Wolfgang von Graben

Wolfgang von Graben, also Wolfgang de Groben (de Gröben) (1465 in Kornberg castle, Styria – 11 December 1521), was a member of the Austrian nobility.

Biography

Wolfgang was a descendent of the Von Graben von Stein family, who sprang out from the dynastie Meinhardiner. His parents were Ulrich III von Graben and Agnes Närringer,[1] Virgil von Graben was his cousin.

He was first named in 1470 as heritage Jörg II. Steinwalds of some manors of 30 styrian Stubenberg fiefs.[2] In 1481 Fredericks III of Austria pledged him castle Gurnitz.[3]

In 1483 Wolfgang to Holland where he mairred and from whom the sons Pieter and Abraham were born; both sons called Graeff. De Graeff was the Dutch spelling of Von Graben in the 14 and 15th century. Pieter Graeff (married Grietz Pieters Berents), who became the ancestor of the Dutch De Graeff family,[4] In the Diploma of Nobility from 19 July 1677 loaned to Andries de Graeff,[5] it was affirmed that the family de Graeff was formerly called von Graben, which is the same as de Graeff. This family today shows the same coat of arms as the De Graeff family.[6]

Bag in Austria in 1485 Wolfgang became one of the emperor Fredericks mayor captains in the war against Matthias Corvinus.[7]

In 1490 he succeeded his cousin Georg Breuner as lord of some smaller styrian and imperial fiefs. In the same year he was in of castle Neidenstein.[8]

Later he became burggraf of Saldenhofen (1498),[9] bailiff of Bad Radkersburg[10] and Tabor (since 1501)[11] and since 1510 as succeeder of his brother Andree von Graben of Slovenj Gradec (Windischgraetz).[12]

In 1509 he was made advisor to Emperor Maximilian I of Austria.[13]

In 1520 he inherited together with his brothers Andree und Wilhelm von Graben Schloss Graben near Novo Mesto (Rudolfswerth) in Carniola.[14]

Descendants of Wolfgang von Graben

About the De Graeffs: During the Dutch Golden Age the De Graeffs said that they descendant from Wolfgang von Graben who was in Holland in 1483.[15] In the Diploma of Nobility from 1677 loaned to Andries de Graeff it was affirmed that the family De Graeff was formerly called von Graben.

Notes

  1. ↑ Adalbert Sikora: Die Herren vom Graben in Zeitschrift des historischen Vereines für Steiermark. 51. Jahrgang, Graz 1960, p 92
  2. ↑ Adalbert Sikora: Die Herren vom Graben in Zeitschrift des historischen Vereines für Steiermark. 51. Jahrgang, Graz 1960, p 73
  3. ↑ Archiv für vaterländische Geschichte und Topographie, Bände 3-8. Von Geschichtsverein für Kärnten, Historischer Verein für Kärnten
  4. ↑ De Graeff (Pieter Graeff) and Von Graben in the dutch "DBNL"
  5. ↑ Pieter C. Vies: Andries de Graeff (1611–1678) `t Gezagh is heerelyk: doch vol bekommeringen. p 5
  6. ↑ Op den Graeff
  7. ↑ Geschichte des Entstehens: des Wachsthums und der Grösse der Österreichischen Monarchie. Band 3. Von Johann Sporschil. p. 285
  8. ↑ Adalbert Sikora: Die Herren vom Graben in Zeitschrift des historischen Vereines für Steiermark. 51. Jahrgang, Graz 1960, p 74
  9. ↑ Archiv für österreichische Geschichte, Band 2. Von Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Historische Kommission, Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna. p 508
  10. ↑ Historisch-topographisches Lexicon von Steyermark, Band 3. Von Carl Schmutz p 253
  11. ↑ Adalbert Sikora: Die Herren vom Graben in Zeitschrift des historischen Vereines für Steiermark. 51. Jahrgang, Graz 1960, p 74
  12. ↑ Adalbert Sikora: Die Herren vom Graben in Zeitschrift des historischen Vereines für Steiermark. 51. Jahrgang, Graz 1960, p 75
  13. ↑ Geschichte des Herzogthums Steiermark, Band 8. Von Albert von Muchar
  14. ↑ Johann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor: Die Ehre dess Hertzogthums Crain: das ist, Wahre, gründliche, und recht eigendliche Belegen- und Beschaffenheit dieses Römisch-Keyserlichen herrlichen Erblandes. Laybach (Ljubljana) 1689.
  15. ↑ Family De Graeff at the Nieuw Nederlandsch Biographisch Woordenboek, part II (dutch)
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