Rau von Holzhausen

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Coat of arms of the Rau zu Holzhausen based on Siebmacher's coat of arms book from 1605

The widely ramified family of the Rau von Holzhausen belonged to the Hessian nobility and to the Althessian and Middle Rhine Imperial Knighthood .

It came from the noble family of Marburg-Nordeck-Michelbach. The old von Holzhausen family had a crossbeam in their coat of arms; after the extinction of the von Holzhausen family, this coat of arms was transferred to the Rau family, while the old north corner coat of arms was no longer used.

The inadequate, often faulty, source situation affects the entire period of all branches of the family. Secured data are mentioned in a document, but dates of birth and death as well as periods of time are often unsecured and, with the greatest possible probability, are to be viewed with reservations because of the often different data sources. Many genealogical details, even the assignment of members of the house, remain unexplained.

In 1488, Nordeck Castle and Court came to a branch of the Rau von Holzhausen family, which was then also referred to as Rau von Holzhausen zu Nordeck (or von Nordeck). When this branch of the family died out in the male line in 1607, Landgrave Moritz von Hessen-Kassel enfeoffed another branch of the Rau von Holzhausen family with it.

Family tables

The old von Holzhausen family

  • Conrad von Holzhausen, mentioned in 1146
  • Heinrich von Holzhausen, mentioned in 1146
  • Adalbert von Holzhausen, mentioned together with his son in 1344
    • Werner von Holzhausen, mentioned together with his father in 1344
    • Burkard von Holzhausen, mentioned together with father and brother in 1344
  • Albrecht von Holzhausen
    • Daughter NN. ∞ Conrad Rau from Nordeck
    • Daughter NN. ∞ NN. from Bobenhausen
    • Daughter NN. ∞ Adolf von Schröck
  • Johann von Holzhausen, 1393 priest of the Order of St. Anton
  • Conrad Holzapfel von Holzhausen, 1370 Burgmann of Count Johann von Sayn
  • Wolf von Holzhausen, 1355 Canon of Mainz

The Rau family

Coat of arms of the Nordeck zur Rabenau according to Siebmacher's coat of arms book from 1605

Adolf I. Ruhe, knight of Ebsdorf , carried his coat of arms like the coat of arms of the family von Nordeck to Rabenau

to Nordeck

  1. Conrad I. Ruhe zu Nordeck, Mainzischer Burgmann zu Amöneburg , mentioned in 1260, 1285 and 1300, ⚭ heir daughter of Albrecht von Holzhausen (see above)
    1. Adolf II. Rau zu Frauenberg and Nordeck, 1344 Hessischer Burgmann, † before 1354, ⚭ Lyna
      1. Adolf III. zu Nordeck, first mentioned in 1354, † 1375 1⚭ Kunigunde von Amelsdorf, 2⚭ NN von Bellersheim
        1. Gernand I. Rau zu Nordeck, mentioned in 1378, 1385, 1393–1420, 1⚭ Elisabeth von Nun from Mardorf, 2⚭ NN. from Buseck called Brand
          1. Adolf V the Younger, first mentioned in 1429, † 1458
          2. Gernand II the boy, first mentioned in 1429, † 1462, ⚭ Gutta Schabe zum Staufenberg
            1. Adolf VI. the old Burgmann zu Nordeck, mentioned 1462, 1471–1515 Burgmann zu Friedberg 1⚭ 1522 Christine von Schlegerein, 2⚭ Gertrud von Merlau, daughter of Valentin von Merlau and the NN. Gift to Schweinsberg
              1. Adolf VIII. Rau zu Nordeck, the boy, † 1568, bailiff in Schotten , governor in Kassel , acquired Nordeck Castle in 1526, 1⚭ Margarethe von Dalwigk , 2⚭ 1525 Agnes Schutzbar called Milchling
                1. Jost I. Rau zu Nordeck, † 1569, Burgmann zu Friedberg, 1⚭ 1536 Catharina Wais von Fauerbach , 2⚭ 1552 Anna Catharina von Boineburg zu Lengsfeld, † 11 February 1591, widow of Burkhard Rau zu Holzhausen, † 1549
                  1. Johann Adolf I. Rau zu Nordeck, † July 14, 1558 Trimberg, ⚭ 1546 Anna von Hatzfeld , * 1524, † Fiddemühle, widow ⚭ 1570 Georg Schwertzel zu Willingshausen
                    1. Anna Rau zu Nordeck, † 1569
                  2. Jost III. Rau zu Nordeck, † January 21, 1607 in Dornheim and Bevenheim, bailiff in Amöneburg, 1⚭ 1576 Margarethe Kronberg , 2⚭ Anna Catharina Schütz von Holzhausen , childless
              2. Adolf X. Rau zu Nordeck, † September 21, 1568, bailiff in Saleck, ⚭ Ottilie von Schutzbar called Milchling
                1. Wolf Rau zu Nordeck 1572, † before 1582
                2. Heinrich V. Rau zu Nordeck, † 1591, 1573 capitular in Fulda, 1579 provost of Thulba (Oberthulba)
                3. Ottilie Rau zu Nordeck, ⚭ 1577 Valentin Echter von Mespelbrunn
              3. Kraft Rau zu Nordeck (1506–1551), Burgmann von Friedberg, ⚭ 1521 Elisabeth Schabe, daughter of Volpracht Schabe
                1. Jost II. Rau zu Nordeck, mentioned in 1568
              4. Anna Rau zu Nordeck, ⚭ 1502 Adolf Rau von Holzhausen
              5. Gertrud Rau zu Nordeck, 1⚭ Johann von Huck, 2⚭ Heinrich von Urff
            2. Gernand III. Rau zu Nordeck, mentioned in 1459, † before 1471
            3. Johann II. Rau zu Nordeck (1471–1515), 1⚭ Catharina von Merlau (sister of Gertrud and daughter of Valentin von Merlau and the NN. Schenk zu Schweinsberg), 2⚭ Margarethe Diede zum Fürstenstein , daughter of the NN. Diede zum Fürstenstein and the NN. from Buttlar
              1. Elisabeth Rau zu Nordeck ⚭ Johann Jost von Nordeck zu Rabenau. † February 21, 1544
            4. Philipp zu Nordeck (1471–1515) ⚭ Gela von Schutzbar called Milchling
              1. Heinrich IV. Rau zu Nordeck, first mentioned in 1525, ⚭ Catharine von der Tann , daughter of the NN. from the Tann and the NN. from Mansbach
                1. Dorothea Rau zu Nordeck, † 1611, 1⚭ Adolf Rau von Holzhausen, † 1578, 2⚭ Wilhelm von Fleckenbühl called Bürgel
                2. Johann V. Rau zu Nordeck, † before 1558, ⚭ Margarethe von Haustein, Ww. ⚭ Adolf Caspar von Berlepsch
                3. Anna Rau zu Nordeck, ⚭ Philipp von Nordeck called Braun (1530–1554)
            5. Luckel Rau zu Nordeck, ⚭ 1465 Conrad von Muschenheim
            6. Anna Rau zu Nordeck, ⚭ 1471 Wilhelm von Buseck called Brand
          3. Eva Rau zu Nordeck, ⚭ 1435 Hermann von Nordeck
          4. Kunigunde Rau zu Nordeck 1⚭ Gottfried von Girmes, 2⚭ 1414 Wolf Schenk zu Schweinsberg
          5. Margarethe Rau of Nordeck ⚭ 1459 Hen of Nordeck

to Holzhausen

    1. Reinhard Rau zu Holzhausen, mentioned in 1346, ⚭ Künzel
      1. Adolf IV. Rau zu Holzhausen, mentioned in 1352, ⚭ Metze Kalb von Reinheim, daughter of Ludwig Kalb von Reinheim and Hedwig NN.
        1. Emmerich Rau zu Holzhausen, mentioned in 1420, ⚭ NN. by Waldvogel
          1. Hen I. Rau zu Holzhausen, first mentioned in 1346, † before 1502 ⚭ 1452 Lysa Schlegerein, daughter of the NN Schlegerein and the NN von Rückershausen
            1. Hen III. Jung Rau zu Holzhausen † 1493, ⚭ Gertrud von Nordeck zu Londorf
              1. Clara Rau zu Holzhausen † 1554 in Zörbzig ⚭ Caspar Sittig von Berlepsch † 1539
              2. Johann IV. Rau zu Holzhausen 1539 Hessian marshal, ⚭ NN von Dalwigk, daughter of the NN von Dalwigk and the NN von Meysenbug
                1. Clara Rau zu Holzhausen † 1568, ⚭ Hermann von Zerssen auf Mengeringhausen (1516–1588)
                2. Edeline † October 27, 1575 Kirchberg, ⚭ 1540 Hans von Rolshausen zum Staufenberg
            2. Adolf VII der Mittlere Rau zu Holzhausen 1483, 1513 mentioned, † before 1525, Burgmann zu Friedberg, ⚭ Anna Rau zu Nordeck, daughter of Adolf Rau zu Nordeck and Gertrud von Merlau
              1. Catherine Rau zu Holzhausen, ⚭ Georg von Löwenstein called Schweinsberg
              2. Burkhard Rau zu Holzhausen † 1549, ⚭ 1547 Anna Catharina von Boineburg zu Lengsfeld † February 11, 1591, Ww. ⚭ 1552 Jost Rau zu Nordeck
                1. Anna Rau zu Holzhausen * 1548, ⚭ Georg Riedesel , Hereditary Marshal , † 1589
                2. Rudolf Wilhelm Ruhe Rau zu Holzhausen, * 1549 † July 15, 1611, bailiff on the Werra, Hessian-Darmstadt Privy Council, captain in Gießen , ⚭ Dorothea von Grün, daughter of Heinrich Wilhelm von Grün and Margerethe von Kitscher (gender exists up to into modern times)
              3. Adolf IX Rau zu Holzhausen † 1549 ⚭ Dorothea Rau zu Holzhausen † 1611 Ww. ⚭ Wilhelm von Fleckenbühl called Bürgel
                1. Eitel Burkhard Rau zu Holzhausen (1593–1648) Hessian-Darmstadt chief hunter ⚭ Elisabeth von Löwenstein called Schweinsberg
                  1. Johann Heinrich Rau zu Holzhausen, † young
                  2. Anna Agnes Rau zu Holzhausen (1634–1694) ⚭ Johann Burkhard von Linsingen zu Jesberg , † 1690
                2. Clara Rau zu Holzhausen ⚭ March 1595 Christian von Hundelshausen
              4. Eitel Rau zu Holzhausen, bailiff in Neustadt in Mecklenburg , Grand Vogt in Celle , ⚭ Abel von Bodendorf, daughter of Ernst von Bodendorf and Abel von Bieregg
                1. Anna Rau zu Holzhausen ⚭ 1569 Johann the Elder von Holle, Obrist , Drost zu Riklingen , Peine, Herr zu Hettlingen, * 1530, † March 4, 1576 Kiel
                2. Abel Rau zu Holzhausen, † September 13, 1598 Braunschweig , ⚭ Johann the Younger von Holle, Drost zu Peine, city governor in Braunschweig, Herr zu Wolfshorn, * 1541
              5. Anna Rau zu Holzhausen ⚭ Hermann Riedesel zu Eisenbach, † 1532
            3. Henry III. Rau zu Holzhausen, mentioned in 1479, ⚭ Gertrud von Biedenfeld
              1. Ruprecht I. mentioned in 1489/90, ⚭ NN. Diede zum Fürstenstein , daughter of the NN. Diede zum Fürstenstein and the NN. from Boineburg
                1. Elisabeth Rau zu Holzhausen ⚭ Johann Scheuertschloß zu Hachborn, † 1593 (last of his tribe)
                2. Ruprecht II. Rough to Holzhausen, † January 29, 1589, was in Jerusalem
                3. Georg Rau in Holzhausen
              2. Elisabeth Rau zu Holzhausen, † September 19, 1531 in Lich, ⚭ Conrad Schenk zu Schweinsberg (* 1459 † March 1, 1497 in Lich), bailiff of Lich
          2. Conrad IV. Rau zu Holzhausen, mentioned 1476–79
      2. Heinrich I. Rau zu Holzhausen. Mentioned in 1354, 1357, 1371
        1. Conrad III. Rau zu Holzhausen, mentioned in 1399 ⚭ Catherine Schenck zu Schweinsberg
          1. Wiederhold Rau to Holzhausen
          2. Conrad V. Rau zu Holzhausen, † January 10, 1479, Canon in Mainz
          3. Tylge Rau zu Holzhausen 1⚭ Ludwig Schenk zu Schweinsberg, † 1448, 2⚭ Gottfried Schenk zu Schweinsberg, † 1457
        2. Heinrich II. Rau zu Holzhausen, † August 29, 1415 in Constance (during the Council of Constance ), Cathedral Scholaster in Mainz

Web links

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literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rudolph von Buttlar: Family tree of the Althessian knighthood. Kassel, Göttingen, 1888, No. 29, p. 126