Truchseß (title of nobility)

A large number of German aristocratic families bear the name Truchseß . As a rule, all of these families derive their name from the court office of the chief executive .

The Truchsess (lat. Dapifer ), actually diner, pre-cutter, was responsible for the princely table and the feeding of the guests and followers and had the command over maids and servants. Over time, the office became more ceremonial and could be inherited (as arch office or inheritance ), but was not associated with actual activity outside of ceremonies such as coronations. Emperors, kings, princes, dioceses and monasteries held such office holders, which explains the large number of families who have the title in their name.

The families listed below usually have their ancestral seat or their origin after the Truchseß title.

Some of the families named have carried on the original title long after they held that office. Other families kept their surnames and only listed Truchseß as an additional part of their name. In some families, usage changes over time. For example, over the centuries, members of the Waldburg family sometimes used the title Truchsess as part of their name and sometimes even omitted the actual family name in their territory, if no confusion with families living further away was possible.

List of the families with the title as part of the family name

Surname	Personalities	Sideline spread	Originally following / court office for	coat of arms
Truchseß from Alzey		Alzeyer Castle	Count Palatine near the Rhine
Truchseß von Baldersheim		Aub , southern Würzburg area	Hohenlohe-Brauneck house
Truchseß from Borna	see Truchseß von Wellerswalde
Truchseß from Wellerswalde		Glaubitz
Truchseß von Brennhausen Truchseß von Brunnhausen	see under Wetzhausen	Line of Truchseß from Wetzhausen to Brennhausen Castle	see under Wetzhausen
Truchseß from Emmerberg	Friedrich IV. Truchsess von Emmerberg	Emmerberg	Duchy of Styria
Truchseß von Diessenhofen		Diessenhofen	Count of Kyburg
Truchseß of Gremsdorf		Gremsdorf , Franconia
Truchseß von Henneberg		Henneberger Land Würzburg area	Count of Henneberg
Truchseß von Höfingen		Höfingen	Counts or Dukes of Württemberg Margraves of Baden
Truchseß von Holnstein		for example in Neukirchen near Sulzbach-Rosenberg
Truchseß von Kühlental		Kühlenthal	Hochstift Augsburg
Truchseß from Pommersfelden		Pommersfelden
Truchseß of Rheinfelden	Heinrich Freiherr von Truchseß-Rheinfelden († 1812)	for example in Böckten
Truchseß von Rohrdorf		Rohrdorf
Truchsess from Sausenhofen
Truchseß von Schlotheim	see main article	Schlotheim
Truchseß von Schweickershausen	see under Wetzhausen	Line of the Truchseß von Wetzhausen	see under Wetzhausen	see under Wetzhausen
Truchseß of Stetten		Stetten
Truchseß of Urach		Truchsesse von Ringingen ; Truchsesse von Neuhausen (an der Erms) (15th century)
Truchseß von Waldburg	George III Truchseß from Waldburg-Zeil ("Bauernjörg")	Hereditary office in representation of the Reichstruchsessen; The use of the part of the name "Truchseß" changes
Truchseß von Wetzhausen	Martin Truchsess von Wetzhausen Christian Truchseß von Wetzhausen	Wetzhausen
Truchseß from Wilburgstetten	Raban Truchseß from Wilburgstetten	The family was initially called Truchseß von Rechenberg (1238-1269), Truchseß von Sinbronn (1262-1270) and Truchseß von Limburg (1273-1406). From the Truchseß von Limburg the line of the Truchseß von Warberg (1331-1360), then Truchseß von Wald (1360-1363) and the line of the Truchseß von Wilburgstetten (1311-1405) were formed.	Count of Oettingen

List of families only additionally bearing the inheritance title

• Albums , Erbtruchseß des Stift Salzburg
• Egkh and Hungersbach, Erbtruchsess from Krain
• Alvensleben , Erbtruchseß in the Principality of Halberstadt
• Castell , Erbtruchseß from Würzburg
• Grävenitz , Erbtruchseß in the Kurmark
• Greiffenclau , Erbtruchseß of the Archbishopric Mainz
• Herberstein , Erbtruchsess in Carinthia
• Hoverbeck , Erbtruchsess of the Kurmark Brandenburg
• Kronberg , Erbtruchseß of Mainz
• Krosigk , Erbtruchseß in the Duchy of Magdeburg
• Münchow , Erbtruchsess of the Kurmark Brandenburg
• Rieneck , Erbtruchseß of the Hochstift Würzburg
• Schönborn-Buchheim , inherited from Würzburg
• Solms-Rödelheim , Erbtruchseß from New Western Pomerania
• Schönfeld, Erbtruchseß of the Diocese of Bamberg
• Stadium, Erbtruchseß of the Augsburg monastery
• Stapel (only mentioned in 1444), Erbtruchsess in the Principality of Paderborn
• Stein, Erbtruchseß of the burgrave of Nuremberg
• Waldburg , Reichs-Erbtruchseß in the Holy Roman Empire
• Walsee , hereditary essence of Styria

See also

• Drost , his office was comparable to that of a truchess
• Droste , List of Droste families
• Schenk (title of nobility)

literature

• Ernst Heinrich Kneschke (Ed.): New general German nobility lexicon , Volume 9, Voigt, Leipzig 1870, pp. 285–290.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Robert Schuh, Historical Book of Place Names of Bavaria, Middle Franconia, Volume 5: Gunzenhausen, Munich 1979, p. 249.
2. ↑ Friedrich Eisele: The Truchsessen von Urach and their descendants. Württemberg Quarterly Books for State History 34 (1928). Pp. 333-345.
3. ↑ Eberhard Fritz : Neuhausen under the rule of the Zwiefalten monastery (Metzinger Heimatblätter, Volume 2). 2nd Edition. Metzingen 2014. pp. 39–45.
4. ^ Siglinde Buchner: The Lords of Rechenberg and the Truchsess von Rechenberg . In: Alt-Gunzenhausen, contributions to the history of the city and the surrounding area . Association for local history Gunzenhausen. 2002.

Web links

• Court and ore offices at Bernhard Peter.de