Get out of Rausenbach	since 1251	Swabian aristocratic family that originated in the Kirchheim unter Teck area
Rauschner	?	Franconian noble family	-
Raussendorf	since 1240	Silesian noble family
Rautenberg	before 1249	Old nobility in the Diocese of Hildesheim, vassals of the Counts of Stolberg
Rautter	1454-1792	extinct, Prussian noble family
Raven	since 1235	Uckermark nobility
Ravensberg	1144-1609	dead medieval noble family
Ravensburg	from 1178	Lower Franconian noble family	-
Vine	since 1239	Strasbourg patrician and aristocratic family
Rechberg and Rothenlöwen	since 1179	Swabian nobility; 1577 imperial baron status; 1607 Count estate
Rechenberg (Franconia)	?	extinct Franconian noble family with ancestral seat at Rechenberg Castle near Stimpfach
Rechenberg (Silesia)	since 1270	Meissen nobility; 1534 Imperial Barons; 1703 Count estate
Rechteren-Limpurg	1236	Geldern nobility; 1705 Imperial Count for the younger branch of the older line
Horizontal bar	since 1627	patrician family from Goslar, imperial nobility on August 12, 1627, one line raised to the Baden baron status on November 11, 1882, not related to von der Recke or side lines
von der Recke incl. Recke von der Horst	since 1265	Westphalian nobility; Imperial barons for members of the lines or branch lines Reck 1623, Kurl 1653, Horst 1677, Uentrop 1677, Witten 1708, Wenge-Offenberg 1709 and Steinfurt 1717; The branch Stockhausen acquired the Prussian count status in 1817.
Reckrodt	since 1253	Hessian-Thuringian noble family
Reckow	since 1517	Pomeranian noble family
Talk	since 1191	Lower Saxon nobility; 1786 Prussian counts; 1894 prevalence and 1894 confirmation of the baron title for another line.
To speak (Rödern)	since 1155	Brandenburg nobility; House Perg: May 2, 1646, hereditary-Austrian barons, May 20, 1646, Bohemian counts; House Schwante: 1757 Prussian counts.
Redwitz (Redwitz an der Rodach)	since 1116	Franconian nobility; 1816 Baron status
Redwitz (Marktredwitz)	?	extinct Franconian knighthood
Regensberg	1044-1331	important extinct Swiss noble family in the former Zurichgau
Regenstein	1162-1599	extinct Lower Saxon counts, also called Reinstein
Reginbodones	11th century until?	Middle Rhine-Franconian noble family	-
Deer	since 1456	Baltic aristocratic family, 1620 enrollment in the Courland knighthood, 1668 Swedish aristocratic naturalization, 1680 Swedish baron, 1746 enrollment in the Estonian knighthood, 1747 (and 1798) enrollment in the Livonian knighthood, 1786 Imperial Count (1840 Finnish recognition), 1818 Finnish counts
Rehekampff	since 1542	Baltic lines of the Riesenkampff (Risenkamp) patrician family from the Hildesheim monastery
Rehlingen (I) / Rehlingen (II)	since 1320	Bavarian-Salzburg noble family; 1665 Imperial barons for the Horgau line; 1909 Bavarian barons for the Holdberg line.
Rehren	since 1675	Baltic-Swedish noble family
Reibnitz	since 1288	Silesian nobility, 1637 imperial prince (ad person), 1724 Bohemian baron, 1757 and 1857 Prussian recognition of the baron
Empire of Reichenstein	since 1166/79	Swiss knight family; Owned in the Basel area, Sundgau and southern Black Forest
Count of Reichenbach	1089-1279	extinct Hessian counts	-
Reichenbach	since 1258	Silesian nobility; 1665 Bohemian barons, 1678 Bohemian gentry, 1730 Bohemian counts
Reichlin from Meldegg	?	South German, baronial noble family
Reifenberg	until 1686	extinct German noble family
Reifferscheid	since the end of the 12th century	Aristocratic family from the Eifel, named Salm-Reifferscheidt from the 15th century
Reinach	since 1210	Aargau ministerial family. 1635 imperial barons, 1718 French counts
Reineck	?	Thuringian noble family	-
Reinken	since about 1300	Baltic, Prussian and Russian noble families
Reinsberg	since 1291	noble family of Silesia and Lower Lusatia
Reinstein	13-16 century	extinct Franconian noble family
Reipitzsch	1269-1704	Merseburg ministerial family	-
Reischach	since 1191	Swabian nobility; 1724 herbländisch Austrian baron class; 1810 Württemberg counts.
Reitzenstein	since 1318	Vogtland nobility; 1759 recognition of the baron status. There is a homonymous nobility of the same name.
Remchingen	1160-1779	extinct, south German noble family from Kraichgau
Renauld (nobles of Kellenbach)	until the beginning of the 20th century	Originally from Lorraine, later in Bavaria resident post-nobility family, which became extinct in the male line at the beginning of the 20th century
Rennberg	approx. 1217-1585	extinct noble family from the Middle Rhine and imperial knights
Rennkampff	since 1563	Baltic noble family; 1728 Imperial knighthood
Renteln	since 1297	Hanover and Lübeck council families
Renz	?	Swabian noble family	-
Repke (Rohbeck)	since 1491	Kashubian noble family from Lauenburg, later also flourishing in Poland and Prussia, 1786 Prussian nobility confirmation
Restorff (Retzdorff)	since 1226	Mecklenburg nobility
Reuland	1128-1313	medieval noble family in what is now Wallonia	-
Reuschenberg	since 1278	Rhineland noble family
Reuss	since 1122	Princely house in Thuringia; it was later divided into numerous houses ( Reuss older line , Reuss middle line , Reuss younger line , Reuss-Gera , Reuss-Schleiz , Reuss-Lobenstein , Reuss-Ebersdorf ) - there are also six noble families with the name Reuss, all of them dem Belong to letter nobility and have different coats of arms and origins.
Reuters	since 1691	German-Baltic family originating in Lübeck; 1691 Swedish nobility, 1890 Russian counts (†)
Reventlow	since 1223	Holstein-Mecklenburg primitive nobility; 1673 or 1767 Danish counts
Revertera-Salandra	since 1771	Austrian noble family that originally came from Catalonia and immigrated to Austria from the Neapolitan Salandra in 1771	-
Rex	1186/1190	Upper Saxon nobility; 1741 or 1764 imperial count status;
Rhade	since 1316	repugnant-Pomeranian gender; Expansion to Denmark, Mecklenburg and Brandenburg, 1836 baron title ad pers. For Hermann von Rhaden
Rhäzüns	1137-1458	Swiss noble family in the Graubünden Alpine region
To the Rhine (lat .: de Reno)	since 1164	Upper Rhine ministerial sex
Rheinbaben	since 1272	Silesian nobility; 1736 imperial baron status
Rheingrafen (Wild and Rheingrafen)	12th century to?	Noble family of the high Middle Ages; In 1623 a line was raised to the rank of imperial prince
Rhemen to Barensfeld	since 1281	Westphalian noble family
Ribbeck	since 1237	Brandenburg nobility;
Ribbentrop	since 1547	Lippian nobility; 1823 Prussian nobility.
Judge	since 1569	German-Baltic noble family
Richthofen (Praetorius von Richthofen)	since 1515	old mail nobility; 1661 knighthood with von Richthofen; 1735 Bohemian barons; 1846 Prussian counts
Ricdag	from the 8th century	Noble family from the tribal duchy of Saxony	-
Rubbed	1237 to?	Mecklenburg primeval nobility, 1840 Prussian barons
Riedemann	since 1917	Aristocratic Prussian and Bavarian family from the Emsland	-
Riederer by couple	since 1368	old Bavarian nobility; 1692 electoral Bavarian baron class
Riedern	1206-1588	extinct noble family, named after the Lower Franconian Riedern
Riedesel	since 1226	hessian nobility; 1680 imperial baron status.
Riedheim	since 1294	Swabian nobility; 1590 imperial baron status
Strap	?	Lower Saxon noble family
Rieneck	Late 11th century to 1559	extinct medieval Frankish counts
Giant mountain	1167-1720	extinct catholic noble family in Bohemia	-
Giant castle	1293 to the 16th century	old Bohemian noble family that died out in the 16th century	-
Riesenkampff called Rehekampff	since 1542	Baltic lines of the Riesenkampff (Risenkamp) patrician family from the Hildesheim monastery
Advised	12th century to?	Noble family in the southern Palatinate	-
Rietberg	?	Westphalian counts
Rieter von Kornburg	1361-1502	extinct patrician family of the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg
Riexingen	until 1560	extinct, Swabian noble family
Beef mouth	since 1191	Franconian-Styrian noble family
Ringg from Baldenstein	?	Noble family from Graubünden from Sils in Domleschg in the Viamala region of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland
Ringgenberg	since 13th century	Alemannic noble family
Rintelen	since 1303	Herford councilors
Ripperda ( Cosijn von Ripperda )	since 1057	East Frisian nobility; 1474 and 1676 imperial barons
Ritschl from Hartenbach	since 1581	Bohemian mail nobility
Rittberg	since 1405	Westphalian noble family; 1717 Prussian nobility recognition in the form of a renewal of the nobility, 1751 Prussian counts
Ritz	?	Tyrolean-Salzburg noble family with Jewish roots
Robertiner / Rupertiner	7-11 century	medieval Frankish noble family	-
Rochow	since 1238	Old Markian nobility; 1640 Imperial barons for the Königstein family
Rockenthien	since 1792	Saxon, Thuringian and Prussian noble families	-
Rockhausen	since 1273	Thuringian nobility
Rodde	since 1528	Lübeck merchant family from Münster ; 1806 Imperial nobility and barons
Rode	approx. 13th century to 1599	Nassau-Hessian nobility
Rodemach	since 932	Lorraine noble family
Clearing	1120 / 24-1553	Counts of Lower Saxony	-
Rodenstein	1080-1671	Original Hessian nobility from Crumbach or from Rodenstein Castle
Roeder	since 1561	Silesian noble family
Roeder	since 1333	Vogtland noble family
Roeder von Diersburg	since 1197	Uradel from the Ortenau; 1773 French recognition of the baronate, 1911 Grand Ducal Baden confirmation of the baron title for the entire family
Röhrenfurth	since 1182	Althessian noble family	-
Roëll (Röhl)	since 1647	Westphalian family, in Dortmund in 1573, who transferred to the landed gentry in 1647 with possession of the Dölberg manor; 1798 Prussian recognition of the old nobility (for then presumed tribal members), from the 18th century also wealthy in Silesia, as well as in the Netherlands, where nobility recognitions were made in 1817, 1818, 1836, 1886 and 1892; Dutch baronate (primogenitur) 1819 and 1874.
Romans	since 1401	family from the margraviate of Meissen, which passed into the nobility in the 16th century; 1470 imperial coat of arms letter. There is a Livonian family of the same name with a similar coat of arms	_Meissen _Hesse
Ronne	?	Originating from the Duchy of Bremen, from the first half of the 15th century in Livonia, Courland and later also in Samogitia resident noble family
Rossing	since 1132	Uradel from southern Lower Saxony.
Rogalla von Bieberstein	since 1599	old East Prussian noble family named Rogalla; 1750 adoption of the current name
Roggenbach	since 1132	Alemannic nobility
Roggendorf	15-19 century	knight family from Styria; later imperial count
Roggwil	13th to 17th century	Swiss knight family; named after the village of Roggwil in Thurgau
pipe	since 1033	Originally from Bavaria, later from the Brandenburg aristocratic family
Pipe and stone	since 1277	Silesian nobility
Rohrbach	until 1350	Bavarian nobility	-
Roll	since 1432	noble Swiss patrician family in Solothurn
Rollingen	? until 1740	extinct Luxembourg dynasty
Rolsberg	1419	Noble family from the Rhineland, Hungarian baronate 1734, Austrian barons 1781
Romberg	since 1249	Westphalian nobility; 1874 Prussian baron class
Ronow	since 1211	old Bohemian noble family; 1670 Imperial Count as von Ronow and Biberstein	-
Ronsberg	since 982	extinct Allgäu nobility; 1147 Count; 1182 Margrave
Ropp	since 1221	Lower Saxon-Baltic nobility; the authorization to use the title of baron took place on the basis of the enrollment with the Courland Knighthood according to the Knight Bank's decision of 1620
Rorer	since 1272	old Franconian noble family
Rosdorf	11th to early 16th century	extinct noble family of Lower Saxony
Roses	since 1282	old Baltic noble family, 1693 imperial baron, 1731 Swedish baron, 1751 Swedish count. 3 other families of the same name: Rosen, Vorpommern (1617); Rosen, Liege (1680); Rosen adH Kaiserlitz, Stralsund (1662)
Rosenau	from the 2nd half of the 14th century	Franconian and Thuringian noble families
Rosenbach	? until 1806	extinct Central German noble family. There is still a gentry of the same name who was ennobled in 1643.
Rosenberg	before and after the 16th century	extinct Franconian-Swabian noble family in the knightly canton of Odenwald
Rosenberg (Witigonen)	1225-1611	The extinct family of the Rosenbergs (Czech z Rožmberka) came from the family of the Witigones. There are eight other genders of the name Rosenberg.
Rosenberg-Gruszczynski	circa 1430	Polish, later Prussian noble family
Rosenbusch in Notzing	since 1537	Munich patrician family, which in the course of being linked to other families of the lower nobility in 1537 was ennobled
Rosenegg	until 1480	Swabian noble family
Rosenkampff	since approx. 18th century	German-Baltic noble family; related to the noble family Rehekampff (Riesenkampff called Rehekampff) or Riesenkampf
Rosenschantz	1652-1818	1652 Swedish nobility, expansion in Mecklenburg and Silesia
Rose stem	since around 1500	originally Alsatian, later Prussian noble family	-
Rossau	1139-1619	extinct, originally Franconian noble family
Rosswag	1148 to the middle of the 14th century.	Noble, Swabian noble family, which had its ancestral seat in the Roßwag community of the same name
Rotberg	since 1277	Swiss nobility; 1773 French recognition of the baronate
Rotenhan	since 1229	Franconian nobility; 1771 Imperial Barons; 1774 imperial count status
Red mouth	1249-1711	extinct Rügisches noble family
Roth von Schreckenstein	since 1237	patrician family from Ulm; has held the title of baron since 1684
Rothenburg	12th Century	Widely branched, southern German aristocratic family, which, after Gebwin, descended from the Robertinians and named itself with the Hohenstaufen kitchen master Heinrich towards the end of the 12th century after Rothenburg ob der Tauber Castle
Rothenstein	1280 to 16th century	extinct Swabian noble family
Rothkirch	since 1302	Silesian nobility; 1830 Finnish barons. The Rothkirch and Panthen line received the Austrian count status in 1826 and the Prussian baron status in 1839; the Rothkirch and Trach line received the Prussian baron status in 1757 and the Prussian count status in 1861
Rothschild	since 1500	Banking family of Jewish origin; 1816 Austrian nobility; 1822 Austrian baron class
Rottal	? until 1762	extinct old Bohemian noble family
Rubella	1103-1316	extinct noble family based in the Basel area
Rottenburg	? until 1411	extinct noble family with headquarters in the lower Inn Valley	-
Rotterdam	since 1560	German-Bohemian gender; 1560 imperial nobility diploma, 1609 Polish indigenous people; 1783 kuk counts; 1862 Russian indigenous community; Spread to Volhynia, Galicia and Belgium, flourishes in Poland
Return	1135 to around 1666	medieval noble family in Hessen
Rüdenberg	? until 1515	medieval noble family in Westphalia
Rudigheim	1222 to 1655	medieval noble family in Hessen	-
Rüdt von Collenberg	since 1134	Immediate Frankish noble family. Baden line: 1816 enrolled in Bavaria with the baron class, 1877 Baden counts. Bavarian line: 1723 electoral Bavarian barons
Rühle von Lilienstern	since 1743	German family raised to the nobility by Emperor Karl VII in 1743	-
Rümlang	1143-1528	Aristocratic family from Rümlang in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland and in southern Baden
Rüxleben	since 1235	Thuringian noble family
Rukavina from Morgenstern	since 1845	Croatian-Austrian noble family
Hype	since 1281	aristocratic families from Nuremberg, Upper Palatinate and Austria
Rumohr	since 1220	Holstein nobility, same tribe and coat of arms with those of Ahlefeld (t)
Rumpenheim	1210-1531	extinct German noble family based in Rumpenheim	-
Rundstedt	since 1109	Old Markian nobility
Runkel	since 1159	Hessian nobility
Sootworm	1349-1732	Franconian noble family; After the family died out, a name and coat of arms were combined with the von Gleichen zu von Gleichen-Rußwurm with the approval of the emperor
Rusteberg	1143-1437	Eichsfelder and the Thuringian noble family
Rymsza	since 1785	German-Baltic-Polish-Lithuanian noble family
Rzewuski	since 1541	Polish, later Prussian noble family; 1783 hereditary-Austrian counts