House of Ziegenhain: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 04:41, 3 May 2023

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

@@ Line 3: / Line 3: @@
 <gallery caption="Coat of Arms" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
   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 -->
-Reichenbach Ancient.svg|House of Ziegenhain<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">as Counts of Reichenbach<br>From ca.1270</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>
@@ Line 9: / Line 8: @@
 <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 -->
+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 -->
 </gallery>
@@ Line 16: / Line 15: @@
 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>
-Gottfried III Reichenbach.svg|Gottfried III of Reichenbach<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Reichenbach<br>1243-1279<br>Arms on his seal</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>