Erlach (noble family)

Coat of arms of those of Erlach in the Spiezer Chronicle (around 1480)

The von Erlach are an ancient noble family of the sovereign city and republic of Bern . The Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal Hieronymus von Erlach (1667–1748) was raised to the rank of imperial count in 1712 .

history

Erlach Castle on Lake Biel

Messrs von Erlach were originally ministerials of lords and later Counts of Neuchâtel on Castle Erlach in Erlach on Lake Biel , where she served as neuenburgische Burgmannen served. They have been based in Bern since the early 13th century and belong to the Bern patriciate .

The descendants of Hieronymus von Erlach bear the title Reichsgraf von Erlach.

Coat of arms of those of Erlach (in: J. Siebmacher , 1605)

Description: A silver (white) post in red, covered with a black rafter.

Johann Ludwig von Erlach (1595–1650), mercenary leader in the Thirty Years' War

Rudolf von Erlach (around 1299–1360), leader in the battle of Laupen
Ulrich von Erlach († 1465), mayor of Bern, Lord of Wil
Johann von Erlach (1474–1539), mayor of Bern
Diebold von Erlach (1541–1565), first Swiss in America
Burkhard von Erlach (1566–1640), German lawyer and court marshal
Johann Ludwig von Erlach (1595–1650), mercenary leader in the Thirty Years' War, councilor in Bern
Sigmund von Erlach (1614–1699), leader of the Bernese troops in the Swiss Peasants' War and in the First Villmerger War
Sigmund von Erlach (1671–1722), commander of the Swiss Guard at the Prussian court
Rudolf Ludwig von Erlach (1749–1808), officer, politician and writer
Franz von Erlach (1819–1889), officer and military historian
Sophie Marie von Erlach , born von May (1829–1911), painter dilettante and educator of Luise von Prussia
Ada von Erlach (1853–1907), painter
Anna Elisabeth von Erlach (1856–1906), painter
Gertrud von Erlach (1861–1937), painter

Hieronymus von Erlach (1667–1748), since 1712 imperial count , Austrian field marshal lieutenant, councilor and mayor of Bern, builder of the Erlacherhof in Bern as well as of Hindelbank and Thunstetten Castle
Albrecht Friedrich von Erlach (1696–1788), colonel and mayor
Karl Ludwig von Erlach (1746–1798), general
Ludwig Robert von Erlach (1794–1879), Oberamtmann zu Konolfingen
Ingeborg von Erlach born Heuer (* 1940), artist

Hans Ulrich von Erlach: 800 years Berner von Erlach. The story of a family , Benteli, Bern 1989.
Rolf Hasler: The coat of arms cycle of the von Erlach family from the Spiez Castle Church , In: Swiss Archive for Heraldry: 117 (2003), No. 1, pp. 9–32.
Ludwig Robert von Erlach von Hindelbank 1794-1879 . In: Burgdorfer Jahrbuch: 1981, pp. 13–86 and 1982, pp. 13–77.
Ernst Troesch: Hieronymus von Erlach 1667-1748 . In: Yearbook of the Oberaargau. Vol. 24 (1981), pp. 109-120.

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