Canstein (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the (raven) von Canstein

(Rabe) von Canstein is the name of an old Westphalian noble family that has a coat of arms and a tribe with the Rabe von Pappenheim and derives its name from Canstein Castle in the eastern Sauerland. The sex is possibly of noble origin, as it was previously called barones et dynastii . The part of the family that continues to be part of the Althessian knighthood has meanwhile expired.

history

The progenitor of the family is the knight Rawe de Papenheim , truchess of the Corvey monastery , who was first mentioned in 1106. In addition to the Hereditary Truchessenamt in Corvey, the family owned numerous goods around Warburg and the burgraviate (see Wartberch ) via the city itself. The family kept this until Warburg was occupied by Prussian troops in 1802.

Around 1250, a branch line that later after its new owner, who founded Kugelsburg in Volkmarsen , Raven of Coglenberg called. In 1339 Archbishop Walram gave the Kugelsburg, which had been lent by way of pledge, and the town of Volkmarsen to the Rabe brothers, descendants of the "Rave von Papenheim", whose family had been hereditary truchess of Corvey since at least 1106. From 1346 to 1530 they lived as castle men in the castle. The late Gothic palace was built during this time .

In 1307 a further branch was enfeoffed by Bishop Otto von Paderborn with the castle Calenberg on the Calenberg near Warburg and from then on called itself Rabe von Calenberg or Rave von Calenberg . Both lines, the raven from Coglenberg and the raven from Calenberg , are extinct today. The extinction of the Raven von Calenberg in 1464 was the reason for the outbreak of the seven-year Hesse-Paderborn feud (1464–1471) between the Duchy of Paderborn and the Landgrave Ludwig II of Lower Hesse .

In 1342, Walram von Jülich , Archbishop of Cologne and Duke of Westphalia and Engern , (re) enfeoffed the ravens with the castle and lordship of Canstein . This branch was named after the rebuilding of Canstein Castle after this property Rabe von Canstein ; In contrast to the other branches of the family, the latter dropped the part of the name "raven" in the coming decades. However, it can be found again and again in the family as the first name (Raban).

In 1657 the family was raised to the hereditary baron status.

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a silver-crowned black raven walking to the left (heraldically to the right). On the helmet with its black and silver covers, the raven is in front of a silver column with five alternating black and silver feathers. It has been run unchanged since the 12th century.

Known family members

literature

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