Waldorf (noble family)

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Waldorf , formerly also Waldorff and Walldorf , is the name of a German noble family in Bohemia and Moravia , whose ancestors were originally based in Cologne .

Nobility uprisings

  • Bohemian nobility on September 10, 1664 in Vienna and Moravian incolate on September 13, 1664 for the Moravian state advocate and landscape secretary Gottfried Waldorff .
  • Bohemian old knighthood on December 6th, 1670 in Vienna also for the above. Gottfried von Waldorff or on April 29, 1683 for his brother, the Moravian tribunal - assessor Jacob Waldorff .
  • Bohemian old gentlemen's estate on May 28, 1702 for the above Gottfried's widow Catharina von Waldorf , née Sartorius von Schwanenfeld , and their two children Gottfried Anton , Gottfried Ignaz and Maria Catharina von Waldorf .
  • Bohemian counts on September 20, 1727 in Vienna for the o. G. Gottfried Ignaz Freiherr von Waldorf as imperial councilor and land rights assessor in Moravia.
  • Bohemian old gentry on December 1, 1742 in Vienna for the o. G. Knight Jacob grandson Franz August of Waldorf , kk Kreishauptmann in Brno .

coat of arms

  • 1664: Three (2, 1) downward-facing silver forest hooks in blue . On the helmet with blue and silver blankets a growing man with no left arm in clothing quartered in blue and silver and a headband twisted in blue and silver with a flying end, in his right hand holding a downwardly turned silver forest hook on a golden handle.
  • 1670, 1683: Quartered and covered by a black diagonal right-hand bar covered with three forward looking golden lion heads , 1 and 4 in red three silver posts, 2 and 3 as in 1664. Two helmets; on the right a golden lion with black and gold covers growing inwards, on the left like 1664.
  • 1702, 1742: shield as in 1670 and covered with a heart shield split in gold and black , which covers the central lion's head, with gold on the right without a picture, on the left in gold a half black eagle at the gap. Two helmets like 1670.
  • 1727: Shield as 1670 and covered with a heart shield split from gold and black, inside a crowned double-headed eagle of mixed up color. Three helmets; right like 1670; on the middle one with black and gold on the right and blue and silver on the left the double-headed eagle split by black and gold; left like 1664.

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