Former seat of Counts of Wartenberg

* Counts of Wartenberg, ( since 1802 known as Counts of Wartenberg-Roth ) an aristocratic family from Rhenish Hesse, Palatine and Upper Swabia

The diagonally divided field in silver and black came from the old crest of the Counts of Abensberg, while the white and blue diamonds came from that of the House of Wittelsbach, the rulers of Bavaria.

The Counts of Scheyern left Burg Scheyern (" Scheyern Castle ", constructed in about 940 ) in 1119 for Burg Wittelsbach (" Wittelsbach Castle ").

Before the 14th century was over, Simmern passed to the Counts Palatine of the House of Wittelsbach.

The lion always had a firm place in heraldry for the rulers of Bavaria, as Counts of the Rhine Palatinate the House of Wittelsbach had included it in its coat of arms since the High Middle Ages.

From 917 the castle served as a residence of the Udalrichinger ( ruling dynasty of Vorarlberg ), who called themselves Counts of Bregenz.

The Counts of Berg emerged in 1101 as a junior line of the dynasty of the Ezzonen, which traced its roots back to the 9th-century Kingdom of Lotharingia, and in the 11th century became the most powerful dynasty in the region of the lower Rhine.

In 1500, the dynasty of the Counts of Gorizia died out and their County passed to Austrian Habsburg rule, after a short occupation by the Republic of Venice in the years 1508 and 1509.

The vampire is thus able to pose as a " dreadful dynasty ," the Counts of Duckula.

The Lords of Sanneck inherited the large possessions of the late Counts of Heunburg in 1322 ; the Celje estates itself became a property of the dynasty in 1333, not before years of feud against several rivalling noble dynasties.

* The Counts of Falkenstein ( Bavaria ), an extinct medieval dynasty in southern Bavaria

* Counts of Montfort, German noble dynasty in medieval Swabia

Since the dynasty of the Counts of Celje had become extinct with the death of Count Ulrich II in 1456, the Ortenburg counts had claimed the Carinthian Grafschaft Ortenburg, but failed to prove any kinship apart from the name similarity.

The dynasty of the Counts of Diez died out in 1386

He was therefore a member of an aristocratic family ( descendants of the Counts of Toulouse and Lautrec and the Viscounts of Montfa, a village and commune of the Tarn department of southern France ).

By way of two neighbouring aristocratic houses ( Andechs-Merania and Châlon ), in about 1230 Lenzburg castle came by marriage into the possession of the Counts of Kyburg.

His mother was Catherine McCarthy of Springhouse, near Bansha, County Tipperary, a member of the old aristocratic family of MacCarthy Reagh of Springhouse, who in their time were Princes of Carbery and Counts of Toulouse in France.

The D ' Harscamp were a Belgian aristocratic family from the Namur region, who were Counts of Argenteau.

Under the Carolingians, sometimes the Counts of Bordeaux held the title concomitantly with that of Duke of Vasconia.

After the introduction of the title of doge for life ( 1339 ) and the election of Simone Boccanegra, Genoa resumed its struggles against the Marquis of Finale and the Counts of Laigueglia and it conquered again the territories of Finale, Oneglia and Porto Maurizio.

In the 19th century, long after the demise of the other branches, the family claimed name and title of Counts Báthory, since their ancestor Michael had never consented to the sale conducted by his brothers, and in 1852 the Russian government confirmed the legitimacy of their claims.

" The empty title of " Prince of Antioch " passed, with the extinction of the Counts of Tripoli, to the Kings of Cyprus, and was sometimes granted as a dignity to junior members of the royal house.

Certain of the Counts aspired to the characteristically Frankish ( Germanic ) title " Margrave of the Hispanic March, a " margrave " being a graf (" count ") of the march.

Francisco Cabarrus Lalanne also acquired the title of Viscount of Rabouilhet from Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, Count of Aranda, originally for his other son, Francisco Cabarrus Galabert, but the early death of this son made him join both titles and up to today the present Counts of Cabarrus carry also the title of Viscounts of Rabouilhet.

In 1436 he elevated the Counts of Cilli to the rank of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire ( although they retained their title of Graf ()).

This legend would relate the emblem unambiguosly to the Counts of Barcelona title.

As a result of their service throughout the troubles of the Reformation and during the wars against the Ottoman Empire, the elder line of Eltz were awarded the title of Reichsgrafen ( Counts of the Empire ) by the Habsburg Emperor Charles VI in 1733 in Vienna.

The northern portion, bordering on Normandy, was sometimes alienated as the County of Chartres, but the Counts of Blois who possessed it did not use a separate title for it.

For example the first Count of Barcelona Bera was appointed by the King in 801 ), however subsequently strong heirs of Counts were able to inherit the title such as Sunifred, fl.

Certain Counts aspired to the Frankish ( Germanic ) title " Prince of Gothia ".

In Poland there were no Counts before the partitions of the late 18th century, when the title was introduced by the Russians, Austrians, and Prussians.

Arduino was a typical name of the Arduinici family of the Piemonte, some of whose members bore the title of Counts of Auriate ; one might then speculate that one of the Arduinici of Auriate gave origin to this family, which suddenly appears in history as a local major power in Liguria in the late 11th century.

He was apparently related to the Asturian family of the Counts of Toreno, a title that dates back to 1657.

Two lines of Counts of Alençon became extinct before the title of Alençon was attached to the House of Valois that ruled France.

The Counts Reuss of Gera, of Schleiz, of Lobenstein, of Köstritz and of Ebersdorf, each became princes in 1806, and they and their reigning successors bore the title Prince of Reuss-Gera.

Philippa was descended from the Counts of Hainault, whose eldest son bore the title " Count of Ostrevent ", the ostrich () feathers being ( perhaps ) a heraldic pun on that name.

In the following century the two settlements were united under the lords of the castle, the Alberti family, who received the imperial title of Counts of Prato.

Other members of this line bore the equal title Graf / Gräfin zu Stolberg-Wernigerode ( not to confound with ordinary Counts ), styled Illustrious Highness.

Since he left no heirs from his marriage to Rose d ' Albret, his uncle, Archambaud, count of Foix and of Bigorre took the title Captal de Buch, which passed to his descendants the Counts of Foix.

Obwalden was given to the Counts of Lenzburg from Aargau.

This date would be equivalent to only Pepi II's Year 62 ( on the biannual dating system ) and conforms well with the suggestion of a 64 Year reign for him by Goedicke and Von Beckerath given the noticeable absence of known dates for Pepi II from his 33rd to 47th Counts.

After being owned by the Counts of Flanders, Lillers, which had been fortified against the Normans was given as a dowry in 1179 to King Philip II Augustus of France.

Aprisio grants ( the first ones were in Septimania ) were given personally by the Carolingian king, so that they reinforced loyalty to central power, to counterbalance the local power exercised by the Marcher Counts.

The stag, or deer, ( German Hirsch ) has a double significance: it refers both to the etymological origin of the name Herscheid as area where deer live and also to the old hunting privileges formerly enjoyed here ( said to have been given by one of the Counts of the Mark as reward for help in fighting in the Ebbe mountains against the episcopal state of Cologne ).

Otto von Huneberg was given feudal tenure of a mansion in Miesenbach by the Counts of Bolanden.