House of Ziegenhain: Difference between revisions

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Ziegenhagen, Cigenhagen, Czigenhayn, etc.

Coat of Arms
House of Ziegenhain
Lords of Neustadt, Bingenheim, Lissberg, Ziegenhain and Nidda
Counts of Reichenbach, Wegebach, Ziegenhain and Nidda
Earlier known by their possessions of Reichenbach and also of Wegebach
House of Ziegenhain
as Counts of Ziegenhain
From ca.1270-1304
House of Ziegenhain
as Counts of Nidda
After ca.1333

Cadet Branches
House of Ziegenhain-Reichenbach
Lords of Reichenbach, Wildungen, Hollende and Felsberg
Counts of Reichenbach
Issued from Poppo I, younger son of Gozmar I, Count of Reichenbach and uncle to Gottfried I, Count of Ziegenhain
Younger branch of Reichenbach
House of Ziegenhain-Ziegenhain
Lords of Ziegenhain, Rauschenberg, Frankenhain, Treysa, Landsburg, Schönstein and Schwarzenborn
Counts of Ziegenhain and Nidda
Issued from Berthold I, younger son of Ludwig I, Count of Ziegenhain
and Nidda
Younger branch of Ziegenhain

Personal Arms
Gottfried V of Ziegenhain
Count of Ziegenhain
1258-1279
Arms on his gravestone
Gottfried V of Ziegenhain
Count of Ziegenhain
Arms variant in Wijnbergen Armorial
Johann II von Ziegenhain
Count of Ziegenhain and Nidda
1394-1450
Otto von Ziegenhain
Elector-Archbishop of Trier
1418–1430
Otto von Ziegenhain
Elector-Archbishop of Trier
1418–1430
Quartered arms variant

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+''Ziegenhagen, Cigenhagen, Czigenhayn, etc.''
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-File: Ziegenhain.svg| House of Ziegenhain<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Counts of Ziegenhain</span>
+ Ziegenhain Ancient.svg|House of Ziegenhain<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Neustadt, Bingenheim, Lissberg, Ziegenhain and Nidda<br>Counts of Reichenbach, Wegebach, Ziegenhain and Nidda<br>Earlier known by their possessions of ''Reichenbach'' and also of ''Wegebach''</span><!-- Arms from ca.1208 -->
-File: Nidda.svg|House of Ziegenhain<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">as Counts of Nidda</span>
+Ziegenhain.svg|House of Ziegenhain<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">as Counts of Ziegenhain<br>From ca.1270-1304</span>
+Nidda.svg|House of Ziegenhain<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">as Counts of Nidda<br>After ca.1333</span>
+</gallery>
+<gallery caption="Cadet Branches" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
+Reichenbach.svg|[[House of Ziegenhain-Reichenbach]]<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Reichenbach, Wildungen, Hollende and Felsberg<br>Counts of Reichenbach<br>Issued from Poppo I, younger son of Gozmar I, Count of Reichenbach and uncle to Gottfried I, Count of Ziegenhain<br>Younger branch of Reichenbach</span><!-- Arms as seen on seals of Heinrich III and later Gottfried III, there are at least two variants...one showing shield parted per fess of three (Heinrich III) and one of four-five points (Gottfried III). The same arms was later used by morganatic branch of Hesse (Reichenbach-Lessonitz with a minor modification to the original arms -->
+Johann I Ziegenhain.svg|House of Ziegenhain-Ziegenhain<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Ziegenhain, Rauschenberg, Frankenhain, Treysa, Landsburg, Schönstein and Schwarzenborn<br>Counts of Ziegenhain and Nidda<br>Issued from Berthold I, younger son of Ludwig I, Count of Ziegenhain<br> and Nidda<br>Younger branch of Ziegenhain</span><!-- Arms originating first with seal of Johann I but also used by his son Gottfried VII, the latter's son Gottfried VIII seems to have abandoned the "Ziegenkopfadler" and adopted the shield with the star only, it seems also that he (Gottfried VIII) is also the first to use the other shield with two stars for Nidda, as one of his seals shows the two arms side by side -->
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+<gallery caption="Personal Arms" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
+Gottfried von Ziegenhain.svg|Gottfried V of Ziegenhain<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Ziegenhain<br>1258-1279<br>Arms on his gravestone</span>
+Wijnbergen 758 Gottfried von Ziegenhain.svg|Gottfried V of Ziegenhain<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Ziegenhain<br>Arms variant in ''Wijnbergen Armorial''</span>
+Ziegenhain Nidda.svg|Johann II von Ziegenhain<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Ziegenhain and Nidda<br>1394-1450</span>
+Otto Ziegenhain.svg|Otto von Ziegenhain<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Elector-Archbishop of Trier<br>1418–1430</span>
+Otto von Ziegenhain.svg|Otto von Ziegenhain<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Elector-Archbishop of Trier<br>1418–1430<br>Quartered arms variant</span>
+</gallery>
+<!-- Genealogy and digital documents containing seals of individual members of the family  https://www.lagis-hessen.de/de/subjects/browse/sn/zig  -->
+<!-- The family originates from the so-called "Counts of Gozmar" who from Gozmar II were known and called themselves "Counts of Reichenbach". Gozmar II was succeeded by his son Gottfried I who also called himself "Count of Wegebach" but also built Ziegenhain castle in 1144 and moved there with his family, leaving the rule of Reichenbach castle to his uncle Poppo I (younger brother of his father Gozmar II). Poppo's line were thus continuing the line in Reichenbach until 1279 when it died out in male line. The senior line from Gozmar II and his son Gottfried continued in Ziegenhain and called themselves after that place. Gottfried was initially succeeded by his elder son Gozmar III but he died without male issue and was succeeded by his 2nd son Rudolf II who married the heiress of Nidda. Rudolf in turn was also succeeded by his younger son (as his elder son died without issue) Ludwig I whos two sons Gottfried IV and Berthold I nominally ruled both counties but effectively divided the family possessions...Gottfried continuing in Nidda and calling himself "Count of Ziegenhain and Nidda in Nidda" aka "Graf von Ziegenhain und Nidda zu Nidda"; and Berthold continuing in Ziegenhain and calling himself "Count of Ziegenhain and Nidda in Ziegenhain". Their children de facto divided the counties but both lines still referred to themselves as "Counts of Ziegenhain". In 1333 the younger line of Nidda inherited Ziegenhain from the senior branch and once again reunited the two counties.
+The arms used by all three branches (senior Reichenbach aka Ziegenhain-Nidda, younger Reichenbach and younger Ziegenhain lines) was a Ziegenkopfadler (the so-called "goat eagle") which is attested by literally all existing seals (can be checked on the above link I posted previously). The only difference is the adoption of other arms that was used alongside the original arms to differentiate between various counties in their possession. Younger Reichebach branch adopted and used additional shield party per fess dancetty of three (to five) points red and white, while the younger Ziegenhain branch used the shield parted by fess gold and sable, chief charged with six-pointed star. Both these younger branches used arms that were shown either separately or most commonly as heart shields carried by the "Ziegenkopfadler" as seen on various seals (Gottfried III of Reichnbach or Johann I of Ziegenhain for example). The arms of Nidda (arms with two stars) seems to have originated sometime after 1333 at least but certainly by 1370s when Nidda was already well in possession of the younger Ziegenhain branch. Examples are such as the seal of Gottfried VIII showing both Nidda and Ziegenhain side by side on it; or the funerary monument of Johann II which shows two arms joined (dimidiated) together. "Ziegenkopfadler" was abandoned by the beginning of the 14th century or rather moved to a different position and became the crest of the family. -->