Frankenberg family

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Frankenberg (also von Frankenberg or von Franckenberg) is an ancient noble family - classified as Uradel (German for “primeval/original nobility”) - from Frankenstein (now Ząbkowice Śląskie), which was in the now-extinct Duchy of Münsterberg, Silesia.

Notable Frankenbergs

Ludwigsdorf line

  • Abraham von Fran(c)kenberg, German-Silesian Lutheran mystic, poet and hymn-writer
  • Alix-May von Frankenberg, wife of Roland Graf von Faber-Castell (the 7th-generation head of Faber-Castell, one of the world's largest manufacturers of pens, pencils, other art supplies)
  • Friedrich Freiherr von Frankenberg, Australian-German mystic and early founder of Sufism in Australia
  • Cardinal Johann Heinrich Graf von Fran(c)kenberg, German-Silesian Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mechelen, Primate of the Low Countries and cardinal
  • Richard von Frankenberg, German-Silesian journalist and race-car driver

Family tree

This is only a partial tree, which was constructed to show how the various branches of the family meet, and is not complete.

Ludwigsdorf

References

  • Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon Band III, Band 61 der Gesamtreihe, S. 347-350, C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1975,