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Falke Family
Falke is an ancient German noble family (''Uradel''). The name is originally spelled ''Falcken'', ''Falken'', ''Falkenreck'', also ''Falken-Reck''. History Originally from Hesse, they are direct male-line descendants of the Reginarids and therefore one of the oldest still existing noble families in Europe. They carried the titles Knight, Lord, Count and Freiherr of different dominium plenum and dominium directum. This noble family thrived in the Middle Ages between 1300-1600 and had branches in Hessen, Saxony, Pommern and Westphalia (County Mark and Fbd. Münster) Falken. The coat of arms this family used in Hessen and Thüringen and Saxonyis different from the branch who was ruling parts of Pommern and Westphalia. The latter used a Griffin which was derived from the coat of arms of the "Greifenhaus" in Pommern. The griffin coat of arms still refers to the coat of arms used in Hessen and Thuringia and Saxony by using the same horns and red and white colours in the horns. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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