Schwartzkoppen

Coat of arms of those von Schwarzkoppen in Grotes sex and coat of arms book of the Kingdom of Hanover and the Duchy of Braunschweig , around 1850

Schwartzkoppen is the name of an aristocratic family from Lower Saxony , whose lineage begins with Hans Swartekop († 1511), citizens of Braunschweig .

Nobility uprisings

Knightly imperial nobility and hereditary-Austrian nobility as "von Schwarzkoppen" with improved coat of arms on February 22, 1688 in Vienna for the brothers Conrad Schwarzkopf , ducal Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Chamber and District Councilor , and Johann Georg Schwarzkopf , ducal Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Privy Chamber Councilor , his descendants carried the name "von Schwarzkoppen".

Nassau baron status in 1812 for Friedrich von Schwarzkoppen , ducal Nassau lieutenant with the mounted hunters.

1688: Divided, above in gold a forward-facing Moor's head with half breast, below in silver a growing red griffin . On the helmet with the red and silver covers the growing griffin.
since 1700, similar to that of the Altmark line ("von Schwartzkopf"), which died out in 1696 : a black portcullis in silver . On the helmet with black and silver covers five (silver, black, silver, black, silver) ostrich feathers .

Eduard von Schwartzkoppen (1903–1977), German banker
Emil von Schwartzkoppen (1810–1878), Prussian general of the infantry and commanding general
Erich von Schwartzkoppen (1870–1919), Court Marshal of Princes Friedrich Heinrich and Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia, later German Emperor Wilhelm II.
Friedrich von Schwartzkoppen (1819–1897), German politician and publicist
Friedrich Wilhelm von Schwartzkoppen (1874–1933), German colonel and leader of the self-protection of Upper Silesia (SSOS)
Maximilian von Schwartzkoppen (1850-1917), German officer and diplomat (military attaché)

Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume XIII, Page 192, Volume 128 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2002, ISBN 3-7980-0828-0