The House of Buttlar (also Butler, Buttler or Treusch von Buttlar) is the name of an old
Upper Franconia
Upper Franconia (german: Oberfranken) is a ''Regierungsbezirk'' (administrative 'Regierungs''region 'bezirk'' of the state of Bavaria, southern Germany. It forms part of the historically significant region of Franconia, the others being Middle F ...
n-
Hessian noble family
Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy (class), aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below Royal family, royalty. Nobility has often been an Estates of the realm, estate of the realm with many e ...
. The lords of Buttlar originate from the
ancient nobility (
German
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** Germania (historical use)
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** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ge ...
: ''uradel'') of
Buchonia. Branches of the family also reached
Westphalia
Westphalia (; german: Westfalen ; nds, Westfalen ) is a region of northwestern Germany and one of the three historic parts of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has an area of and 7.9 million inhabitants.
The territory of the regio ...
,
Saxony
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,
Prussia
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,
Curonia
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,
France
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,
Poland
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Russia
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and
Hungary
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, and remain partly to this day. The Buttlar and Treusch von Buttlar families of Hessen has since 1660 belonged to the
Old Hessian Knighthood, the oldest foundation in Hessen.
Baron Buttlar 1 (Kurland).jpg, Arms of Buttlar (Baron)
Baron Buttlar 2 (Kurland).jpg, Arms of Buttlar (Baron)
Graf Buttlar 1 (Kurland).jpg, Arms of Buttlar (Count)
Graf Buttlar 2 (Kurland).jpg, Arms of Buttlar (Count)
Known family members
*
Adrian von Buttlar (1948—), German art historian (''
de'')
*
Alfred von Buttlar-Moscon (1898–1972), Austrian writer, poet and translator (''
de'')
*
Augusta von Buttlar (1793–1866), German portrait and miniature painter (''
de'')
*
Carl-Hubertus von Butler (1950—), Lieutenant General of the Bundeswehr (''
de'')
* Edgar von Buttlar (1889–1955), German Major general
* Egon Freiherr von Buttlar (1899–1987), conductor, entertainer and pianist
*
Eva von Buttlar (1670–1721),
German mystic
The Friends of God (German: Gottesfreunde; or gotesvriunde) was a medieval mystical group of both ecclesiastical and lay persons within the Catholic Church (though it nearly became a separate sect) and a center of German mysticism. It was founde ...
(''
de'')
* Franz Adolph von Buttlar (1727–1803), ''Geheimer Rat'' for the Electorate of Mainz, Electorate of Trier and Princely-Fulda, Knight of the Order of the Golden Lion
* Georg von Buttlar der Ältere (1408–1489), court servant for landgrave
Louis I Louis I may refer to:
* Louis the Pious, Louis I of France, "the Pious" (778–840), king of France and Holy Roman Emperor
* Louis I, Landgrave of Thuringia (ruled 1123–1140)
* Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg (c. 1098–1158)
* Louis I of Blois ...
of Hesse, acquired the
Lordship of Ziegenberg in 1451 as ''Pfandschaft''
* Georg von Buttlar der Jüngere, bought the Lordship of Ziegenberg in 1494 and received it as a hereditary fief
*
Georg Daniel von Buttlar (1671–1725),
Knight of the Teutonic Order (''
de'')
*
Gerda Freifrau Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels (1894–1975), German writer (''
de'')
* Hans Heinrich Treusch von Buttlar, ''Honourable'' member of the
Fruitbearing Society
The Fruitbearing Society (German Die Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft, lat. ''societas fructifera'') was a German literary society founded in 1617 in Weimar by German scholars and nobility. Its aim was to standardize vernacular German and promote it a ...
* Haro von Buttlar (—2000), German physicist
*
Herbert von Buttlar (1912–1976), German classical archeologist and manager of science (''
de'')
*
Horst Freiherr Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels (1900–1990), German Major general
*
Horst Julius Freiherr Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels (1885–1962), German airship commander
*
Horst von Buttlar
Horst may refer to:
Science
* Horst (geology), a raised fault block bounded by normal faults or graben
People
* Horst (given name)
* Horst (surname)
* ter Horst, Dutch surname
* van der Horst, Dutch surname
Places Settlements Germany
* Hor ...
(1975—), German journalist (''
de'')
*
Johann Anton Franz von Buttlar (1685–1731), Upper Rhineian, Prussian and Imperial Major general (''
de'')
*
Johannes von Buttlar (1940—), author of popular science literature (''
de'')
*
Johann Christoph von Buttlar († 1705), Major general (''
de'')
*
Julius Adolf Friedrich Treusch von Buttlar (1716–1784), Major general (''
de'')
*
Konstantin von Buttlar (1679–1726), Prince Abbot of
Fulda
Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a town in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the town hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival.
History ...
(''
de'')
* Ludwig Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels (1804–1872), Lieutenant General
*
Ludwig von Buttlar (1850–1928), ''Landrat'' (''
de'')
*
Peter von Butler (1913–2010), Lieutenant General of the Bundeswehr (''
de'')
*
Peter von Butler (diplomat) (1940–2014), German diplomat (''
de'')
* Robert Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels, German spy who repeatedly switched sides between 1936 and 1945, and who gained fame through the process of the
Bad Nenndorf interrogation centre
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.
*
Rudolf von Buttlar (1802–1875), German forester, inventor and politician (''
de'')
*
Ruprecht von Butler (1924—), Major general of the Bundeswehr (''
de'')
*
Ruprecht Horst von Butler (1967—), Brigadier general of the Bundeswehr (''
de'')
* Walter Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels (1865–1954), Major general
* Wilhelm Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels (1814–1889), Major general
* Wolfgang Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels (1861–1928), Lieutenant general
Literature
*
Ernst Heinrich Kneschke
Ernst Heinrich Kneschke (born 27 August 1798 in Zittau; died 2 December 1869 in Leipzig) was a German heraldist, ophthalmologist and writer.
Life
Ernst Heinrich Kneschke was the second son of Johann Gottfried Kneschke (1766–1825), who was Co- ...
: ''
Neues allgemeines deutsches Adels-Lexicon
Neues allgemeines Deutsches Adels-Lexicon or New General German Aristocracy Lexicon is the title of a series of historical reference books written by Professor Dr. Ernst Heinrich Kneschke about the German aristocracy, including royalty and nobilit ...
''. Vol. 3, Friedrich Voigt's Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1861, pp. 180–182.
Digitalisat
*
*
Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch: ''
Neues preussisches Adelslexicon''. Vol. 2, Gebrüder Reichenbach, Leipzig 1836, pp. 442–444.
Digitalisat
*
Ludwig von Buttlar: ''Das Werden unseres Geschlechts'', Vacha (Rhön) 1925,
. Aufl.* ''Genealogisches Handbuch des in Bayern immatrikulierten Adels'', hrsg. von der Vereinigung des Adels in Bayern, Vol. 11, pp. 519–522.
*
Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels
The ''Almanach de Gotha'' (german: Gothaischer Hofkalender) is a directory of Europe's royalty and higher nobility, also including the major governmental, military and diplomatic corps, as well as statistical data by country. First published ...
, ''Adelslexikon'' Vol. II, Vol. 58 der Gesamtreihe,
C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1974,
External links
Familie von Buttlar auf Elberberg Süddeutschland (Augsburg ?) um 1530
Nürnberg um 1554–1568
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