Herren von Graben

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Herren von Graben
Grabner, Graben, Graben zu Kornberg, Graben zu Sommeregg, Grabner zu Rosenburg, Graben zum Stein, Graben von Stein
noble family
Both coat of arms versions of the Von Graben
„Daß ich grabe bürgt mein Habe.“ „Ich baue, indem ich haue.“
Parent houseHouse of Meinhardin-Gorizia
CountryFlag of Austria.svg Austria
Founded12th century
FounderKonrad and Grimoald von Graben
Final rulerFelix Jakob von Graben
Titlesknights
Style(s)Burgrave of Graz
Burgrave of Marburg

Burgrave of Hohenwang
Burgrave of Heinfels
Burgrave and Lord of Gleichenberg

Lord of Kornberg
Lord of Rosenburg
Lord of Pottenbrunn
Lord of Stein im Drautal
Lord of the high Lordship of Straß in Steiermark
Stadtholder of Lienz and East Tyrol etc
Dissolution1776/1780/1781 (1776/1780/1781)
Cadet branchesDe Graeff, ,

Herren von Graben, also named von (dem) Graben, vom Graben,[1] Grabner, Graben von (zum) Stein,[2] and ab dem Graben was the name of an old Austrian noble family.

History[]

Originally from Carniola, an apparent (or illegitimate) branch of the House of Meinhardin,[3][4] the family spread in neighboring countries. The earliest known members of the Graben family, and his brother Grimoald von Graben, lived around 1170.[5][6][7]

During the middle ages family went on to rule some Carinthian, Lower Austrian, Tyrolian, East Tyrols, Styrian, Gorizian and modern Italian districts as Burggrafen (a sort of viscount) and Herren (lords) from the early Middle Ages until the 16th-17th centuries. The last member was Felix Jakob von Graben who lives in Tyrol; the family died out in 1776 or 1780.

Coat of arms[]

There are three forms of representation of the gender coat of arms, Von Graben, which have their connection to one another through the established family genealogy.[8][7] A distinction is made between the family coat of arms with the blue diagonal left bar on white (also variant with diagonal right bar), the shovel coat of arms on red and the coat of arms split from red, and divided three times by blue and white (or black).

  • Coat of arms (ancient)

  • Coat of arms (variant with shovel)

  • Coat of arms (variant with blue and white divided)

  • Both coat of arms versions of the Von Graben (archiv Matthias Laurenz Gräff)

The lines of the family[]

See also: Von Graben family tree

Originally from Carniola, a line settled in Styria around Graz. This line is named "Line Am Graben". During the later 13th century the later princely family Orsini-Rosenberg descended from a member of the family who lived at the Grazer Castle Alt-Grabenhofen, between Reinerkogel and Rosenberg.[9] During the early 14th century, the family split into four main lines, the Styrian , the Grabner (zu Rosenburg) line in Lower Austria, the Kornberger line and their Dutch offspring (De) Graeff,[10][7] and during the earlier 15th century in the Carynthian-Lienzer Sommeregger line.[11] In 1500, the family split into a new line, the Stein Line at Castle Stein. Two other lines of the Graben family can be found in Tyrol, and one in Switzerland.

Kornberger line[]

The brothers Wolfgang, Andree and Wilhelm von Graben with his wife Magdalena von Stubenberg

The Grabner zu Kornberg came from Styria in Graz and belonged to the same tribe as the Grabner zu Rosenburg. The first important member of the family was Ulrich II von Graben (named between 1300–1361), who was elevated to the Styrian title of Burggraf of Hohenwang. The Styrian line's residence between 1328 and 1556 was at Schloss Kornberg. Between 1456 and 1564, the Kornberg line was owned the important with Obermarburg and the Marburg Castle. They were linked by marriage with the Lords of Windisch-Graetz,[12] Auersperg,[13] Stubenberg,[14] and Guttenberg.[15] The Dutch family De Graeff claimed descent from Wolfgang von Graben, a member of the Graben family.[16] Andries de Graeff and his son Cornelis became Free Imperial knights of the Holy Roman Empire. That diploma dates from 19 July 1677.[17]

Members[]

Line Grabner zu Rosenburg[]

The Grabner zu Rosenburg came from Styria in Graz and belonged to the same tribe as the Kornberger Graben. They had extensive property with the Rosenburg and Pottenbrunn as well as in Moravia and was one of the advocates of Protestantism during the Reformation in Lower Austria. In the 16th century the Grabner Rosenburg made a center of the Austrian Reformation history.[18] During the 16th and early 17th centuries, the Grabner were among the richest and most respected families in Austria,[19] and one of the country's dominant Protestant noble families.[20]

Members[]
  • ( † 1535), leading Protestant
  • (1528–1583), leading protestant
  • , leading Protestant

Sommeregger line[]

Virgil von Graben
See also:

The Sommeregger line which came from the Kornberg line, was the most important family at the court of the Meinhardins of Gorizia in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.[21] During the later Middle Ages, the success of that family arose from the steady accumulation of land, and loyalty to the Counts of Görz and later to the Habsburg Emperor. The line resided in Lienz, East Tyrol and Carinthia, and became "the most prominent of the family". Family members held the noble titles as the Burgraves of , Heinfels and . After the death of Leonhard of Gorizia in 1500, they became his successors as stadtholders of Lienz and East Tyrol. The Lienzer line died out in the year 1534, and the zum Stein in 1664.

They were linked by marriage with the Lords of Auersperg,[13] [22] and .[23]

Members[]

Line at Stein[]

The line at Stein came from Carinthia and East Tyrol and sprang out of the Sommeregger line.

  • (15th-16th century)

Tyrolian line[]

The Tyrolian line came from Carinthia and East Tyrol and sprang out of the line Graben zum Stein.

  • , was named "Graf zum Stein" (1690–1756)

Feudal[]

Burgraviates[]

Heinfels Castle
  • Burgrave and Lord of the manor Heinfels
  • Burgrave and Lord of the manor Hohenwang
  • Burgrave and Lord of the manor Lengberg
  • Burgrave and Lord of the manor Saldenhofen
  • Burgrave and Lord of the manor Gleichenberg
  • Burgrave and Lord of the manor Riegersburg
  • Burgrave and Lord of the manor Landskron

High Lordships[]

  • High Lordship and Castle of Straß
  • High and Castle of Obermarburg

Lordships[]

Schloss Kornberg
Schloss Rosenburg
  • Lordship and Castle of Kornberg
  • Lordship and Castle of Rosenburg
  • Lordship and Castle of Pottenbrunn
  • Lordship and Castle of Zagging

Lord of the manor[]

  • Lord of the manor Graben near Rudolfswerth (Novo Mesto)
  • Lord of the manor Schloss Alt-Grabenhofen in the north of Graz
  • Lord of the manor Stein
  • Lord of the manor Herbstenburg
  • Lord of the manor Weidenburg
  • Lord of the manor Eppenstein

Castles, residences[]

See also[]

  • Von Graben family tree

Notes[]

  1. ^ In Upper Carynthia and East Tyrol, they are called generally vom Graben. Die Salzburger Lehen in Kärnten bis 1520
  2. ^ changed his name from von Graben into (von) Graben von (zum) Stein in 1500
  3. ^ Rudolf Granichstaedten-Czerva (1948): "Brixen - Reichsfürstentum und Hofstaat".
  4. ^ Google book search: Das Land Tirol: mit einem Anhange: Vorarlberg: ein Handbuch für Reisende. Von Beda Weber
  5. ^ Johann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor: Die Ehre dess Hertzogthums Crain: das ist, Wahre, gründliche, und recht eigendliche Belegen- und Beschaffenheit dieses Römisch-Keyserlichen herrlichen Erblandes; Laybach (Ljubljana) 1689
  6. ^ Adalbert Sikora: Die Herren vom Graben in Zeitschrift des historischen Vereines für Steiermark. 51. Jahrgang, Graz 1960, p 43
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c Von Graben Forschung (german)
  8. ^ Adalbert Sikora: Die Herren vom Graben in Zeitschrift des historischen Vereines für Steiermark. 51. Jahrgang, Graz 1960, p 55
  9. ^ Collegium Res Nobilis Austriae: Orsini und Rosenberg Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Family De Graeff at the Nieuw Nederlandsch Biographisch Woordenboek, part II
  11. ^ Google book search: Kaiser Friedrich III. (1440-1493): Hof, Regierung und Politik
  12. ^ Roots web: Adelheid von Wolfsthal
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of the House of Auersperg". Genealogy.EU.[self-published source][better source needed]
  14. ^ Das Archiv des Hauses Stubenberg: Supplement
  15. ^ Genealogie der Freiherren von Guttenberg, S. 78
  16. ^ Familienverband Gräff-Graeff e. V. (german, english)
  17. ^ Family De Graeff at the Nieuw Nederlandsch Biographisch Woordenboek, part II
  18. ^ "Wanderungen durch die Oesterreichisch-Ungarische Monarchie", p 333; by Friedrich Umlauft (1879)
  19. ^ "Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste", book 77, p 220–222 (Leipzig 1864)
  20. ^ www.gedaechtnisdeslandes.at - Pottenbrunn
  21. ^ www.dolomitenstadt.at Ein Kirchlein mit Geschichte
  22. ^ Google book search: Schauplatz des landsässigen nieder-oesterreichischen Adels vom Herren- und Ritterstande. Band 1. Von Franz Karl Wissgrill und Karl von Odelga (Ulrich von Graben and Barbara von Auersperg)
  23. ^ Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of the House of Breuner". Genealogy.EU.[self-published source][better source needed]

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