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'''von Gaffron und Oberstradam''', of [[Silesia]] and [[Prussia]], is one of the oldest [[uradel]] [[noble]] families. |
'''von Gaffron und Oberstradam''', of [[Silesia]] and [[Prussia]], is one of the oldest [[uradel]] [[noble]] families. |
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==Origins== |
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The first documented head of the family is the knight Janco von Gaffron und Oberstradam, who became feudal Lord of the Oberstradam castle by the Duke of Silesia on July 17, 1329, which is documented in the state archive of [[Wroclaw]], (Cod.dipl. Siles. XXII, No. 4848, pp. 327–33). The family owned and inhabited castles [[Gaffron]], [[Haltauf]], [[Kunern]], [[Mittel-Schreibendorf]], and [[Oberstradam]]. |
The first documented head of the family is the knight Janco von Gaffron und Oberstradam, who became feudal Lord of the Oberstradam castle by the Duke of Silesia on July 17, 1329, which is documented in the state archive of [[Wroclaw]], (Cod.dipl. Siles. XXII, No. 4848, pp. 327–33). The family owned and inhabited castles [[Gaffron]], [[Haltauf]], [[Kunern]], [[Mittel-Schreibendorf]], and [[Oberstradam]]. |
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von Gaffron und Oberstradam, of Silesia and Prussia, is one of the oldest uradel noble families.
Origins
The first documented head of the family is the knight Janco von Gaffron und Oberstradam, who became feudal Lord of the Oberstradam castle by the Duke of Silesia on July 17, 1329, which is documented in the state archive of Wroclaw, (Cod.dipl. Siles. XXII, No. 4848, pp. 327–33). The family owned and inhabited castles Gaffron, Haltauf, Kunern, Mittel-Schreibendorf, and Oberstradam.
During the Reformation, family members in Silesia became Protestant and to escape from Catholicism. To join the Protestantism, several members of the family left Silesia in the late 1500s and 1600s to other states. The most famous of these was Lieutenant General Adam Abraham von Gaffron und Oberstradam (1665–1738) who left Silesia to not be forced to convert to Catholicism. He became governor of Fyn and commander of the Nyborg castle Denmark.
Another famous member of the family was Ernst Marimilian Hermann von Gaffron auf Kunern (1797–1870), member of the Prussian parliament and Knight of Justice of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem. He was promoted to Baron by King Frederick William IV of Prussia on October 15, 1840.
Polish confirmation of the baronial crown to the family coat of arms were obtained for all members on October 15, 1845, which is confirmed by title references in Wykazy Polskich Rodzin Szlacheckich and Polish Encyclopedia Szlachecka, Poland.
Paul Bruno von Gaffron und Oberstradam immigrated to Sweden 1947. In 1952 Paul Bruno married Antonia von Hildebrandt, and from them derived all the Swedish members of the family. The family since 2007 is a member of the Nobility of Sweden.
Since 1982 Hans von Gaffron und Oberstradam is President of the Family Foundation.
Notable people from the family
- Knight Janco von Gaffron became Feudal Lord of Oberstradam in July 17, 1329.
- Knight Zawissius the Gaffron, Duke Bolek II of Opolski (Poland) Chancellor / Prime Minister 1349–1393.
- Knight Przibe von Gaffron gave in the year 1358 the knightly castle Buschka to Thamm von Hayne and his descendants.
- Marimilian von Gaffron (1632–1677) left the duchy of Oel in 1628 when he lost the knightly castle Schollendorf in a process and battle with the Count Hannibal zu Dohna.
- Adam Abraham von Gaffron und Oberstradam (11 October 1665† − 11 May 1738) was Lieutenant General and appointed by Frederik IV King of Denmark to be Governor of the Danish Island Fyn. He married Christine Charlotte Trolle (1685–1760) daughter of the Danish Minister of State Herluf Trolle of Snedinge. In
1730" he received the Danish Collar of The Order of Dannebrogen".
- Hermann von Gaffron (1797–1870) was a MP of the Prussian parliament and Commander of the Prussian Venerable Order of Saint John. On October15th, 1840 he was promoted to Baron of the Prussian Kingdom by Frederik IV.
- Heinrich von Gaffron (1813–1880) was an explorer and scientist.
- Lieutenant Ernst Marimilian von Gaffron (1867–1911) was fatally injured in an acclaimed duel with Rudolf von Richthofen in Berlin May 10, 1911.
- The artist Klaus von Gaffron, (b. 1944) was received on February 6, 2006 the German Federal Republic collar of the order of Merit for artistic works.
- Hans von Gaffron und Oberstradam, (b. 1954) received December 18, 2008 by Royal Patriotic Society the king of Sweden Gold Medal first size for appreciated work. He is Secretary of the family Foundation GGO since 1982 and since 1983 Secretary General of the Stockholm Culture Association Stockholmskultur.nu.
References
- Un Introdiced Nobility of Sweden, Calendar 2010th
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, GHda 1978, Volume IV.
- Almanach de Gotha 1921, 1926 and 1940.
- General Tachenbuck der freiherrlischen Hauser 1855 and the 1859th
- Herbarz Polski, Adam Bonieki, Warsaw 1902nd
- Herby Rycerstwa Polskiego, Jerzy Wisłocki, Wrocław 1985, i.e.
- Księga herbowa rodów polskich, Juliusz Ostrowski Warsaw 1897-1906.
- Polnisches Stammwappen - Ihre Geschichte und Ihre Sagen, Emillian von Zernecki-Szeliga, Hamburg 1904th
- Schlesische Curiositeten des Schlesische Adel, Johanne Sinapio, Leipzig and Breslau 1728th
- Wappen u. Handbuch des in Silesia landgefessenen Adel, A. v. Krane, Görlitz from 1901 to 1904.
- Wykazy Polskich Rodzin Szlacheckich, Polish Encyclopedia Szlachecka.
- Lexicon first XXXI Over noble families of Denmark