Voit from Salzburg

Family coat of arms after Siebmacher

Salzburg Castle , Lower Franconia

Melchior Otto Voit of Salzburg (1603–1653), Prince-Bishop of Bamberg

The Voit von Salzburg family was a Frankish noble family .

history

The family is likely to have emerged from the Fieger family, who were particularly wealthy in Haßgau . The name-giving headquarters is Salzburg Castle near Neustadt an der Saale in Lower Franconia . The Voit of Salzburg are known as followers of the bishops of Würzburg and were organized as part of the Frankish knighthood in the canton of Rhön-Werra .

In 1258 a Johannes officiated as Vogt (hence the name Voit ) on the Salzburg, who is generally regarded as the progenitor of the Voiten. This "Johannes advocatus" was married to Hedwig von Windheim, who as a possible relative of Otto (III.) Advocatus de Salz, who can be traced back to the castle around 1200, could have made it possible for her husband to qualify for office. However, the actual relationships between high medieval aristocratic families are difficult to reconstruct due to the frequent name changes.

Especially in the 15th and 16th centuries, the family provided a number of episcopal officials from the Neustadt office . At the end of the 15th century, the bishopric even had to pledge the office to the family.

In the 16th century, the Voites began to break away from their dependence on the diocese of Würzburg and to establish themselves in the imperial knighthood. To this end, the family joined the Reformation and approved the clearing of parts of the Würzburg salt forest. Prince-Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn was able to oppose the efforts of the Voites, who also lost their political support in 1583 after the death of their after-lord , Count Georg Ernst von Henneberg-Schleusingen .

Despite this estrangement, Melchior Otto Voit of Salzburg was elected Prince-Bishop of Bamberg in 1642 . The family had split into a Catholic and an Evangelical branch. In 1715 the evangelical line on the Salzburg was elevated to the status of imperial baron. At the end of the Old Kingdom , the Voites had no possessions or rulership rights either on the Salzburg or in the surrounding area. In 1853, the last bearer of the name, Baron August Voit von Salzburg, died in Munich as a royal Bavarian chamberlain and major .

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a black crossbar in a zigzag pattern on a silver background. The helmet covers are in silver and black. The crest is crowned with a pointed hat .

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Personalities

• Melchior Otto Voit of Salzburg (1603–1653), Prince-Bishop of Bamberg
• Friedrich Carl Freiherr Voit von Salzburg, court master of the Margrave Friedrich III. from Brandenburg-Bayreuth
• Baron Friedrich August Valentin Voit of Salzburg (1734–1798), Prussian major general
• Karl Ernst Freiherr Voit von Salzburg, Knight of the Teutonic Order , Commander of the Teutonic Order Commander St. Aegidius , 1763–1768

literature

• Conrad Tyroff, gender and coat of arms descriptions for the Tyroffischen new noble coat of arms , 1795, volume 1, edition 1, p.381ff , edition 1805 p.381ff
• New genealogical handbook: To the year 1778, p.220f
• Kaspar Friedrich Gottschalck, The knight castles and mountain castles of Germany , 2nd verb. u. verm. ed., volume 18, p.300ff
• Genealogical-historical message, p.50 Family tree Fridrich Karl Voit von Salzburg
• Johann Gottfried Biedermann, genealogical register of the Reichsfrey immediate knighthood Landes zu Franken , 1749, p.99ff
• Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses for the year 1857. Seventh year. P.813ff