Burgrave of Graz Burgrave of Marburg Burgrave of Lienz Burgrave of Hohenwang Burgrave of Heinfels Burgrave and Lord of Gleichenberg Burgrave and Lord of Sommeregg 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
Herren von Graben, also named von (dem) Graben, vom Graben,[1]Grabner, Grabner zu Rosenburg, Graben zu Kornberg, Graben zu Sommeregg, Graben von (zum) Stein,[2] and ab dem Graben was the name of an old (Uradel) Austriannoble family.
Originally from Carniola,[3] an apparent (or illegitimate) branch of the House of Meinhardin,[4][5] the family spread in neighboring countries. The earliest known members of the Graben family, Konrad and his brother Grimoald von Graben, lived around 1170.[6][7][8]
The origin (emergence) of the Herren von Graben from the houses of Görz (Meinhardiner) [left] and possibly Orsini [right] in a historical sketch by Matthias Laurenz Gräff (2024).
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.[9][8] Originally, the family carried the coat of arms with the blue oblique beam to silver. From 1328 (until 1556/1564), the Von Graben family of the Kornberg line bore the coat of arms with the shovel (silver shovel on red). However, the derived line Von Graben zu Sommeregg (Andreas von Graben, d. 1463) adopted the oblique beam coat of arms (red, divided by blue and silver) at the time when it was converted into Ortenburger services came.[10] A distinction is made between the family coat of arms with the blue diagonal left bar on silver (also variant with diagonal right bar), the silver shovel on red coat of arms and the coat of arms split from red, and divided three times by blue and silver (or black).
Heraldic family tree of the Graben and their descendants
Coat of arms with blue diagonal left bar on silver (ancient)
Coat of arms with silver shovel on red (variant with shovel)
Coat of arms with split from red, blue and silver divided
Both coat of arms versions of the Von Graben (archiv Matthias Laurenz Gräff)
Line am Graben (Carniola): blue diagonal left bar on silver
Line am Graben, Grabenhofen (Graz, Styria): blue diagonal left bar on silver (also variant with diagonal right bar)
Branch at Thal: blue diagonal left bar on silver (also variant with diagonal right bar)
Rosenberger branch (later House of Orsini-RosenbergI): blue diagonal right bar on silver
Line Grabner zu Rosenburg (Second line in Lower Austria): blue diagonal right bar on silver
Kornberg line (Styria): silver shovel on red
First line in Lower Austria: silver shovel on red
First Tyrolean line: silver shovel on red
Swiss line: silver shovel coat on red
Family Graeff / De Graeff: silver shovel on red
Sommeregg line (Carinthia): split from red, and divided three times by blue and silver
Line am Stein (Carinthia): split from red, and divided three times by blue and silver
Second Tyrolean line: split from red, and divided three times by blue and silver
This historical sketch shows Ulrich I von Graben, his coat of arms with a blue diagonal left bar on silver, and three of his sons Otto I, Ulrich II and Frederik I von Graben, founders of the Kornberg line, and their new coat of arms with the silver shovel on red. (historical sketch by Matthias Laurenz Gräff)
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.[11][12][13] During the early 14th century, the family split into four main lines, the Styrian Grabenhofen line, the Grabner (zu Rosenburg) line in Lower Austria, the Kornberg line and their Dutch offspring (De) Graeff,[14][8] and according to another unverfivied family tradition the Op den Graeff family as well,[15][16] and during the earlier 15th century in the Carynthian-Lienzer Sommeregg line.[17] 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. A detailed list of the lines and branches can be found here:
Counts of Gorizia, Meinhardin
Line Am Graben (Carniola), before 1170-13th century
Line Am Graben, Grabenhofen (Graz, Styria), before 1259-1468
Branch at Thal, early 14th century-after 1341
Rosenberger branch (later House of Orsini-RosenbergI), after 1322
Line Grabner zu Rosenburg (Second line in Lower Austria), before 1314-mid 17th century
Kornberg line (Styria), before 1325-1564
First line in Lower Austria, 1324-1421
First Tyrolean line, 2nd half 15th century-after 1519
Swiss line, unknown
Graeff / De Graeff family (The Netherlands), around 1484
Sommeregg line (Carinthia), before 1436-early 17th century
Line am Stein (Carinthia), 1500-1664 in male line
Second Tyrolean line, early 16th century-1776/80
Kornberg line
The brothers Wolfgang, Andree and Wilhelm von Graben with his wife Magdalena von Stubenberg
Fide digis itegur genealogistarum Amsteldamensium edocti testimoniis te Andream de Graeff [Andries de Graeff] non paternum solum ex pervetusta in Comitatu nostro Tyrolensi von Graben dicta familia originem ducere, qua olim per quendam ex ascendentibus tuis ejus nominis in Belgium traducta et in Petrum de Graeff [Pieter Graeff], abavum, Johannem [Jan Pietersz Graeff], proavum, Theodorum [Dirck Jansz Graeff], avum, ac tandem Jacobum [Jacob Dircksz de Graeff], patrem tuum, viros in civitate, Amstelodamensi continua serie consulatum scabinatus senatorii ordinis dignitabitus conspicuos et in publicum bene semper meritos propagata nobiliter et cum splendore inter suos se semper gessaerit interque alios honores praerogativasque nobilibus eo locorum proprias liberum venandi jus in Hollandia, Frisiaque occidentale ac Ultrajectina provinciis habuerit semper et exercuerit.[23]
The Kornberg line died out in 1664 with the death of Anna von Graben. The Lords of Stadl were heirs to their extensive Estate. The inheritance included the possessions of Marburg / Maribor, Kornberg, Rohrbach an der Lafnitz, Grabenhofen with Alt-Grabenhofen Castle, Liechtenberg and Krottenhofen.[24]
Wolfgang von Graben († 1521) and his younger brother Andree von Graben († 1521), Lords of Kornberg and Maribor, Burgraves of Saldenhofen
Andrä von Graben († 1556), last make member of the Kornberg line
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.[25] During the 16th and early 17th centuries, the Grabner were among the richest and most respected families in Austria,[26] and one of the country's dominant Protestant noble families.[27]
The Sommeregg 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.[28] The family was mentioned from Vom Graben instead of Von Graben only in Upper Carinthia and East Tyrol.[29] 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 Sommeregg, Heinfels and Lienz. 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.
Coat of arms Graben zu Sommeregg-Von Rain zu Sommeregg
Line at Stein
The line at Stein came from Carinthia and East Tyrol and sprang out of the Sommeregg line. The family was mentioned from Vom Graben instead of Von Graben only in Upper Carinthia and East Tyrol.[32] The family held the title Lord of Stein.
↑ 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
↑ Adalbert Sikora: Die Herren vom Graben in Zeitschrift des historischen Vereines für Steiermark. 51. Jahrgang, Graz 1960, p 43
↑ "Van Bebber Pioneers Newsletter", Doc Store. January 1988" A copied text that is not documented by extern sources says: "Made up from genuine document by Pieter de Graeff, Baron van Zuid Polsbrook (Polsbroek) Purmerland in Ilpendam, living 1661, continued by Pieter Gerritsz de Graeff and after that by Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroek (Holland). In the Diploma of Nobility loaned to Andries de Graeff it was affirmed that the family de Graeff was formerly called von Graben, which is the same as de Graeff. This family today shows the same Coat of Arms as the De Graeff family." Accessed 29 sept 2011
Rudolf Granichstaedten-Czerva (1948): "Brixen - Reichsfürstentum und Hofstaat".
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