The House of Putbus, Pedebuz or Podebusk was a German noble family of

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, ultimately princely house in

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, mainly on the island of

Rügen Rügen (; la, Rugia, ) is Germany's largest island. It is located off the Pomeranian coast in the Baltic Sea and belongs to the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The "gateway" to Rügen island is the Hanseatic city of Stralsund, where ...

, territories in northern Europe on the south

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History

The aristocratic family of Putbus is of Slavic origin and a collateral line of the Rügen princely house, the ''Wizlawiden'' (''House of Wizlaw'') dynasty, which itself went back to the Rani kings of Rügen, beginning with

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(died 1093), son of Grin or Grinus, prince of

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. The House of Putbus is descended from Stoislav, who was documented in 1193 and was probably a close relative of Prince

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- perhaps a brother. At the beginning, the lords of

Putbus Putbus () is a town on the southeastern coast of the island of Rügen, in the county of Vorpommern-Rügen in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, close to the Baltic Sea. The town has 4,741 inhabitants and is a significant tourist destina ...

, a town on the island of

, had the same territorial status as the Rügen princes, but later became their

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s. Their original possessions were near Vilmnitz (today in the borough of Putbus) on the island, and around Brandshagen, located on the Pomeranian mainland opposite the island. The latter was named after ''Borante'', an early member of the Putbus family who built a

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in the 13th century. The name ''Putbus'' first appeared in 1286 and was adopted by all members of the family in the mid-14th century. The family continued to hold lordship in some parts of Rügen, remaining the largest land owners of the island of Rügen until the communist takeover after World War II. In early modern epoch, lords of Pedebuz became recognized as barons. In 1727, they were created counts of

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and 1731 counts in Sweden. In 1807

Wilhelm Malte I Wilhelm Malte I, Fürst und Herr zu Putbus (1783 – 1854) was a German prince ('' Fürst'') from the old Slavic-Rügen noble family of the lords of Putbus. He acted as a Swedish governor in Swedish Pomerania and later, under Prussian rule, as ...

was created prince ('' Fürst'') by king

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of Sweden, Duke of

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. In 1815 the

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recognized the princely title, after his assumption of power in Swedish Pomerania (now once again part of the

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as a province of Prussia). Wilhelm Malte I was the last governor general of the Province of Swedish Pomerania before it was incorporated into the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815 as ''New Western Pomerania and Rügen''. He had actually been picked to continue running the affairs of the province under its new rulers. When the original male line became extinct in 1854, the lordship and the titles were inherited by progeny of daughters (see Wilhelm Malte I: Progeny), with royal Prussian consent and for the later generations recognized by the judicial committee of the umbrella organization of Germany's nobility associations, and such entered into the

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. Malte von Putbus (1889–1945), 5th prince, landowner on Rügen Island, was killed by the Nazis in the

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on 10 February 1945 because of his contacts with resistance fighters, after the 20 July plot. The Communists in

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confiscated the estate that extended over a sixth of the island of Rügen, and destroyed Putbus Palace. The present-day heir is Malte, prince of Putbus (b. 1964). He owns some farmland on Rügen Island as well as one of the cavalier houses on the neoclassical

Circus, the roundabout that once represented the forecourt of the residential palace.

Lineage of Podebusk

Stoizlav of Vilmnitz was one of earliest attested forefathers.

Head of the House

Henning Podebusk Putbus-St-Wappen. Henning Podebusk or Putbus (before 1350 – ) was a German- Slavic statesman, the last drost of Denmark. He served under King Valdemar IV, King Oluf II, and Queen Margaret I, and he was the ''de facto'' ruler of Denmark from 1 ...

(died 1388), last Drost of Denmark .. * Count Moritz Ulrich I (1699–1769), President of the Wismarer Tribunal (see Swedish Wismar) * Count Malte Friedrich (1725–1787), Government and High Court President in

(1783–1854), 1st prince of Putbus, Governor of Swedish Pomerania * Wilhelm Malte II (1833–1907), originally ''Count von Wylich und Lottum'', 2nd prince, Steward and hereditary marshal in

New Western Pomerania New Western Pomerania (german: Neuvorpommern or ''Neu-Vorpommern'') was that part of Western Pomerania that went to Prussia under the terms of the Congress of Vienna in 1815. The territory of New Western Pomerania corresponded to that area of earl ...

* Marie Luise, Countess von Wylich und Lottum, 3rd princess (1858–1930) ⚭ 1877 Franz von Veltheim (1848–1927) * Asta Eugenie, Countess von Wylich und Lottum, 4th princess (1860–1934) ⚭ Karl von Riepenhausen (1852–1929) * Malte von Putbus (1889–1945), originally ''von Veltheim'', 5th prince, landowner, killed by the Nazis in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp * Franz Wilhelm von Putbus, 6th prince (1927–2004)Franz z Putbus
/ref> * Malte von Putbus, 7th prince, (b. 1964), current head of the family

References

External links

medieval lords of Pedebuz and Vilmnitz, and their some agnates

lineage from high-medieval lords of Pedebuz to early modern agnates

agnates of Putbus in modern era
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