Wolfgang von Graben

Wolfgang von Graben, also Wolfgang de Groben (de Gröben) and Wolfgang Grabenski (1465 – 11 December 1521) was born in Kornberg castle, Styria and a member of the Austrian nobility. He held the titles as a Lord of Graben, Kornberg, Marburg, Obermarburg, Radkersburg and Viscount of Saldenhofen.

Biography

Wolfgang was a descendant of the Von Graben von Stein family, who descend from the Meinhardiner dynasty. 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 von Graben moved to Holland where he married and from whom the sons Pieter and Abraham were born; both sons called Graeff resp. Op den 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 Graeff/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.

Returning to Austria in 1485, Wolfgang became one of the emperor Fredericks mayor captains in the war against Matthias Corvinus.^[6]

In 1489 Von Graben succeeded his father as lord of Marburg, castle Obermarburg and the citypalace Marburg an der Drau.^[7] In the following zear 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 successor of his brother Andre 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 Andre and Wilhelm von Graben Schloss Graben near Novo Mesto (Rudolfswerth) in Carniola.^[14]

Descendants of Wolfgang von Graben

During the Dutch Golden Age the (de) Graeffs said that they descend 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.

Wolfgang von Graben (1465–1521)
- Pieter Graeff (born around 1484)
  - Jan Pietersz Graeff (before 1512–1553)
    - Pieter Jansz Graeff (died around 1547)
      - Cornelis Pietersz Graeff
    - Lenaert Jansz de Graeff (around 1525/30–before 1578)
      - Steyntje Leonardsdr de Graeff
      - Pieter Leonardsz de Graeff
      - Jannetje Leonardsdr de Graeff (1554–1619)
      - Jan Leonhardsz de Graeff
    - Diederik Jansz. Graeff (1532–1589)
    - Weyntje Dircksz (de) Graeff
      - Jan Dircksz Graeff (died 1627)
      - Jacob Dircksz de Graeff (1571–1638)
        Cornelis de Graeff (1599–1664)
        Pieter de Graeff (1638–1707)
        Agneta de Graeff
        
        Cornelis de Graeff (1671–1719)
        
        Johan de Graeff (1673–1714)
        Jacoba Adriana de Graeff (1710–1745)
        
        Gerrit de Graeff van Zuid-Polsbroek (1711–1752)
        Geertruid Joanna de Graeff (1740–1801)
        
        Gerrit de Graeff van Zuid-Polsbroek (1741–1811)
        Gerrit de Graeff van Zuid-Polsbroek (1766–1814)
        Christina Elisabeth de Graeff (born 1795)
        
        Gerrit de Graeff van Zuid-Polsbroek (1797–1870)
        Gerrit Arnold Theodoor de Graeff (born 1831)
        Carolina Agnes Maria de Graeff van Polsbroek (born 1855)
        
        Gerrit (V) de Graeff van Polsbroek (born 1856)
        
        Henry George de Graeff van Polsbroek (1858–1941)
        Augusta Eustace de Graeff van Polsbroek
        
        Geraldine de Graeff van Polsbroek
        
        Theodore Lawrence Henry de Graeff van Polsbroek
        
        Agnes Margaretha de Gaeff van Polsbroek (1859–1935)
        
        Joseph de Graeff van Polsbroek (born 1861)
        
        Emeli Gertrude de Graeff van Polsbroek(born 1862)
        
        Carolina Frederica Christina de Graeff (born 1832)
        
        Pieter de Graeff
        
        Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroek (1833–1916)
        Pieter de Graeff (1861–1909)
        
        Anna Carolina de Graeff (born 1871)
        
        Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff (1872–1957)
        Anne Maria de Graeff (born 1904)
        
        Bonne Elisabeth Constance Wilhelmine de Graeff
        
        Jacob de Graeff (born 1921)
        Jan Jaap de Graeff (born 1949)
        
        Géorg de Graeff (1873–1954)
        Dirk Georg de Graeff (1905–1986)
        
        Herman Jacob de Graeff (1907–1978)
        
        Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff (born 1909)
        
        Jacob de Graeff (1875–1963)
        
        Carolina Frederika Christina de Graeff (born 1877)
        
        Cornelis de Graeff (1881–1956)
        
        Frederik Lodewijk de Graeff (born 1837)
        Johann Carolina Frederik de Graeff (born 1868)
        
        Emilie Maria Henriette de Graeff (born 1872)
        
        Gijsbert Carel Rutger Reinier de Graeff (born 1838)
        Willem Carel Dirk de Graeff (born 1868)
        
        Frederika Maria Cornelia de Graeff (born 1870)
        
        Carolina Albertina Azora Cosmopolita de Graeff (born 1872)
        
        Gijsbert Carel Rutger Reinier de Graeff (born 1876)
        
        Anna Margaretha de Graeff (1798–1824)
        
        Cornelia Maria de Graeff (1800–1876)
        
        Geertruid Elisabeth de Graeff (1776–1857)
        
        Elisabeth Jacoba de Graeff (1751–1802)
        
        Alida Johanna de Graeff (1713–1757)
        
        Agneta de Graeff
        
        Jacob de Graeff (1642–1690)
        
        Dirk de Graeff (1601–1637)
        
        Agneta de Graeff van Polsbroek (1603–1656)
        
        Hendrik de Graeff (born 1605)
        
        Wendela de Graeff (1607–1652)
        
        Christina de Graeff (1609–1679)
        
        Andries de Graeff (1611–1678)
        Cornelis de Graeff (1650–1678)
        
        Alida de Graeff (1651–1738)
        
        Arnoldina (Aertje) de Graeff (1652–1703)
      - Pieter Dircksz Graeff (1573–1645)
      - Cornelis Dircksz Graeff
    - Cornelis Pieter Jansz Graeff
  - Jacob Jansz Graeff (died around 1580)
    - Styntje Jacobsdr Graeff
    - Jan Jacobsz Graeff (born around 1570/75)
      - Claes Jansz Graeff
        Albert Claesz de Graeff (born around 1620)
      - Adriana Jansdr Graeff (died after 1640)
      - Maria Jansdr Graeff
      - Cornelis Jansz Graeff
        Catharina Cornelisdr Graeff
        
        Pieter Cornelisz Graeff (died 1679)
        
        Jan Cornelisz (de) Graeff
        Cornelis Jansz de Graeff
        Catharina Cornelisdr de Graeff
        
        Pieter Cornelisz de Graeff (died 1693)
        
        Jan Cornelisz de Graeff
        Cornelis Jansz de Graeff
        
        Jacob Jansz de Graeff
        
        Cornelis Jansz de Graeff
        
        Jan Jansz de Graeff
        
        Cornelis Jansz de Graeff
        
        Maria Jansdr de Graeff
        
        Alida Jansdr de Graeff
        
        Cornelis Jansz de Graeff
        
        Alida Jansdr de Graeff
        
        Hendrica Jansdr de Graeff
        
        Pieter Jansz de Graeff
        Jan de Graeff (died 1751) (alleged)
        
        Pieter de Graeff (died 1760) (alleged)
        
        Jan Jansz de Graeff
        
        Apollonia Cornelisdr de Graeff
        
        Jacob Jansz de Graeff
        
        Cornelis Jansz de Graeff
        
        Pieter Jansz de Graeff
        Pieter de Graeff
        Joannis de Graeff
        
        Jan Jansz de Graeff
    - Claes Jacobsz Graeff
      - Adriaan Jacobsz Graeff

Notes

^ Adalbert Sikora: Die Herren vom Graben in Zeitschrift des historischen Vereines für Steiermark. 51. Jahrgang, Graz 1960, p 92
^ Adalbert Sikora: Die Herren vom Graben in Zeitschrift des historischen Vereines für Steiermark. 51. Jahrgang, Graz 1960, p 73
^ Archiv für vaterländische Geschichte und Topographie, Bände 3-8. Von Geschichtsverein für Kärnten, Historischer Verein für Kärnten
^ De Graeff (Pieter Graeff) and Von Graben in the dutch "DBNL"
^ Pieter C. Vies: Andries de Graeff (1611–1678) `t Gezagh is heerelyk: doch vol bekommeringen. p 5
^ Geschichte des Entstehens: des Wachsthums und der Grösse der Österreichischen Monarchie. Band 3. Von Johann Sporschil. p. 285
^ Saso Radovanovic: "Die Stadt Marburg in der esten Hälfte des 16. Jahrhunderts". In: Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten aus dem Burgenland Book 88, p. 328
^ Adalbert Sikora: Die Herren vom Graben in Zeitschrift des historischen Vereines für Steiermark. 51. Jahrgang, Graz 1960, p 74
^ Archiv für österreichische Geschichte, Band 2. Von Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Historische Kommission, Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna. p 508
^ Historisch-topographisches Lexicon von Steyermark, Band 3. Von Carl Schmutz p 253
^ Adalbert Sikora: Die Herren vom Graben in Zeitschrift des historischen Vereines für Steiermark. 51. Jahrgang, Graz 1960, p 74
^ Adalbert Sikora: Die Herren vom Graben in Zeitschrift des historischen Vereines für Steiermark. 51. Jahrgang, Graz 1960, p 75
^ Geschichte des Herzogthums Steiermark, Band 8. Von Albert von Muchar
^ 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.
^ Family De Graeff at the Nieuw Nederlandsch Biographisch Woordenboek, part II (dutch)

[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] Geschichte des Entstehens: des Wachsthums und der Grösse der Österreichischen Monarchie. Band 3. Von Johann Sporschil. p. 285

[7] Saso Radovanovic: "Die Stadt Marburg in der esten Hälfte des 16. Jahrhunderts". In: Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten aus dem Burgenland Book 88, p. 328

[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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