The Medieval Ancestry of Johann Orth der Ältere

Anton Orth and Margarethe von Sassen

Anton Orth was born about 1425 in Butzbach, Wetteraukreis, Hesse, Germany (where he still had property in 1486) and was perhaps the son of Henn Orth (see below). He was also called Antonius and Donges (which was an old German nickname for the name Anton).

Anton married Margarethe -- before 1460. According to the sourced Dörsam Ahnentafel, Margarethe was Margarethe von Sassen), who was born about 1445 to Balthasar von Sassen. It has been disproved that she was a Mardorf but it has been contended that she was a vom Stege. She was also called Grete or Grede and "die Dongesen" (essentially, the feminine version of her husband's nickname, Donges). She may have married first -- Grebe.

Anton became a Bürger (citizen) and Krämer (grocer or merchant) in Marburg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hesse, Germany sometime in the 1450s (after 1452). He was also a Ratsvierer (councilor) in 1458/9, the Erheber der Bede und des Ungelds (tax collector) 1458, 1459, and 1464, and a Bürgermeister (mayor) in 1463/4. Together with his brothers Johann and Paul, he received a Wappenbrief (grant of arms by letters patent) from Friedrich III, Holy Roman Emperor 17 June 1475 in the camp before Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany for brave behavior during the siege of that city during the Burgundian Wars--see their coat of arms below.

Anton died between 1486 and 1490 in Marburg. Margarethe died about 1498.

Children of Anton and Margarethe:

1	Johann Orth der Ältere, married Eyla Sneider von Endebach.
1	Balthasar Orth, born about 1456, married Eyla --, mentioned as a Bürger in Marburg in 1479 and 1481.
1	(daughter) Orth, born about 1457, married Peter Hermstroff, died in Butzbach.
1	Ludwig Orth, born about 1460, student in Erfurt in 1477, married 1) Contzel (Dietz?) (illegitimate dau. of Heinrich III, Landgrave of Hesse and Christine --) 16 Aug 1481 and 2) Katharina von Sassen (m. 2) Johann Hörle) about 1508, a Schöffe (alderman, judge) 1482, Rentmeister (treasurer) in Marburg in 1484-1487, Bürgermeister (mayor) in 1489-1514, died 11 Jul 1522 in Goßfelden bei Marburg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hesse, Germany.
1	(daughter) Orth, born about 1465, married Konrad Jude (of Frankenberg, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hesse, Germany, matriculated in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany in 1483, a pastor in Roden, Main-Spessart, Lower Franconia, Germany).
1	Johann Orth der Jüngere, a Bürger, Krämer, and Ratsherr (councilor), lived on the market in Marburg, married 1) Elisabeth von Twern (also called Else, d. 4 Jun 1515 in Marburg, bur. in Marburg) and 2) (Elisabeth?) -- (d. after 1521). A photo of Elisabeth (von Twern) Orth's epitaph at the Lutheran parish church of Marburg can be found on Wikimedia Commons.
1	Nikolaus Orth, born about 1470, married -- --, died before 1538 (probably in Bingen, Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany).

Bibliography of sources for Anton Orth and family:

1. Dörsam, Ralf, "Vorfahren Wirwatz/von Biedenfeld," 25 Apr-2 May 1999, sourced PDFs linked in eine Ahnenreihe über 40 Generationen, http://www.doersam.name/andorama/kdgtabelle.htm, last accessed 28 Dec 2020.
2. Orth, Ernst, Beiträge zur Geschichte der Familie Orth 1454-1914, Braunschweig: Meyer, 1914. A complete version of this book can be found at the Technische Universität Braunschweig. For section on Anton Orth, click here.
3. Richter, Arndt, Entwurf einer Stammliste zur Marburger Familie ORTH, München, 2010, Goethe Genealogie site, http://www.goethe-genealogie.de/orth/ORTH-Stammliste-Richter-10-03-02.htm, last accessed 29 Dec 2020. List of sources found here: Richter, Arndt, Quellen zur ORTH-Stammliste, 2010, Goethe Genealogie site, http://www.goethe-genealogie.de/orth/orth-quellen.html, last accessed 26 January 2021.
4. Ohrts, Michael and Vieweg, Olaf, Die Marburger Familie Orth, http://www.ohrts.com/Marburg/Marburg1.html, last accessed 3 February 2021.
5. Epitaph of Elisabeth (von Twern) Orth, Wikimedia Commons, photograph contributed by Heinrich Stürzl, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Epitaph_W1_Lutherische_Pfarrkirche_Marburg.jpg, last accessed 3 February 2021.
6. Schmidt, Axel (ed.), Ortsfamilienbuch Gießen, Genealogy.net, https://www.online-ofb.de/giessen/, last accessed 29 November 2020, based on Stumpf, Otto, Das Gießener Familienbuch Teil 1 (1575 – 1730), Gießen: Oberhessischen Geschichtsverein, 1974-1976 and on the work of Marion Wächter and Dr. Brake, Stadtarchiv Gießen.

The Orth Coat of Arms and Seals:

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Proposed Ancestry of Anton Orth

The Dörsam Ahnentafel outlined a possible ancestry for Anton Orth. See the source below for a link (information about this proposed line can be found (with sources) amongst the linked PDFs, which can be accessed below the table).

1. Anton Orth (same as above).
    
2. Henn Orth, born about 1400, resident in Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany in 1432 and 1445. Sons: Anton Orth, Johann Orth, and Paul Orth.
    
3. Henne Orth, born about 1380 in Butzbach, Wetteraukreis, Hesse, Germany, married, also called Orte Lambißer in records. Dörsam states that his alternate name may indicate that his wife was a -- Lambißer.
    
4. Henn Orth, born about 1350 in Butzbach, Wetteraukreis, Hesse, Germany, a Bürger (citizen) and Schöffe (judge) in Butzbach, nach 1405.
   married Hebel --, born about 1355, donated a Seelgerät (donation for the soul).
    
5. Missing information about possible ancestors in this generation. However, Henn Orth (generation 4) may be the grandson of the following:
    
6. Henn Orth, born about 1270, mentioned as a Bürger (citizen) and Schöffe (judge) in Butzbach in 1300.

Source: Dörsam, Ralf, "Vorfahren Wirwatz/von Biedenfeld," 25 Apr-2 May 1999, sourced PDFs linked in eine Ahnenreihe über 40 Generationen, http://www.doersam.name/andorama/kdgtabelle.htm, last accessed 28 Dec 2020.

1. Balthasar III von Sassen, born about 1415 in Marburg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hesse, Germany, a Schöffe (judge) and Rentmeister (treasurer) in Blankenstein bei Gladenbach, married 1) -- -- and 2) Catharina Meyer in Sep 1471, died about 1498.
   Daughter by first wife: Margarethe von Sassen (see Orth)
    
2. Balthasar II von Sassen, born about 1395 in Marburg, a Schöffe (judge) in Marburg, married Else -- (born about 1395, died about 1467), died about 1457.
    
3. Balthasar I von Sassen, about about 1370, a Bürger (citizen) and Schöffe (judge) in Marburg, married Else -- (born about 1375, died 1467), died about 1441 (when Else was mentioned as a widow).
    
4. Otto I von Sassen, born 1330 in Grünberg, Gießen, Hesse, Germany, a Schöffe (judge) and Bürgermeister (mayor), also called a Junker (a lesser noble), married Katharina Im Hofe gen. Rode (born about 1340, died about 1421) about 1355 in Marburg, died before 1394 in Marburg, buried before the high altar of the parish church at Marburg.
   Click here to see a 13th century keystone featuring the coat of arms of the von Sassen family at the church in Marburg.
    
5. Friedebrecht I von Sassen, born about 1290 in Grünberg, Gießen, Hesse, Germany, a Schöffe (judge) in Grünberg, married 1) Gertrud Schaufuß (mother of Otto (generation 4), called Gela for short, born about 1295 in Alsfeld, Hesse, Germany, died after 30 April 1351 in Grünberg), married 2) Katharina --, died between 1351 and 1353 in Grünberg.
    
6. Heinrich III von Sassen, born about 1265, a Schöffe (judge) in Grünberg and Friedberg, Wetteraukreis, Hesse, Germany, married Gertrud Junge (born about 1265, died 1346) about 1293, died after 28 October 1331 in Grünberg.
    
7. Volpert I von Sassen, born about 1235, a Bürger (citizen) and Schöffe (judge) in Grünberg, married Gertrud von Linden (died about 1 August 1319) about 1260, died between 1 December 1314 and 1 August 1316 in Grünberg.
   Siblings of Gertrud: Kunigunde von Linden (married Henricus II von Sassen) and possibly Werner von Linden (a Ritter (knight)).
    
8. Heinrich I von Sassen, born about 1214, a Bürger (citizen) and Schöffe (judge) in Grünberg, married Bertha von Queckborn gen. Knibo (born about 1215), erected a memorial to St. Tiburtius and St. Valerian at St. Bartholomäus in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany in 1240 ("pro animis Heynrici de Gruenenberg dicti de Sassen, Berte uxoris, Angelonis patris, Sophye matris, Volperti de Lyndenstrud fratis Sophye, Wygandi fil. Angeli avi, Gutte uxoris, Angelonis dicti Aurei patris Gutte, avie predicti Heynrici" (to the souls of Heynrici of Grunenberg callen de Sassen, Berte his wife, father Angelonis, mother Sophye, Sophye's nephew Volperti de Lyndenstrud, grandfather Wygandi son of Angeli, Gutte his wife, Gutte's father Angelonis called Aurei, the aforenamed Heynrici's ancestor)), died after 1268 in Grünberg.
    
9. Angelus II von Sassen, also called Engel, born about 1190, a Bürger (citizen) in Grünberg, married Sophia von Lindenstrut (born about 1190).
   Brother of Sophia: Volperus de Lindenstrut (of Grünberg).
    
10. Wigand von Sassen, born about 1155, married Guda Gülden (also called Gutte Aurea, born about 1160, died after 1240 in Frankfurt), mentioned in both Grünberg and Frankfurt, died after 1230.
     
11. Angelus I von Sassen, born about 1120-1125, and -- Schieferstein (born about 1130) married about 1150 in Frankfurt, died 14 Apr ---- in Frankfurt.

1. Wigand Schieferstein, born about 1100, lived in about the 1120-1150s in the Haus Schieferstein in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
   Daughter: -- Schieferstein (see von Sassen)
    

1. Angelus Aureus, last name also given as Gülden (the word for "golden" is aureus in Latin and gülden in German), born about 1130, a Ritter (knight) in Grünberg, Gießen, Hesse, Germany.
   Daughter: Guda Gülden (see von Sassen)

1. Friedrich von Queckborn, born about 1190, a Burgmann (castellan), died after 1223. Friedrich also appears in the von Petershain ancestry.
   Possible children: Bertha von Queckborn gen. Knibo (see von Sassen) and Mengoß von Queckborn gen. Knibo (appears as an ancestor in the von Petershain ancestry)
   Note: The Dörsam Ahnentafel notes some ambiguity about Bertha's father with a possibility that her father was really named Meingotus der Ältere Cnibo von Queckborn, though the Dörsam Ahnentafel seems to have accepted Friedrich.
    
2. Albert von Queckborn, born about 1165, a Burgmann in Grünberg, Gießen, Hesse, Germany. Albert also appears in the von Petershain ancestry.

1. Friedebert der Jüngere Junge, born about 1235, a Schöffe (judge) in Friedberg, Wetteraukreis, Hesse, Germany, married Gertrud Münzer (born about 1250 in Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany, married 2) Rule Reye in about 1285, died in Wetzlar) about 1265-70, died 1285.
   Daughter: Gertrud Junge (see von Sassen)
    
2. Friedebert von Friedburg, born about 1200, a Schöffe (judge) in Friedberg.

1. Hermann Münzer, last name also recorded as Monetarius (Münzer is moneyer, or minter of money, in German and Monetarius is moneychanger in Latin), a Schöffe (judge) in Wetzlar, born about 1220-1225 in Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany, married Hedwig von Münchhausen (born about 1230-1235 in Wetzlar, died about 1300 in Wetzlar) about 1245-1250 in Wetzlar, died about 1290.
   Daughter: Gertrud Münzer (see Junge)
    
2. Arnold II Münzer, also called Monetarius, born about 1200-1205 in Wetzlar, a Schöffe (judge) in Wetzlar, married Ottilia Wecelini (born about 1205-1210, mentioned as a widow on 4 October 1280, died in Wetzlar) about 1220-1225 in Wetzlar, died before 4 October 1280 in Wetzlar.
    
3. Arnold I Münzer, also called Monetarius, born about 1175-1180, a Schöffe (judge) in Wetzlar, married Hizzecha Weidemann (born about 1180 in Wetzlar, died in Wetzlar) about 1195-1200 in Wetzlar, died before 20 October 1237 in Wetzlar.

1. Weidemann Weidemann, born about 1150, a Bürger (citizen) of Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany.
   Children: Hizzecha Weidemann (see Münzer), Heinrich Weidemann (a Schöffe (judge) in Wetzlar), and Richolf Weidemann (a Schöffe in Wetzlar).

1. Wecelinus Wecelini, born about 1175-1180, a Schöffe (judge) in Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany, married Jutta Mercator (died in Wetzlar) about 1205-1210 in Wetzlar, died before 20 October 1237 in Wetzlar.
   Daughter: Ottilia Wecelini (see Münzer)

1. Wigandus Mercator, born about 1160-1165, a Schöffe (judge) in Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany.
   Daughter: Jutta Mercator (see Wecelini)

1. Heinrich I von Münchhausen, born about 1205-1210 in Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany, a Bürger (citizen) and a Schöffe (judge) in Wetzlar, married Cusa Hermani (born about 1210-1215 in Wetzlar, died about 1285) about 1230 in Wetzlar, died about 1280 in Wetzlar.
   Daughter: Hedwig von Münchhausen (see Münzer)
    
2. probably Heinrich von Münchhausen, born about 1175-1180, a Vogt (bailiff) and "Besitzer eines Hauses in der Burg zu Wetzlar" (holder of a house in the castle of Wetzlar).

1. Hermann Hermani, born about 1180-1185, a Vogt (bailiff) in the castle of Wetzlar and a Schöffe (judge) in the city of Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany, married Hedwig -- (born about 1185), died about 1245-1250.
   Daughter: Cusa Hermani (see von Münchhausen)

1. Siegfried Schaufuß, first name also appears under the variation of Sifrid, born about 1250, a Schöffe (judge) of Alsfeld, Vogelsbergkreis, Hesse, Germany, married probably Agnes von Rüdesheim (born about 1255), died after 1291.
   Daughter: Gertrud Schaufuß (see von Sassen)
    
2. Dietrich Schaufuß, first name also appears under the variation of Thidericus, born about 1215, a Schöffe (judge) of Alsfeld.

1. Conrad II von Rüdesheim, born about 1200, married Anna von Bolanden (first name also appears under the variation of Agnes, born about 1225, entered a convent (Kloster Lamprecht, probably the Dominican nunnery of Kloster St. Lambrecht in Lambrecht, Rheinland Palatinate, Germany) with her daughters in 1275) about 1241, died in 1250.
   Children: Agnes von Rüdesheim (see Schaufuß) plus one or more unidentified daughters

2. Gieselberth II von Rüdesheim, born about 1165.
    
3. Conrad I von Rüdesheim, born about 1130, the Vizedomus (the deputy of the sovereign, at first in ecclesiastical principalities but later secular ones as well) of Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, married Margarethe -- (born about 1140), died before 1181.
    
4. Gieselbert I von Rüdesheim, born about 1100.
    
5. Arnold von Rüdesheim, born about 1080.
    
6. Hartwin von Rüdesheim, born about 1060.
    
7. Embrico von Rüdesheim, born about 1040.

1. Werner IV von Bolanden, born about 1195, a Reichstruchsess (Imperial seneschal), married 1) Kunigunde von Leiningen (born about 1206) about 1220 and 2) Imagenis von Merenberg.
   Children by Kunigunde von Leiningen: Anna von Bolanden (see von Rüdesheim) and Friedrich von Bolanden (Bishop of Speyer)
   Source for Friedrich: Remling, Franz Xaver, Geschichte der Bischöfe zu Speyer, vol. 1, p. 520, Mainz: Verlag Kirchheim und Schott, 1852. Available at Google Books, last accessed 9 Feb 2021.

2. Werner III von Bolanden, born about 1170, a Vogt (bailiff) of Kloster Hane (a monastery in Bolanden, Donnersbergkreis, Rheinland-Palatinate, Germany, a Reichstruchsess (Imperial seneschal), married Agnes von Isenburg-Braunsberg (born about 1175) in 1195, died in 1222.

3. Philipp II von Bolanden, born about 1145, a Junker (lesser nobleman) of Bolanden, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, married (Hildegard?) von Hainhausen (born about 1150), died in 1198 (before his father).
    
4. Werner II von Bolanden, born about 1120, Herr (Lord) of Bolanden, married Guda von Nüringen (born in 1125), donated to the Kloster (monastery) Rodenkirchen, died in 1198.
    
5. Werner I von Bolanden, born about 1090, a Reichsministerialer (probably an imperial ministerial, a type of a servant-knight), donated to Kloster Hane in 1129, died in 1135.

1. Gerhard von Nüringen, born about 1095, Herr (Lord) of Königstein, married Udahild -- (born about 1100).
   Daughter: Guda von Nüringen (see von Bolanden)
    
2. Volkold II, Graf von Nidda, born about 1070, Count of Nidda, Wetteraukreis, Hesse, Germany, and Luitgard von Nüringen (born about 1075, heiress of Nüringen).
    
3. (Volkold?) I, Graf von Nidda, born about 1040, Count of Nidda, married (Beatrix?) von Reinhausen (born about 1045).

1. Elli, Graf von Reinhausen, born about 1020, Count of Reinhausen and Gleichen (both in Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany).
   Daughter: (Beatrix?) von Reinhausen (see von Nüringen/von Nidda)

1. Bertold II, Graf von Nüringen, born about 1050, Count of Hornburg, Nüringen, and Stromberg (the latter is in district of Bad Kreuznach, Rheinland-Palatinate, Germany), Vogt (bailiff) of Lorsch, Bergstraße, Hesse, Germany and Raveniersburg (perhaps near Simmern, Westerwaldkreis, Rheinland-Palatinate, Germany), married Luitgard -- (born about 1050).
   Daughter: Luitgard von Nüringen (see von Nüringen/von Nidda)
    
2. Emicho V, Graf im Nahegau, born about 1035, Count in Nahegau (a medieval county that included the area around the river Nahe and part of what is now Rhenish Hesse), married Kunigunde von Stromberg (born about 1035), died before 1072.
   Kunigunde's brother: Count Berthold von Stromberg
   Sons: Bertold II, Graf von Nüringen (see above) and Emicho VI, Graf im Nahegau (appears as an ancestor in the von Buches ancestry)
    
3. Emicho IV, Graf im Nahegau, born about 1010, Count in Nahegau, died in 1072.
   See Emicho's further ancestry.

1. Gerhard I von Hagenhausen, born about 1120, Herr (Lord) of Hainhausen, Offenbach, Hesse, Germany.
   Daughter: (Hildegard?) von Hainhausen (see von Bolanden)

1. Bruno von Isenburg, later called Bruno von Isenburg-Braunsberg, born about 1145, Herr (Lord) of Braunsberg, built Burg Braunsberg, married Theodora von Wied (born about 1150, heiress of half of the County of Wied in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany), died before 1210.
   Daughter: Agnes von Isenburg-Braunsberg (see von Bolanden)

2. Reinbold IV von Isenburg, born about 1115, Herr (Lord) of Isenburg, Neuwied, Rheinland-Palatinate, Germany, died in 1175.
    
3. Gerlach II, Graf von Isenburg, born about 1090, Herr (Lord) of Isenburg, died about 1152.
    
4. Reinbold II, Graf von Isenburg, born about 1060, Herr (Lord) of Isenburg, married -- von Arnstein (born about 1065).
    
5. Reinbold I, Graf von Isenburg, born about 1035, Count in Niederlahngau (Lower Lahngau, a part of the medieval territory within the Lahn River valley in what is now Hesse and Rheinland-Palatinate), Vogt of the church at Trier, Rheinland-Palatinate, Germany.

1. Ludwig I, Graf von Arnstein, born about 1020, Count in Einrich, Marienfels, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rheinland-Palatinate, Germany, married (Guda --?) (born about 1048), died about 1074/1084.
   Daughter: -- von Arnstein (see von Isenburg)
   See Ludwig's further ancestry.

1. Dietrich I, Graf von Wied, born about 1125, Count of Wied (formerly a county located in Rheinland-Palatinate, Germany), Vogt (bailiff) of Andernach, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and of Köln (Cologne), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, later became a monk at Heisterbach Abbey (a Cistercian monastery in the Siebengebirge hill range near Oberdollendorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
   Daughter: Theodora von Wied (see von Isenburg)

2. Burkhard, Graf von Wied, born about 1100, Count of Wied.
    
3. Matfried III, Graf von Wied, born about 1070, Count in Engersgau, built Burg Altwied (a castle in Neuwied, Neuwied, Rheinland-Palatinate, Germany), died in 1129.

4. Richwin IV, Graf von Wied, born about 1045, Count of Wied, died 1112.
   Sons: Matfried (inherited the "right hand" Rhein property) and Richwin (inherited the "left hand" Rhein property)
   See Richwin's further ancestry.

1. Friedrich II, Graf von Leiningen, Lord of Hartenberg, Count of Leiningen (currently in Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) and Saarbrücken (currently in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany), born about 1188, married 1) Agnes von Eberstein (born about 1185, died between 1251 and 1253) and 2) Agnes von Zollern, died about 1237. For information on Friedrich's extant poem, see Wikisource (in German). See also this Wikipedia article (in German) on Friedrich II.
   Children by Agnes von Eberstein: Simon "comes de Dauborc" (m. Gertrud von Dagsburg, later betrothed to -- d'Aspremont), Heinrich von Leiningen, and Kunigunde von Leiningen (see von Bolanden)
   Additional children (by which wife is uncertain): Friedrich IV, Graf von Leiningen (m. Adelheid von Kyburg), Emich IV, Graf von Leiningen (m. Margareta von Hengebach), Walram von Leiningen, (daughter) von Leiningen (m. Kuno, Herr von Malberg)
   Children by Agnes von Zollern: Berthold von Leiningen and Eberhard von Leiningen

Note that the Doersam Ahnentafel gives Friedrich II's parents as Friedrich or Emich von Leiningen and perhaps Gertrud von Habsburg, which conflicts with other sources. The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy states that his parents are as follows:

2. Simon II, Graf von Saarbrücken, married Luitgard von Leiningen.

Additional source: Cawley, Charles, "Franconia, Nobility" and "Palatinate," Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy website, http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/PALATINATE.htm#KunigundeLeiningenMWernerIVBolanden and http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/PALATINATE.htm#_Toc510977907, last accessed 9 February 2021.

1. Eberhard III, Graf von Eberstein, born about 1150, Count of Eberstein, Swabia (a region in what is now southwestern Germany), married Kunigunde von Istrien (born about 1152, perhaps died 2 October 1207), died betweeen 1207 and 1219.
   Daughter: Agnes von Eberstein (see von Leiningen)
    
2. Eberhard der Ältere, Graf von Eberstein, born about 1125, Count of Eberstein, died after 1198.
    
3. Bertold III, Graf von Eberstein, born about 1090, Count of Eberstein, married Uta von Calw (born about 1100, Herrin (Lady) of Sinzen (perhaps Sindelfingen, Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany?), buried in Herrenalb Abbey, Bad Herrenalb, Calw, Baden-Württemberg, Germany), founded Herrenalb Abbey, died between 1137 and 1158.

4. Bertold II, Graf von Eberstein, born about 1060, Count of Eberstein, married Adelheid -- (born about 1065), died between 1113 and 1137.
    
5. Bertold I, Graf von Eberstein, born about 1030, Count of Eberstein, died after 1085.
   See Bertold's further ancestry.

1. Gottfried I, Graf von Calw, born about 1070, Count of Calw, Calw, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Pfalzgraf bei Rhein (Count Palatine of the Rhein), died about 1131/32.
   Daughter: Uta von Calw (see von Eberstein)
    
2. Adalbert II, Graf von Calw, also called von Axembart, born about 1030, Count of Calw, married Wiltrud von Niederlothringen (also called von Bouillon, born about 1040, died in 1093), died 22 September 1099.
    
3. Adalbert I, Graf von Calw, born about 1000, Count of Calw, married Bitzilia von Egisheim (born about 1005, sister of Pope Leo IX).
   See Adalbert's further ancestry.
   See Bitzilia's further ancestry.

1. Gottfried, Herzog von Oberlothringen, born about 1010, Duke of Upper Lotharingia, later called Duke of Lower Lotharingia, married 1) Doda -- (born about 1015, died 21 December 1077) and 2) Beatrix von Oberlothringen in 1054, died 24 December 1069.
   Daughter by Doda: Wiltrud von Niederlothringen (see von Calw)
   See Gottfried's further ancestry.

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1. Bertold II, Markgraf von Istrien, born between 1122 and 1131, Count of Andechs (currently in the district of Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany), Innsbruck (currently in the state of Tyrol, Austria), and Wolfratshausen (currently in the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Bavaria, Germany), Margrave of Istria (a march, or borderland, that included the Istrian Peninsula (at the head of the Adriatic Sea and now part of Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy)), married 1) Hedwig von Wittelsbach (born about 1130, died 16 August 1178) and 2) Luitgard of Denmark (daughter of King Sweyn III of Denmark) about 1180 (divorced), died 14 December 1188.
   Daughter by Hedwig: Kunigunde von Istrien (see von Eberstein)

2. Bertold I, Graf von Andechs, born about 1090, Count of Dießen am Ammersee (in Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany), Plassenburg (a castle in Kulmbach, Kulmbach, Bavaria, Germany), and Andechs, married Sophia von Istrien (born about 1100, died 6 Sep ----), died 27 June 1151.

3. Berchtold III, Graf von Andechs, born about 1050, Count of Andechs, died about 1095.
    
4. Berchtold II, Graf von Dießen, born about 1005, Count of Dießen and of the Upper Isar, Vogt (bailiff) of Tegernsee, Miesbach, Bavaria, Germany, married -- Hohenwarth (born about 1004), died after 1060.
   See Berchtold's further ancestry.
   See -- Hohenwarth's further ancestry.

1. Poppo III, Markgraf von Krain, born about 1065, Count of Weimar (currently in Thuringia, Germany), Margrave of Krain (also called Carniola, which covers roughly the same area as the the Carniolan region of Slovenia) and Istria (march lands that included the Istrian Peninsula), married Richarda von Lavant (born about 1065, married 1) Berthold I von Schwarzenburg), died 3 January 1101.
   Daughter: Sophia von Istrien (see von Istrien)
    
2. Uldarich I, Margraf von Krain und Istria, born about 1025, Count of Weimar, Margrave of Krain and Istria, married Sophia of Hungary (born about 1038, married 2) Magnus, Herzog von Sachsen, died 18 June 1095), died 6 March 1070.
   Children: Poppo III, Markgraf von Krain (above) and Richardis, Gräfin von Weimar (see von Wittelsbach/von Scheyern)
    
3. Poppo II, Graf von Weimar, born about 1000, Margrave of Krain and Istria, married Hadamut von Istrien (also called Azzela von Friaul, born about 1000, heiress to Istria), died in 1044.
   See Poppo's further ancestry.

1. Béla I, King of Hungary, born about 1020, married (Richenza?) of Poland (born about 1020, died after 1052), died 1063.
   Daughter: Sophia of Hungary (see von Istrien/von Krain)
   See Béla's further ancestry.
   See Richenza's further ancestry.

1. Engelbert I, Margraf von Istrien, born about 1040, Vogt (bailiff) of Salzburg (currently in Austria), Count in Lavanttal (currently in Carinthia, Austria), Pustertal (currently in South Tyrol, Italy), and Kraichgau (a region in the current Baden-Württemberg, Germany), of Trevisio (uncertain location but perhaps Treviso, Veneto, Italy), Ortenburg (currently in Passau, Bavaria, Germany), and Sponheim (currently in Bad Kreuznach, Rheinland-Palatinate, Germany), married Hedwig von Flinsbach (born about 1048), died 1 April 1096.
   Daughter: Richarda von Lavant (see von Istrien/von Krain)
    
2. perhaps Siegfried I, Graf von Sponheim, born about 1010 at Burgsponheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Count of Lavant, of Carinthia, and in Pustertal, married Richardis von Lavant (born about 1015, heiress to Lavant, married 1) -- von Schwarzenberg), died 7 February 1065 in Bulgaria (while returning from Palestine).
   Sons: Englebert (above) and Hartwig of Sponheim (Archbishop of Madgeburg)
   See Richardis' further ancestry.

1. Bernhard von Flinsbach, born about 1015, married Cäcilia -- (born abour 1020).
   Daughter: Hedwig von Flinsbach (see von Istrien/von Sponheim)

1. Otto IV, Graf von Wittelsbach, also known as Otto I, Pfalzgraf von Bayern, born about 1090, Count of Wittelsbach (name comes from Wittelsbach Castle near Aichach, Aichach-Friedberg, Bavaria, Germany), Count Palatinate of Bavaria, founder of Kloster Indersdorf (a monastery in Markt Indersdorf, Dachau, Bavaria, Germany), married Heilika von Burg-Lengenfeld (about 1095, died 14 September 1170) before 13 July 1116, died before 4 August 1156.
   Daughter: Hedwig von Wittelsbach (see von Istrien)

2. Otto II, Graf von Scheyern, born about 1058, successor of his half-brother Bernhard as the Vogt (bailiff) of the Diocese of Freising (in Freising, Bavaria, Germany), Count on the Paar and in Kelsgan, Count of Scheyern, Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Bavaria, Germany, married Richardis, Gräfin von Weimar (born about 1070, Countess of Weimar, Thuringia, Germany, widow in 1120, died after 16 May 1120), died 4 November (after 1107).
    
3. Otto I, Graf von Scheyern, born about 1020, Count on the Mittleren (Middle) Paar, Hauptvogt (chief bailiff) of the diocese of Freising, Count of Scheyern, married 1) -- -- and 2) Haziga von Dießen (also called Hadegunde, born about 1035, married 1) Arnold von Wels and 2) Hermann I von Kastl, died 1 March 1103), died 4 December 1072 while on pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulchre.
   Son by first wife: Bernhard
   Son by Haziga: Otto II, Graf von Scheyern (above)
   See Otto's further ancestry.

1. Friedrich II, Graf von Dießen, born about 1005, Count of Dießen am Ammersee, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany, Count on the Sempt (a river in Bavaria, Germany), Count north of the Starnberger See (lake in Bavaria), Domvogt (administrator of the property of the catherdral monastery) of Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, married 1) (Irmingard?) von Gilching and 2) Hadamut von Eppstein, died 24 January (about 1075).
   Daughter by Hadamut: Haziga von Dießen (see von Wittelsbach/von Scheyern)
   See Friedrich's further ancestry.
   See Hadamut's further ancestry.

1. Ludwig Im Hofe gen. Rode, first name also appears as Luklei (probably a creative spelling of Ludwig), born in 1305, a Schöffe (judge) and Bürgermeister (mayor) of Marburg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hesse, Germany, married 1) Katharina Bruning (born about 1305, died before 1340) about 1330 and 2) -- Mußer (dau. of Wicker gen[nant?] Mußer d[er] J[üngere] from Ebsdorf, died 1357), died about 1367.
   Daughter by Katharina Bruning: Katharina Im Hofe gen. Rode (see von Sassen)
    
2. Albert Im Hofe, first name also appears under the spelling variation of Elbracht, born about 1270, a Schöffe (judge) and Bürgermeister (mayor) , married 1) -- Rode (mother of Ludwig (generation 1), born about 1287, called the minor daughter of the deceased Burgmann (castellan) Ludwig der Jüngere Rode in 1304) about 1304 and 2) Adelheid -- (born about 1290, died after 1366) about 1310, died about 1336. Albert also appears in the von Biedenfeld ancestry.
   Son by -- Rode: Ludwig Im Hofe gen. Rode (see above)
   Daughters by Adelheid: Alheid Im Hofe (appears as an ancestor in the von Biedenfeld ancestry) and Meckele Im Hofe (m. Johann Friling)
    
3. Heinrich Im Hofe, born about 1245, a Schöffe (judge) and Bürgermeister (mayor) of Marburg, the Patronatsherr (patron of a living) of the church in Goßfelden, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hesse, Germany, married Hildeburg Süßkirsche der Jüngere (called Hilla for short, born about 1250). Heinrich and Hildeburg also appear in the von Biedenfeld ancestry.
    
4. Ludwig von Alsfeld, born about 1205, a Bürger (citizen) and Schöffe (judge) of Marburg. Ludwig also appears in the von Biedenfeld ancestry.

1. Rüdiger Süßkirsche, born about 1220, a Schöffe (judge) of Marburg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hesse, Germany. Rüdiger also appears in the Orth ancestry.
   Daughter: Hildeburg Süßkirsche (see Im Hofe gen. Rode)

1. Ludwig der Jüngere Rode, born about 1250, a Burgmann (castellan) of Marburg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hesse, Germany, died before 1304 (leaving one minor daughter).
   Daughter: -- Rode (see Im Hofe gen. Rode)
    
2. Ludwig der Ältere Rode, born about 1225, a Burgmann (castellan), married Jutta -- (born about 1230, mentioned as a widow in 1304), died before 1304.

1. Hartung Bruning, first name also appears as Hartwig and Hartmann, born about 1280, a Schöffe (judge) of Marburg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hesse, Germany.
   Daughter: Katharina Bruning (see Im Hofe gen. Rode)
    
2. Wigand Bruning, first name also appears as Wigel, born 1255, a Schöffe (judge) of Marburg.