Wettin coat of arms.
Pretty darn nice for the foriegners
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wettin Castle is a former castle that stood near the town of Wettin on the Saale river in Germany, and which is the ancestral home of the House of Wettin, the dynasty that included several royal families, including that of the current ruling family of the United Kingdom.
In 982, Dedo(Dietrich)(d. 1009)and Fredrich (d. 1017), sons of Dietrich, count of Hassegau or Hosgau, received lands taken from the Wends,including the county(or Gau) of Wettin on the right bank of the Saale. There is a legend that the family is decended from one Wettekind, but this can not be attested in any history. At least one reference claims that the castle was built by a descendent of Dietrich named Thimo.
That castle is a rebuilt ruin, used as part of a building that houses a school and other public institutions, but other castles owned by the Wettin family, from the 15th century, still exist in Meissen and on the Elbe river.
This goes back at least 5 more generations, but are not shown as I do not have proof of this...AS YET. MDB
Get a cup of coffee or two even. Enjoy a journey through time.
Got your own photos to add? Email them to me.
I shall make every effort to get to the pictures. A large majority of family tree branches will be side lined and added as life permits me to do so. Enjoy.
Most this data was compiled from what I got from a relative or two, and some copied from the net. I enter it here to benefit future researchers best I can. Send all additional data, old photos and stories to me, Marv Banker at [email protected]. Have a great day.
Pretty darn nice for the foriegners
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wettin Castle is a former castle that stood near the town of Wettin on the Saale river in Germany, and which is the ancestral home of the House of Wettin, the dynasty that included several royal families, including that of the current ruling family of the United Kingdom.
In 982, Dedo(Dietrich)(d. 1009)and Fredrich (d. 1017), sons of Dietrich, count of Hassegau or Hosgau, received lands taken from the Wends,including the county(or Gau) of Wettin on the right bank of the Saale. There is a legend that the family is decended from one Wettekind, but this can not be attested in any history. At least one reference claims that the castle was built by a descendent of Dietrich named Thimo.
That castle is a rebuilt ruin, used as part of a building that houses a school and other public institutions, but other castles owned by the Wettin family, from the 15th century, still exist in Meissen and on the Elbe river.
This goes back at least 5 more generations, but are not shown as I do not have proof of this...AS YET. MDB
Get a cup of coffee or two even. Enjoy a journey through time.
Got your own photos to add? Email them to me.
I shall make every effort to get to the pictures. A large majority of family tree branches will be side lined and added as life permits me to do so. Enjoy.
Most this data was compiled from what I got from a relative or two, and some copied from the net. I enter it here to benefit future researchers best I can. Send all additional data, old photos and stories to me, Marv Banker at [email protected]. Have a great day.