Attena

Not to be confused with antenna.

Coat of arms of the Attena family, as Lords of Esens, Stedesdorf and Wittmund

The Attena family is a former ruling family of East Frisian chieftains. They reigned over Lordships of Dornum and Nesse, located in Lower Saxony, in what is today Germany.

Genealogy

1. Eylwerd I, chieftain of Norden (c. 1310 - unknown)
   1. Hero I, chieftain of Norden, Dornum-Norderburg and Nesse (c. 1340 - c. 1410)
      1. Lütet I, chieftain Norden, Dornum-Norderburg and Nesse (c. 1365 - c. 1410)
      2. Eger I, chieftain of Dornum-Westerbug (c. 1367 - unknown)
         1. Hicko I, chieftain of Dornum-Westerburg (c. 1390 - unknown)
      3. Enno I, chieftain of Dornum-Osterburg (after 1375 - unknown)
         1. Sibet I, chieftain of Dornum-Osterburg (c. 1400 - 1433)
            1. Sibet I, lord of Esens, Stedesdorf and Wittmund (c. 1425 - 1473)
               1. Hero I, lord of Esens, Stedesdorf and Wittmund (c. 1455 - 1522)
                  1. Balthasar I, lord of Esens, Stedesdorf and Wittmund (after 1495 - 1540)
               2. Ulrich I, chieftain of Dornum-Westerburg (c. 1466 - 1536)

Notable members

• Lütet Attena (died c.1410), East Frisian chieftain of Norderland
• Sibet Attena (c.1425–1473), East Frisian chieftain of Esens