List of Swabian noble families / K

Swabian noble families A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z Uncertain assignment

K

Surname	Headquarters	was standing	Notes on history and distribution	Membership in aristocratic associations, alliances or registers	Links to relevant picture galleries	coat of arms
Kaib (from Hohenstein)	Hohenstein	Württemberg Ministerials	Branch of Speth, mentioned from 1287 to 1483	Leitbracken		Scheibler
Kaltental	Kaltental	Imperial Knight		Leitbracken Canton Kocher because of Aldingen (14th century – 1746) Mühlhausen am Neckar (until 1582) and Oßweil (until 1647)		Scheibler
Carp ; Carp	Hohenkarpfen Castle near Hausen ob Verena and Rietheim	Imperial Knight	Family extinct in 1663	Canton Neckar-Black Forest (1548–1663)		Sieve maker
Kechler von Schwandorf	Schwandorf, district of Haiterbach 1802: Ober- and Untertalheim, and Unterschwandorf as a fiefdom of Austria	Imperial Knights Barons		Sankt Jörgenschild Swabian Federation Canton Neckar-Black Forest (1548–1805) (until 1748 also with the manor Diedelsheim )		Sieve maker
Killingen	Killingen Castle in Ellwangen - Killingen	Ministerial of the Ellwangen Monastery	mentioned from 1321 to 1428; Tribesmen of the Lords of Röhlingen, whose coat of arms they also carry			New sieve maker
Counts of Kirchberg	Oberkirchberg	Count		Leitbracken	Swabian nobles as councilors Eberhard des Mild von Württemberg Graf von Kirchberg No. 41 more pictures here	Ingeram Codex
Klingenberg	Klingenberg Castle near Homburg (Thurgau) since 1300 Hohentwiel Castle	Ministerial of the Bishops of Constance counts	First mentioned in 1200 in the service of the Bishops of Constance. Around 1300 important position of various members of the family as bishops in Constance, Brixen and Freising, as well as governors of various southern German cities. Co-founder of the Knights' Association from Sankt Jörgenschild. Partisans of Habsburgs in the dispute with the Confederates. Involved in various feuds in the 15th century. Gradual sale of the property. 1538 Hohentwiel was finally sold to Württemberg. 1583 Death of the last male from Klingenberger.	Leitbracken Sankt Jörgenschild : Caspar von Klingenberg († 1439) first captain of the Swabian Confederation : his grandson Caspar was killed in the Swabian War near Rielassingen in 1499	Swabian nobles as counselors Eberhard des Mild von Württemberg Caspar von Klingenberg, below right (22) more pictures here	Scheibler
Knöringen		Imperial Knights Barons		Leitbracken canton Altmühl of the knights circle Franconia (because of the rule Krießberg acquired in 1545 including Lustenau canton Kocher (1605-62) because of Wildenstein )		Scheibler
Chef from Gailenbach	Gailenbach Castle in Edenbergen	Imperial Knight	1654 by Emperor Ferdinand III. ennobled and accepted into the Augsburg patriciate. Extinct in the male line in 1768.
Cook	Kocherburg in Unterkochen	Feudsmen of the Counts of Helfenstein	attested from 1136 to 1475; Then split into a Unterkochener (documented 1539) and an Oberkochener (documented 1541) line			Coat of arms of Unterkochen
Königsegg	Originally by Fronreute , they are named after Königsegg Castle near Guggenhausen from 1251 ; later Rothenfels Castle near Immenstadt in the Allgäu	Staufer Ministrale; Barons ; Count		Leitbracken	Leopold Wilhelm Graf von Königsegg-Rothenfels (1630–1694) Vice President of the Imperial Court Council 1665–1671 Imperial Vice Chancellor 1666–1694 more pictures here	Scheibler
Kyburg	Kyburg in the canton of Zurich	Count	Sideline of the Counts of Dillingen and the Counts of Winterthur ; the male line died out in 1263, as a result of which the Habsburg lines Kyburg-Burgdorf and Neu-Kyburg were formed through female succession .

Swabian noble families A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z Uncertain assignment

Individual evidence

↑ In most cases, coats of arms were chosen from Scheibler's book of arms (older part 1450-1480) or from Siebmacher's book of arms (1605). Both heraldic books use the term Swabia in their sorting.
↑ Otto von Alberti: Württembergisches Nobility and Arms Book. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1889–1916
^ The district of Reutlingen , Volume I, ISBN 3-7995-1357-4 , p. 847.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Ingeram Codex: Society in the Leitbracken of Swabia
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gerhard Köbler : Historical lexicon of the German countries. The German territories from the Middle Ages to the present. 7th, completely revised edition. CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1 .
↑ in particular the bottom of the suburb of Unterschwandorf
↑ The Society of Sankt Jörgenschild joined the Swabian Federation in 1488 at the beginning of the first unification period . In the later unification periods, not all lower nobility genders were represented
↑ ^a ^b ^c Gustav A. Seyler: The dead Württemberg nobility (= J. Siebmacher's Wappenbuch. VI, 2). Nuremberg 1911

[Wappen-1] In most cases, coats of arms were chosen from Scheibler's book of arms (older part 1450-1480) or from Siebmacher's book of arms (1605). Both heraldic books use the term Swabia in their sorting.

[Alberti-2] Otto von Alberti: Württembergisches Nobility and Arms Book. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1889–1916

[3] The district of Reutlingen , Volume I, ISBN 3-7995-1357-4 , p. 847.

[Codex-Ingeram-4] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Ingeram Codex: Society in the Leitbracken of Swabia

[Köbler_7.-5] Gerhard Köbler : Historical lexicon of the German countries. The German territories from the Middle Ages to the present. 7th, completely revised edition. CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1 .

[6] rticular the bottom of the suburb of Unterschwandorf

[Schwäbischer_Bund-7] The Society of Sankt Jörgenschild joined the Swabian Federation in 1488 at the beginning of the first unification period . In the later unification periods, not all lower nobility genders were represented

[Seyler-8] Gustav A. Seyler: The dead Württemberg nobility (= J. Siebmacher's Wappenbuch. VI, 2). Nuremberg 1911