Friedrich II von Graben, also Friedrich von Graben, the younger, was a member of the austrian nobility

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 who lived during the 15th century. He was Burggraf from Riegersburg

Riegersburg

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Friedrich II von Graben was a descendent of the Von Graben von Stein family, who sprang out from the dynastie Meinhardiner; his parents were Friedrich I von Graben († 1422 at Schloss Kornberg) and Katharina von Summeregk (Sommeregg). Andreas von Graben

Andreas von Graben

Andreas von Graben zu Sommeregg was a Carinthian knight and Burggraf, who residence at castle Sommeregg.Andreas von Graben was a descendenta of the Von Graben von Stein family, who sprang out from the dynastie Meinhardiner, who ruled the County of Görz, County of Tyrol and the Duchy of Carinthia...

 was a older brother of him. In 1438 he got married to Elisabeth Steinwald von Fladnitz.

Friedrich II von Graben was advisor to Emperor Frederick III of Habsburg

Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor

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 and member of the styrian

Duchy of Styria

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 Landtag

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. Since 1443 he owned the villages of Neudorf in der Steiermark

Neudorf bei Passail

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 and Pölan and parts of the villages Altendorf and Wanofezen. In 1456 he elected, together with his son Ulrich III von Graben

Ulrich III von Graben

Ulrich III von Graben was a member of the Austrian nobility and a important member of the court of emperor Frederick III of Austira.- Biography :...

, Lord of the Herrschaft Obermarburg. In 1461 he signed a contract in which Laibach

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 elected to a Diocese

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