The Medieval Ancestry of Gertrud von Roßdorf

Citing this biography: Boyd, Michelle, "The Medieval Ancestry of Gertrud von Roßdorf," article, Olive and Eliza, last accessed [current date]."

Gertrud von Roßdorf was born about 1475 in Wasungen, Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany to Caspar von Roßdorf. Her ancestry follows below.


Note on Sources

A major source for the information below is (with other sources as noted below):

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.


Ancestral Families of Gertrud von Roßdorf

Click on each family name below to expand and see the ancestral lines of Gertrud von Roßdorf. Click again to close

  1. Caspar von Roßdorf, born about 1440 in Wasungen, a Burgmann (castellan) in Wasungen, Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany, in the service of the Hessian landgrave.
    Daughter: Gertrud von Roßdorf
     
  2. Hartnid von Roßdorf, born about 1410, a Burgmann (castellan) and Amtmann (civil servant or magistrate) in Wasungen, died before 30 October 1454.
     
  3. Wolfram von Roßdorf, born about 1370, a Burgmann (castellan) in Wasungen, died before 1427.
     
  4. Hartnit von Roßdorf, born 1340, a Ritter (knight), married Berta -- (born about 1345).
     
  5. Hartnid von Roßdorf, born about 1300, a Knappe (squire), Ritter (knight), and Wappner (probably Wapener, meaning "man bearing arms"), died about 1340 in Wasungen.
     
  6. Heinrich von Roßdorf, born about 1280, a Ritter (knight) in Wasungen, married Gertrud -- (born about 1280).
     
  7. Sifrid or Gottfried von Roßdorf, born about 1250.
    Sons: Heinrich von Roßdorf and Conrad von Roßdorf
    Descendant of Gotfridus von Roßdorf, living in 1135


Return: Home > Ancestry of Florence Rose Mahler > von Petershain Family Tree

Author: Michelle A. Boyd
Email

Last updated 2 February 2022