Franz
Langenberg, Prague
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The family Langenberg is of the South German nobility in the XI.
century; this family is related to the imperial families of
Carolingians and Hohenstaufen.
Nicolas
Pierre Xydakis, Athens
An old Byzantine Family, their name appeared first in 1265. A number
of his ancestors held high positions with the emperors of Byzantium,
one of them negotiated with the Venetian Republic relative to
possessions in the archipelago.
Carlo
Alberto Maria, Count Grillenzoni, Athens
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The family is of German origin; Antoine Gerlinshon came to Italy with
the Emperor Henry VII, 1313; the family resided first in Capri and
later in Ferrara, Italy.
Napoléon
Korzón, Danzig (free city)
The family Strykienicz-Korzón (coat of arms: long tailed
monkey) is of Polish Lithuanian origin from the surroundings of Minsk
and Wilno and their name has been known already in the XIV. century.
The famous Polish historian Thadeusz Korzón is descended from
this family.
Assimbeg
Mutevelic, Sarajevo
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For more than 400 years the family has administrated the
»Vakuf«; they were always citizens of Sarajevo. The
ancestor of the family
Murad Bey in the XV. century was a famous Turkish army commander with
the title Vojvoda.
Antoine
de Okolo-Koulak, Warsaw
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His ancestors came to Crimea at the XV. century. They descend from
Tartarian Princes.
Basil
Stoica, Bucharest
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Descendant of an old (dating back to the XV. century) yeoman (free
farmer)-family of the Olt Valley (Transylvania).
Constantin
Bedreag, Jassy ->
In 1500 the family lived in Hotin on the territory of the family
Petriceico, a Bojare of the opposing clan.
Friedrich
Funder, Vienna
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A Carinthian family of farmers, traced back until 1526; eldest known
ancestor Peter Funder, Prince-bishop of Carinthia.
Stanislas
Mackiewicz, Wilno
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The authentic genealogy of his family begins in 1528. His full name
is Boza Wola Jancza Mackiewicz. One of his ancestors had fallen in
the XVI. century into the hands of the Moscovites, but was exchanged
later for a miraculous picture of Notre Dame orthodox, which was
Polish property.
Ján
Jesensky, Bratislava
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One of his ancestors was a famous physician in Prague (died 1621)
Jesenius Pavel, who translated the Bible in 1594.
Vladimir
Jiri Rott, Prague
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The ancestors of the family Rott were living in Prague since the XVI.
century. They emigrated after the 30 years war into the province.
Louis
Vacátko, Praha-Veleslavinova
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His ancestors paternal were Bohemian Brethren, the ancestors maternal
were emigrants from Westphalia in the XVI. century, a family of
ancient nobility, baronets, descended according to tradition from
Radebote Werner. They were naturalized at Pardubice, Bohemia, where
they held leading positions as mayors, etc.
Ägidius
Jahn, Vienna
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The family can be traced back to the year 1623 and probably emigrated
from the Rhineland at that time to Pilsen.
Demeter
Doroschenko, Prague-Bubenec
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The first known ancestor was Michael Doroschenko, a Cossak-Hetman in
the Ukraine, who was killed in the Tartars-War in 1628.
Stephan
Count Bethlen von Bethlen, Budapest;
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Descendent of a very old noble family of Transsylvania; Gabriel
Bethlen, Prince of Transsylvania, was elected King of Hungary and was
an ally of King Gustaf Adolf of Sweden in the Thirty Years War.
Akusius Bethlen, Diplomat, was author of a Transsylvanian History.
Franz Bethlen, Senator of Transsylvania, published a Hungarian Code
of Law in 1653.
Joan
Apostolescu, Bucharest
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Family documents have been recounted to 1675.
Zsolt
de Harsányi, Budapest
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Ancestors: Stephen de Harsanyi, martyr, had been sent to the gallows
by the Austrian Catholic General in 1675, and he refused to change
his confession.
Miroslav
Arciszewski, Bucharest
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Christophe Arciszewski was an admiral in the service of the
Netherlands conquering Brazil in the XVII. century.
Augustinowicz
de Odrowaz, Ladislawa Dabrowska,
Cracow
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The family Augustynowicz de Odrawaz, originates from Armenian
nobility and played a prominent part in the XVII., XVIII. and XIX.
century in social and political life.
Adam
Fischer, Lwów
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Ancestors in the XVII. and XVIII. century, Dietrich, Ernst and
Leopold von Fischer and Fischering were eminent officers in the
service of the Duke of Brandenburg and then in the Austrian Service
and were later high clerks in former Galicia.
Jan
(Jean) Malypetr, Prague, III
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His ancestors have owned the same place for 250 years and have taken
vital interest in the administration of the country.
Alexander
Stulhofer, Zagreb
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His family immigrated from Tyrol (Austria) end of the XVII. century
to Slavonia, helping to form the military cordon against the
Turks.
Constantin
Bedreag, Jassy
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In 1711 a branch of the family emigrated with Prince
Démètre Cantemir of Moldavia to Charkhow in Russia
under the Tsar Peter the Great. The son of this ancestor was named
Toma and he became a general of the Empress Ecaterina II. of Russia.
and was made a member of nobility in 1803, later died in fighting
near Moscow against Napoleon in September 1813; his son Jacov
Vladimir Nicolas was born on the Don/Voronzeh in 1854, later became a
doctor in Jena in 1875 and lived out his days in Nice, France.
Marthe
(Her Serene Highness) Princess Bibesco,
Paris
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She is descended from 7 reigning princes of Wallachia and Moldavia.
Prince Maurocordato Jean I. negotiated the Peace Treaty with England
at Passarowitz in 1722. Prince Alexandre fought for Greek
independence with Byron at Missolonghi, was a friend of Byron and
Shelley, the latter having dedicated his ode Hellas to Prince
Alexandre Maurocordato.
Stephan
Count Bethlen von Bethlen, Budapest;
Nikolaus Bethlen 1727-1772, was a Commander of a regiment of
Hungarian Hussars in the Seven Years War.
Ägidius
Jahn, Vienna
Johann Quirin Jahn (1739-1802) was a well known painter of
alterpieces
Karl
Tschuppik, Vienna
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Franz Tschuppik, officer in the army of the Empress Maria Theresia,
fell in the battle of Prague in 1757.
Antoine
de Okolo-Koulak, Warsaw
His ancestors were proprietors at the government Mohilow in Poland in
1772.
Franz
Langenberg, Prague
In 1774 there is mentioned, in a register of Charles the Great, the
family Langenberg de Monte longo near Pavia, Italy.
Majer,
Samuel Balaban, Warsaw
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originates from a well-known Jewish family of Lwów. His
ancestor Lewko Balaban was in the middle of the XVIII century
Chairman of the Jewish community and therefore he had his house
outside the ghetto.
Marian
Morelowski de Prus, Wilno
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The family came to Poland from England towards the middle of the
XVIII. century.
Petar
Pallavicini, Belgrade
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comes from a shoemaker family, sitting in Dalmatia since the XVIII.
century.
Demetrius
Balanos, Athens
His ancestors had full power in Janina, Epirus, Greece in the XVIII.
Century.
Jean
Vardala, Bucharest
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Constantin Wardallah, monk at Mount Athos, was called by the
Walachian authorities to instruct mathematics at the Royal Academy of
Bucharest about 1805, and became director of this Institute.
Demetriadis
(literary name Wr. Demetre P.) Golfis Rigas, Athens
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All his ancestors had been warriors during the War of Independence,
1821.
Ladislas
Sikorski (de Kopaszyna), Warsaw
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His ancestors took an active part in the campaigns of Napoleon and in
the Polish insurrection of 1830.
Ludwik
Krzywicki, Warsaw
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His ancestors participated in Polish insurrections of 1830, 1848 and
1863.
Stephan
Count Bethlen von Bethlen, Budapest;
Gregor Bethlen was in the Hungarian War for Liberty 1848/49 and later
in exile he erected the first regiment in Italy.
Hanna
Gregorová-Tajovská, Bratislava
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According to oral delivery by her grandfather, the family descended
from Denmark. In 1848 they were interested in the war of independence
of Slovakia.
Franz
Heller, post Bohemia-Leipa
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His paternal and maternal ancestors have been peasants, several of
his relatives immigrated to the U.S.A. and settled in Wisconsin and
Minnesota about 1840.
Jean
Borgovan, Bucharest
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All his ancestors have been Greek-Catholic priests gifted with
religious musical talent. There was among his relatives a famous
opera singer from the Opera of Budapest, about 1850.
Majer,
Samuel Balaban, Warsaw
In the XIX century there was a well-known Hebrew publisher in
Lwów named Balaban.
Antoine,
Jean Boguslawwski, Warsaw
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His ancestors: in the XIX. century Jaques Ferdinand, a colonel,
fought in all campaigns of Napoleon.
Oskar
Lange, Cracow
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Descended from a German family immigrated to Poland at the beginning
of the XIX. century which has played an active part in the creation
of the Polish textile industry.
Jerzy
(George) Loth, Warsaw
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The family is of Huguenot origin, migrated to Thuringia after the
revocation of the Nantes edict and came to Poland in the beginning of
the XIX. century.
Vladimir
Jiri Rott, Prague
In the XIX. century the family was represented by the following
writers: Johanna Rottova (Karoline Svetlá) and Sofie
Rottová (Zofie Podlipska) and by Vinzenz Josef Rott (founder
of the hardware store), who played again a prominent part in the
cultural life of Prague.