House of Seckendorff

Seckendorff
Seckendorff
	Coat of Arms of the Seckendorff family
	Blaues und Rotes Schloss (Blue and Red Castles) Obernzenn
Current region	Franconia
Earlier spellings	Seckendorf
Connected families	Guttenberg and Bibra
Estate(s)	Obernzenn, Blaues and Rotes Schloss

The House of Seckendorff (also: Seckendorf) is the name of an old and prolific Franconian noble family. According to historian Werner Wagenhöfer, the Seckendorff family is the most researched family of the low nobility in Franconia along with the Guttenberg and Bibra families.

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From 13th century to now Obernzenn, Blaues and Rotes Schloss
to now: Schloss Unternzenn
? - ? Schloss Unteraltenbernheim
1317–1782 Castle and village Langenfeld (Mittelfranken) and Ullstadt
1347–1375 Oberndorf bei Möhrendorf^[1]
Since 1361 Schnodsenbach^[2]
1361–1379 Monheim^[3]
1369–1518 (ca.) Neuendettelsau, about 1403 division between the Seckendorf and the Vestenberg family ^[4]
1395–1500 (ca.) Rittergut Obersteinbach bei Neustadt/Aisch (mit Frankfurt, Langenfeld, Lachheim, Roßbach und Stübach)^[5]
before 1417–1503 Burg Hiltpoltstein in the county of Forchheim
1422–1447 Rieterschloss in Kornburg
1444–1453 Burg Reicheneck by Happurg
1448–1452 Fürerschloss in Haimendorf
beginning 1455 Rauschenberg, Bergtheim, Höchstadt, Taschendorf, Obertaschendorf.
1465–1722 the fief Buch by Weisendorf^[6]
until 1479 Schloss Rezelsdorf by Weisendorf^[7]
1478–fifteen hundreds Festung Rothenberg by Schnaittach
1503–1528 Hüttenbach by Simmelsdorf
beginning 1504 properties in Oberlindach by Weisendorf^[8]
1504–1570 Simmelsdorf
1527–1653 Obbach
until 1531 Reichenschwand
until 1558 Eismannsberg
until 1600 Schloss Triesdorf
? - ? Altheim bei Dietersheim^[9]
Mid 15th - Mid 17th Hallerndorf^[10] (Linie derer von Seckendorf zu Krotendorf, Schnodsenbach, Gugenheim, Hallerndorf und Rossbach)
? Gugenheim
? Krotendorf
? - ? Almoshof
1677–1945 Schloss Meuselwitz, Thüringen
1705 - today Schloss Ebneth (Owner: Isabelle Callens née von Seckendorff)
? - today Schloss Trautskirchen (Owner: Isabelle Callens née von Seckendorff)
1726 - today estate at Weingartsreuth (Owner: Freiherr von Seckendorff-von Witzleben)
1720–1727 Schloss Harrlach by Allersberg^[11]
1720–1774 Seckendorff-Eggloffsteinsche Freihaus in Kornburg
1757–1952 Schloss Unterleinleiter, Fränkische Schweiz
1840 -1945 Schloss Broock, Vorpommern-Greifswald
1858 - today Schloss Strössendorf

Scheiblersches Wappenbuch
Siebmachers Wappenbuch
Epitaph with coat of arms, Eichstätter Dom
Stadtkirche Langenzenn

Burkard von Seckendorff-Jochsberg (died 1365)^[12]
Hans von Seckendorff (um 1530), Amtmann in Ansbach^[13]
Kaspar von Seckendorff (died 1595), Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt
Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff (1626–1692), German Statesman
Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff (1673–1763), Imperial field marshal
Christoph Friedrich von Seckendorff-Aberdar (1679–1759), Diplomat and Brandenburg-Ansbach Minister^[14]
Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff (1744–1785), German poet
Johann Karl Christoph von Seckendorff (1747–1814), Wurttemberg State Minister
Theresius von Seckendorf-Aberdar (auch: Seckendorff; 1758–1825), German biographer, novelist, Hispanist and lexicographer
Christian Adolf von Seckendorff (1767–1833), German poet
Friedrich Bernhard von Seckendorff (1772−1852), German politician
Franz Karl Leopold von Seckendorf-Aberdar (1775–1809), German poet
Gustav Anton von Seckendorff (1775–1823), German author, actor and declaimer
Alfred von Seckendorff (1796–1876), German Administrative lawyer and writer
Fanny Løvenskiold (1807-1873), born Francisca Veronika von Seckendorf-Aberdar, Norwegian court official and daughter of Johan Carl August Max von Seckendorf-Aberdar^[15]
August Heinrich von Seckendorff (1807–1885), German statesman and lawyer
Henriette von Seckendorff-Gutend (1819–1878), „Heilerin“, Mutter der Kranken und Schwermütigen, Gründerin der Villa Seckendorff in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt
Oskar von Seckendorff (1840–1902), Prussian Major General
Siegmund Karl Ludwig Friedrich Hermann von Seckendorf-Gudent; died in 1844 as a forestry student at Forstakademie Tharandt in a duel with his fellow student Otto Carl Werther ^[16]
Rudolf von Seckendorff (1844–1932), lawyer and president of the Reichsgericht (Imperial Court of Justice) (1905–1920)
Arthur von Seckendorff-Gudent (1845–1886), Austrian forester, Swiss origin
Gustav von Seckendorff (1848–1924), Prussian General of the Infantry
Carl August Ludwig Wilhelm Freiherr von Seckendorff-Aberdar (1848-1948) Co-founder of scouting movement in Germany/Austria
Albert von Seckendorff (1849–1921), German Vice-Admiral, diplomat, Marshall of the court of Prince Heinrichs von Preußen
Adolf von Seckendorff (1857–1941), German General of the Infantry, Governor of Estland
Götz von Seckendorff (1889–1914), German painter and sculptor
Erich Erwin Heinrich August Veit Freiherr von Seckendorff (1897–1944) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Germany.
Christa von Seckendorff (born 1970), German artist

Grave of Margareta von Seckendorff (died 1436) in Münster Heilsbronn
Grave of Georg von Seckendorff (died 1444) in Münster Heilsbronn
Grave plate of Eichstätter Prince Bishop Kaspar von Seckendorf im Kreuzgang des Eichstätter Domes
Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff
Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff
Epitaph in St. Jakob in Abenberg

Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels. Adelslexikon. Band XIII, Band 128 der Gesamtreihe. C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2002, ISSN 0435-2408.

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"Gemeinde Möhrendorf". Archived from the original on 2012-08-04.
[2]
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-07-11. Retrieved 2016-01-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) Geschichte von Schnodsenbach
[3]
Annett Haberlah-Pohl, Die Geschichte des Nadlerdorfes Rögling, Nördlingen 2008, S. 15
[4]
Die Geschichte von Neuendettelsau Archived 2016-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
[5]
Geschichte des Rittergutes Obersteinbach Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (PDF-Datei; 33 kB)
[6]
Die Geschichte von Buch Archived December 28, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
[7]
Die Geschichte von Rezelsdorf Archived December 29, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
[8]
Geschichte von Oberlindach Archived December 28, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
[9]
"Burgen und Schlösser in Neustadt-Bad Windsheim/Aisch". Archived from the original on 2010-07-11.
[10]
"-- Gemeinde Hallerndorf --". Archived from the original on 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
[11]
Die Geschichte von Harrlach Archived July 11, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
[12]
Gerhard Rechter (2010), "Burkard von Seckendorff-Jochsberg", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 24, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 116–117; (full text online)
[13]
Anselm Schubert: Der Traum vom Tag des Herrn: Die „Träumer von Uttenreuth“ und das apokalyptische Täufertum. in der Zeitschrift Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte. Band 97, 2006, S. 106–136, 111.
[14]
Gerhard Rechter (2010), "Seckendorff-Aberdar, Christoph Friedrich von", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 24, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 119–120; (full text online)
[15]
Bergwitz, Johan Kielland (1914). Vore Eidsvollsmænds efterkommere gjennem alle linjer i 100 aar. Kristiania. sid. 25
[16]
Sächsisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Dresden, Bestand 10052 Amt Grillenburg, Nr. 0368, 1844–1849

Wappen der Seckendorff im Ortenburger Wappenbuch von 1466 und Augsburger Wappenbuch von 1475 und im Sammelband mehrerer Wappenbücher, um 1530
Seckendorff (zeno.org)

[1] [1]
"Gemeinde Möhrendorf". Archived from the original on 2012-08-04.

[2] [2]
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-07-11. Retrieved 2016-01-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) Geschichte von Schnodsenbach

[3] [3]
Annett Haberlah-Pohl, Die Geschichte des Nadlerdorfes Rögling, Nördlingen 2008, S. 15

[4] [4]
Die Geschichte von Neuendettelsau Archived 2016-03-12 at the Wayback Machine

[5] [5]
Geschichte des Rittergutes Obersteinbach Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (PDF-Datei; 33 kB)

[6] [6]
Die Geschichte von Buch Archived December 28, 2004, at the Wayback Machine

[7] [7]
Die Geschichte von Rezelsdorf Archived December 29, 2004, at the Wayback Machine

[8] [8]
Geschichte von Oberlindach Archived December 28, 2004, at the Wayback Machine

[9] [9]
"Burgen und Schlösser in Neustadt-Bad Windsheim/Aisch". Archived from the original on 2010-07-11.

[10] [10]
"-- Gemeinde Hallerndorf --". Archived from the original on 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2016-01-27.

[11] [11]
Die Geschichte von Harrlach Archived July 11, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

[12] [12]
Gerhard Rechter (2010), "Burkard von Seckendorff-Jochsberg", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 24, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 116–117; (full text online)

[13] [13]
Anselm Schubert: Der Traum vom Tag des Herrn: Die „Träumer von Uttenreuth“ und das apokalyptische Täufertum. in der Zeitschrift Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte. Band 97, 2006, S. 106–136, 111.

[14] [14]
Gerhard Rechter (2010), "Seckendorff-Aberdar, Christoph Friedrich von", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 24, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 119–120; (full text online)

[15] [15]
Bergwitz, Johan Kielland (1914). Vore Eidsvollsmænds efterkommere gjennem alle linjer i 100 aar. Kristiania. sid. 25

[16] [16]
Sächsisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Dresden, Bestand 10052 Amt Grillenburg, Nr. 0368, 1844–1849

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