House of Graben von Stein
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Von Graben von Stein, also named, Ab dem Graben, Von (dem) Graben and Vom Graben, is the name of an old Austria
n noble
family. Originally from Carniola
, an apparent (or illegitimate
) branch of the House of Meinhardin went on to rule some Carinthian
, Tyrolian
, East Tyrol
s, Styrian
, and Gorizian districts as Burggrafen (a sort of Viscount
s) and Lords (Herren) from the early Middle Age
s until the 16th-17th century.
the Von Graben descended from the Meinhardins. The earliest known members of the Von Graben family, Konrad and his brother Grimoald von Graben, lived around 1170. Konrads father can be a son of Count palatine
Engelbert I or his younger brother Count palatine Meinhard I of Gorizia. During the later 13th century the princely family Orsini-Rosenberg
descended from a member of the Von Graben family lived at the Graz
er Schloss Alt-Grabenhofen, between Reinerkogel and Rosenberg.
During the middle ages, the succees of that family arose from the steady accumulation of land, and loyalty to the Counts of Görz and later to the Habsburg
Emperor. The first prominent member of the family was Ulrich II von Graben
(named between 1314–1361), who was elevated to the Styrian title of Burggraf of Hohenwang. After the death of Leonhard of Gorizia
in 1500 they became his succeeder as stadtholders of Lienz
and East Tyrol
. The last member was Felix Jakob von Graben; the family died out in 1776. The dutch family De Graeff
said, that they descent from Wolfgang von Graben
, member of the family Von Graben. Andries de Graeff
and his son Cornelis
became Free Imperial knights of the Holy Roman Empire
. That diplome dadet from 19 July 1677.
. In 1500 the family splitin a new line, the Stein Line at Castle Stein. Two other lines of the Von Graben cab be found in Tyrol.
line residence between 1328 and 1556 at Schloss Kornberg. They were linked by marriage with the Lords of Windisch-Graetz
, Auersperg
, Stubenberg
, and Guttenberg
.
er line became "the most prominent of the family", some family members held the noble titles as the Burggraf of Sommeregg
, Heinfels
and Lienz. They were linked by marriage with the Lords of Auersperg
, Saurau and Breuner. The Lienzer line died out in the year 1534, and the zum Stein in 1664. Important family members are:
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n noble
Nobility
Nobility is a social class which possesses more acknowledged privileges or eminence than members of most other classes in a society, membership therein typically being hereditary. The privileges associated with nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles, or may be...
family. Originally from Carniola
Carniola
Carniola was a historical region that comprised parts of what is now Slovenia. As part of Austria-Hungary, the region was a crown land officially known as the Duchy of Carniola until 1918. In 1849, the region was subdivided into Upper Carniola, Lower Carniola, and Inner Carniola...
, an apparent (or illegitimate
Legitimacy (law)
At common law, legitimacy is the status of a child who is born to parents who are legally married to one another; and of a child who is born shortly after the parents' divorce. In canon and in civil law, the offspring of putative marriages have been considered legitimate children...
) branch of the House of Meinhardin went on to rule some Carinthian
Duchy of Carinthia
The Duchy of Carinthia was a duchy located in southern Austria and parts of northern Slovenia. It was separated from the Duchy of Bavaria in 976, then the first newly created Imperial State beside the original German stem duchies....
, Tyrolian
County of Tyrol
The County of Tyrol, Princely County from 1504, was a State of the Holy Roman Empire, from 1814 a province of the Austrian Empire and from 1867 a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary...
, East Tyrol
East Tyrol
East Tyrol, or East Tirol , is an exclave of the Austrian state of Tyrol, sharing no border with the main North Tyrol part of the state. It corresponds with the administrative district of Lienz....
s, Styrian
Duchy of Styria
The history of Styria concerns the region roughly corresponding to the modern Austrian state of Styria and the Slovene region of Styria from its settlement by Germans and Slavs in the Dark Ages until the present...
, and Gorizian districts as Burggrafen (a sort of Viscount
Viscount
A viscount or viscountess is a member of the European nobility whose comital title ranks usually, as in the British peerage, above a baron, below an earl or a count .-Etymology:...
s) and Lords (Herren) from the early Middle Age
Middle age
Middle age is the period of age beyond young adulthood but before the onset of old age. Various attempts have been made to define this age, which is around the third quarter of the average life span of human beings....
s until the 16th-17th century.
History
Like the Princely Counts of Görz and the Princely Counts of TyrolCounty of Tyrol
The County of Tyrol, Princely County from 1504, was a State of the Holy Roman Empire, from 1814 a province of the Austrian Empire and from 1867 a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary...
the Von Graben descended from the Meinhardins. The earliest known members of the Von Graben family, Konrad and his brother Grimoald von Graben, lived around 1170. Konrads father can be a son of Count palatine
Count palatine
Count palatine is a high noble title, used to render several comital styles, in some cases also shortened to Palatine, which can have other meanings as well.-Comes palatinus:...
Engelbert I or his younger brother Count palatine Meinhard I of Gorizia. During the later 13th century the princely family Orsini-Rosenberg
Orsini-Rosenberg
Orsini-Rosenberg is the name of an old Austrian noble family. Originally sprang out from the family Von Graben from Schloss Alt-Grabenhofen near the city of Graz....
descended from a member of the Von Graben family lived at the Graz
Graz
The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...
er Schloss Alt-Grabenhofen, between Reinerkogel and Rosenberg.
During the middle ages, the succees of that family arose from the steady accumulation of land, and loyalty to the Counts of Görz and later to the Habsburg
Habsburg
The House of Habsburg , also found as Hapsburg, and also known as House of Austria is one of the most important royal houses of Europe and is best known for being an origin of all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1438 and 1740, as well as rulers of the Austrian Empire and...
Emperor. The first prominent member of the family was Ulrich II von Graben
Ulrich II von Graben
Ulrich II von Graben was an Austrian noble and member of the Von Graben von Stein family.He was the son of Ulrich I von Graben and Gertrud . Ulrich II held the titles as burggrave of Hohenwang, Gleichenberg and Rothenfels, Herr of Graben and Wetzelsdorf...
(named between 1314–1361), who was elevated to the Styrian title of Burggraf of Hohenwang. After the death of Leonhard of Gorizia
Leonhard of Gorizia
Leonhard of Gorizia from the Meinhardiner dynasty was the last Count of Görz at Lienz and Gorizia from 1454 until his death....
in 1500 they became his succeeder as stadtholders of Lienz
Lienz
Lienz is a medieval town in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is the administrative centre of the Lienz district, which covers all of East Tyrol. The municipality also includes the cadastral subdivision of Patriasdorf.-Geography:...
and East Tyrol
East Tyrol
East Tyrol, or East Tirol , is an exclave of the Austrian state of Tyrol, sharing no border with the main North Tyrol part of the state. It corresponds with the administrative district of Lienz....
. The last member was Felix Jakob von Graben; the family died out in 1776. The dutch family De Graeff
De Graeff
De Graeff is an old Dutch patrician family. The family have played an important role during the Dutch Golden Age. They were at the centre of Amsterdam public life and oligarchy from 1578 until 1672...
said, that they descent from Wolfgang von Graben
Wolfgang von Graben
Wolfgang von Graben, also Wolfgang de Groben , was a member of the Austrian nobility.- Biography :...
, member of the family Von Graben. Andries de Graeff
Andries de Graeff
Free Imperial Knight Andries de Graeff was a very powerful member of the Amsterdam branch of the De Graeff - family during the Dutch Golden Age. He became a mayor of Amsterdam and a powerful Amsterdam regent after the death of his older brother Cornelis de Graeff...
and his son Cornelis
Cornelis HrR Ridder de Graeff
Cornelis de Graeff, also Andriesz Cornelis de Graeff was a Dutch nobleman and chieflandholder of the Zijpe and Haze Polder....
became Free Imperial knights of the Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire was a realm that existed from 962 to 1806 in Central Europe.It was ruled by the Holy Roman Emperor. Its character changed during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, when the power of the emperor gradually weakened in favour of the princes...
. That diplome dadet from 19 July 1677.
The lines of the family
During the early 14th century the family split into two main lines, the Styrian Grabenhofen Line, the Kornberger Line and during the earlier 15th century in the Carynthian-Lienzer Sommeregger LineBurg Sommeregg
Burg Sommeregg is a castle in Carinthia, Austria.- History :The castle was built in 1187, and between 1442 and 1534 the residence of the Von Graben von Stein family. The held the title as Viscounts of Sommeregg.- Lords of Sommeregg :-References:...
. In 1500 the family splitin a new line, the Stein Line at Castle Stein. Two other lines of the Von Graben cab be found in Tyrol.
Prominent members of the Styrian line
The styrianDuchy of Styria
The history of Styria concerns the region roughly corresponding to the modern Austrian state of Styria and the Slovene region of Styria from its settlement by Germans and Slavs in the Dark Ages until the present...
line residence between 1328 and 1556 at Schloss Kornberg. They were linked by marriage with the Lords of Windisch-Graetz
Windisch-Graetz
The House of Windisch-Graetz, also spelled Windisch-Grätz, was a princely family in the Austrian Empire, serving the Habsburg dynasty.The name derives from the town of Windischgrätz in the Duchy of Styria, which is today Slovenj Gradec in the Carinthia region of Slovenia...
, Auersperg
Principality of Auersperg
Auersperg was an Austrian princely family, which held estates in Austria and Thengen...
, Stubenberg
Stubenberg
Stubenberg is a municipality in the district of Rottal-Inn in Bavaria in Germany....
, and Guttenberg
House of Guttenberg
The House of Guttenberg is a prominent Franconian family which traces its origins back to 1149 with a Gundeloh v. Blassenberg . Though, the first mention in a document is dated 1158. The name Guttenberg is derived from Guttenberg and was adopted by a Heinrich von Blassenberg around 1310...
.
- Ulrich II von GrabenUlrich II von GrabenUlrich II von Graben was an Austrian noble and member of the Von Graben von Stein family.He was the son of Ulrich I von Graben and Gertrud . Ulrich II held the titles as burggrave of Hohenwang, Gleichenberg and Rothenfels, Herr of Graben and Wetzelsdorf...
(named between 1300 and 1361) - Friedrich II von GrabenFriedrich II von GrabenFriedrich II von Graben, also Friedrich von Graben, the younger, was a member of the austrian nobility who lived during the 15th century. He was Burggraf from Riegersburg....
(† before 1463) - Ulrich III von GrabenUlrich III von GrabenUlrich III von Graben was a member of the Austrian nobility and a important member of the court of emperor Frederick III of Austira.- Biography :...
(† 1486) - Wolfgang von GrabenWolfgang von GrabenWolfgang von Graben, also Wolfgang de Groben , was a member of the Austrian nobility.- Biography :...
(† 1521) - Andrä von Graben († 1556)
Prominent member of the Tyrolian line
- Otto von Graben zum Stein, was named "Graf zum Stein" (1690–1756)
Prominent members of the Lienzer and West-Carynthian line
The LienzLienz
Lienz is a medieval town in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is the administrative centre of the Lienz district, which covers all of East Tyrol. The municipality also includes the cadastral subdivision of Patriasdorf.-Geography:...
er line became "the most prominent of the family", some family members held the noble titles as the Burggraf of Sommeregg
Burg Sommeregg
Burg Sommeregg is a castle in Carinthia, Austria.- History :The castle was built in 1187, and between 1442 and 1534 the residence of the Von Graben von Stein family. The held the title as Viscounts of Sommeregg.- Lords of Sommeregg :-References:...
, Heinfels
Heinfels
Heinfels is a municipality in the district of Lienz in Tyrol in Austria....
and Lienz. They were linked by marriage with the Lords of Auersperg
Principality of Auersperg
Auersperg was an Austrian princely family, which held estates in Austria and Thengen...
, Saurau and Breuner. The Lienzer line died out in the year 1534, and the zum Stein in 1664. Important family members are:
- Andreas von GrabenAndreas von GrabenAndreas 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...
(early 15th century-1463) - Cosmas von Graben (15th century)
- Virgil von GrabenVirgil von GrabenVirgil von Graben was an Austrian noble and knight, who was stadtholder of Lienz and East Tyrol and Regent and stadtholder of Görz. He also ruled four Burggrafschaften in the County of Tyrol, the Duchy of Carinthia and in the Archbishopric of Salzburg...
(15th century-1507) - Rosina von Graben von RainRosina von Graben von RainRosina von Graben von Rain, also Rosina von Rain was an Austrian noble woman, who descendent from the Von Graben von Stein family. These family sprang out from the Meinhardiner dynasty, who ruled the County of Görz, County of Tyrol and the Duchy of Carinthia- Biographie :Rosina's father was Ernst...
(15th century-1534) - Lukas von Graben zum Stein (15th-16th century)
Castles, residences and lordships
- SchlossSchlossSchloss is a German word for a building similar to a château, palace or manor house; or what in the British Isles would be known as a stately home...
Graben near Rudolfswerth (Novo mestoNovo MestoNovo Mesto is a city and municipality in southeastern Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia. The town is traditionally considered the economic and cultural centre of the historic Lower Carniola region.-Geography:...
) - SchlossSchlossSchloss is a German word for a building similar to a château, palace or manor house; or what in the British Isles would be known as a stately home...
Alt-Grabenhofen in the north of GrazGrazThe more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students... - Ansitz Graben at Lienz
- Burg BruckBurg BruckBurg Bruck is a medieval castle in Lienz in Tyrol, Austria.It was erected until 1278 as the residence of the Meinhardiner Counts of Görz. In 1500 the last count Leonhard of Görz bequested the castle to the Habsburg archduke Maximilian I of Austria, who incorporated it into his Tyrolean possessions...
at Lienz - Burggraf ( a sort of Viscount) and Pfandherr of Lienz
- Burggraf, Herr (Lord) and Pfandherr fom the Lordship and Castle of HeinfelsHeinfelsHeinfels is a municipality in the district of Lienz in Tyrol in Austria....
- Burggraf and Herr from the Lordship and Castle of Hohenwang
- Burggraf and Herr from the Lordship and Castle of SommereggBurg SommereggBurg Sommeregg is a castle in Carinthia, Austria.- History :The castle was built in 1187, and between 1442 and 1534 the residence of the Von Graben von Stein family. The held the title as Viscounts of Sommeregg.- Lords of Sommeregg :-References:...
- Burggraf and Herr from the Lordship and Castle of Lengberg
- High Lordship and Castle of StraßStraß in SteiermarkStraß in Steiermark is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria....
- Lordship and Castle of Stein
- Lordship and Castle of Herbstenburg
- Lordship and Castle of Kornberg
External links
- Das Land Tirol: mit einem Anhange: Vorarlberg: ein Handbuch für Reisende. Von Beda Weber (de)
- Geschichte von Sankt Johann am Graben - Schloss Graben (de)
- De Graeff at the dutch DBNL
- Burg Hohenwang (de)
- Burg Sommeregg (de)
- Burg Heinfels (de)
- Schloss Kornberg (de)
- Schloss Straß in Steiermark (de)
- Ansitz Herbstenburg (de)
- Austro Archiv (Beiträge zur Familiengeschichte Tirols, Graben von Stein (de).
- Rudolf Granichstaedten-Czerva (1948): "Brixen - Reichsfürstentum und Hofstaat".