Troyff (noble family)
Coat of arms of the von Troyff family in Johann Siebmacher's coat of arms book from 1605, at "Meÿßniche", plate 156.
Troyff is the name of an originally Jülischen , later Saxon and Württemberg , baronial noble family .
history
The family presumably originating from Westphalia and later mainly spread in Meißnischen , is said to have been mentioned for the first time in 1176 with the knight Hans Troyffow, who was in the service of Otto the Rich . The continuous line of trunks begins with Ernst von Troyff (1435–1493). In 1828 the family in Württemberg was recognized as a baron.
coat of arms
The coat of arms shows a silver deer with golden antlers in blue . On the helmet with blue and silver covers , the deer growing .
Relatives
- Hans Wilhelm von Troyff, Pomeranian chamberlain and governor in Loitz in the 17th century
- Hans Ernst von Troyff († 1705), Saxon-Eisenberg court master, chamber director and governor in Roda
- Hans Wilhelm von Troyff (1668–1709), Polish-Saxon chamberlain and head stable master, governor of Thuringia
- Franz Karl von Troyff (1752–1866), Württemberg major general and gentleman at Domeneck Castle
literature
- Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrliche Häuser , Justus Perthes , 1853, pp. 483–484; 1854, p. 542 ; 1855–1881 (continuations)
- Friedrich Cast : Historical and genealogical book of the nobility of the Kingdom of Württemberg , Volume 1, Edition 1, Stuttgart 1839, pp. 355–357
- Genealogical yearbook of the German nobility , 2nd year, Stuttgart 1845, p. 454
- Adelslexikon , Volume 15, Limburg / Lahn 2004, pp. 42–43
- Eckart von Stutterheim: To the origin of the family von Troyff. In: Der Herold NF 10, 1981/83, pp. 27-29
- Valentin König : Genealogical Adelskalender - Genealogical aristocratic history or gender description of those noble families in Chur-Saxon and neighboring countries , Volume 1, Leipzig 1727, pp. 999-1005
Individual evidence
- ^ Leonhard Dorst von Schatzberg: Württembergisches Wappenbuch , Halle an der Saale 1846, plate.