Vestenberg (noble family)

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The coat of arms of the Vestenberg in Siebmacher's coat of arms book

The von Vestenberg family was a Franconian - Swabian noble family based in Vestenberg Castle in Vestenberg near Petersaurach , enrolled in the knightly canton of Steigerwald . It was extinguished in 1687.

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The dates given by Johann Gottfried Biedermann , which go back to the early 10th century, can certainly be attributed to the imagination. Biedermann himself writes in Hans von und zu Vestenberg and Flüglingen "ordinary master" who lived in the year 1263. The von Vestenberg family, represented by several lineages, died out in 1565 as male offspring with Philipp Jacob von Vestenberg and Fronberg (Plate CCLXIII).

  • CCLVIII
On this board is the ancestor of all lines as the proper ancestor Hans von und zu Vestenberg and Flüglingen (named 1263)
this branch died out in the male offspring with Hans von Vestenberg zu Fürstenforst (near Burghaslach ) after 1534
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  • CCLXI - from Vestenberg to Burghaßlach and Breitenlohe continues with CCLXII A.
  • CCLXII-A: from Vestenberg to Burghaßlach and dies out with the last of the male line, Siegismund Ludwig von Vestenberg zu Burghaslach and Breitenlohe, in 1687.
    • Further ownership: the manor Vestenbergsgreuth , mentioned in a document since 1217 as "Rvte" - riute (= clearing), since 1469/70 attested as "Vestenbergers regretted". The rule was owned by the Lords of Vestenberg until 1687.
  • CCLXII-B: from Vestenberg to Prölsdorf ; this branch, whose progenitor was Hans I. von Vestenberg (from CCLX), died out with the male descendants of Peter Stephan von Vestenberg zu Prölsdorf in the 15th century.
  • CCLXII-C: from Vestenberg to Rügland and Rosenberg . The ancestor of this younger main line was Conard von Vestenberg called Kropf zu Flüglingen and Kipfenberg. The younger main line split up in the 14th century (in Tables CCLXIII and CCLXIV).
    • from it: Hanns Krafft von Festenberg , son of Kaspar von Vestenberg and Elisabeth von Mistelbach. He was entrusted with the office of the Palatine district judge and caretaker of Burglengenfeld and after the state bankruptcy of the Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg on February 3, 1544, he was the highest representative of the state as chairman of the landscape from 1544 to 1552. He married the daughter of Wilhelm von Thannberg, Margaretha. Hans Krafft died on 19 August 1564 and has been in the parish church of St. Jakob to Schwandorf buried
  • CCLXIII : from Vestenberg zu Rosenberg , this line dies out with the male descendants of Hans Crafft von Vestenberg zu Fronberg in 1587
  • CCLXIV : from Vestenberg zu Rügland, this line died out with Crafft from Vestenberg zu Rügland (named 1452) in the descendants bearing their name.

The crest

The coat of arms shows a silver bar on a green shield . On the helmet with green-silver covers a growing bracke , like the shield .

See also

Web links

Wikisource: About the Lords of Vestenberg. In: Georg Muck: History of Heilsbronn Monastery. Volume 2.  - Sources and full texts