Rollingen (noble family)
The Lords of Rollingen were a Luxembourg dynasty , the last line of which was extinguished in 1740.
history
The noble family belonged to the most important families in Luxembourg and came from the Luxembourg exclave Rollingen, today's Raville , a French commune in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region . Your castle there was destroyed during the French Revolution . Since the middle of the 15th century, a branch of the family also owned Ansemburg Castle .
people
Well-known representatives of the noble family are:
- The Privy Councilor Lothar Friedrich von Rollingen, Herr von Dalenbroich and Koerich , Hereditary Marshal of the Duchy of Luxembourg and the County of Chiny . He had the Stadioner Hof built in Mainz.
- Heinrich Hartard von Rollingen , Bishop of Speyer
- Karl Wolfgang Heinrich von Rollingen (1676–1730); Canon in Speyer, Mainz and Trier, epitaph in Speyer Cathedral
coat of arms
The family coat of arms of the von Rollingen family is three silver rafters in red . The increased coat of arms of the noble lords of Rollingen is quartered, in fields 1 and 4: the Raville family coat of arms; 2 and 3: a silver anchor cross in red , a rust in the heart shield.
literature
- André Haagen, Jean-Pierre Koltz, Paul Margue, Raymond Weiller: Maison de Raville - A contemporary document. Luxembourg history of a Renaissance house. Interpublicite, Luxembourg, 1990.