List of Gdańsk aristocratic families
This is a list of aristocratic families of the Royal City of Gdańsk (German: Danzig).
It encompasses minority Polish and majority Prussian (German) nobility.
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Family / Clan |
Alternative form(s) |
Coat of arms |
von Abtshagen |
Abzegen |
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Ackermann |
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Aders-Auerbach |
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Adler |
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von Allen |
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von Almonde |
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Amende |
am Ende |
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von Amstern |
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Angermund |
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von Arlen |
Arlet-lot |
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Armack |
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Atzinger |
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Austin |
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Auschwitz |
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Aycke |
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Family / Clan |
Alternative form(s) |
Coat of arms |
Bachmann |
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Backe |
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von Bagge |
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Bahr |
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Balfour |
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Ball |
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von Banck |
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Baran |
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Baraw |
Barau |
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de Barbier |
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Barclay |
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Barkhusen |
Barkhause |
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Bar |
Ber, Börner |
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Barthold |
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Bartholomäus |
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Bastian |
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von dem Becke |
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Behm |
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Benning |
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Bentzen |
Benson |
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von Bergen |
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von Bernighausen |
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Bernstein |
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Beyer |
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von den Block |
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Blom |
Blumberg |
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Blowenow |
Blowenau |
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von Bobart |
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von Bodeck |
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von Bömeln |
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Boltz |
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Boye |
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von Brandis |
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von Braunschweig |
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Breyne |
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Brayne |
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von Broen |
Brun |
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von den Brucken |
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C
Family / Clan |
Alternative form(s) |
Coat of arms |
Calmus |
Kulmens |
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von Campier |
Cambier |
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Chodowiecki |
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Clemens |
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de Clerk |
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Cölmer |
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Coletus |
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von Conradi |
Conrad |
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Cosack |
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Cramer |
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Curicke |
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D
Family / Clan |
Alternative form(s) |
Coat of arms |
Dackau |
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Dalmer |
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Dalwin |
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von Damm |
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Dammann |
Dannemann |
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Daniel |
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David |
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Davisson |
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von Delden |
Delen |
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von Diesseldorff |
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Dietz |
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Dilger |
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Dodenhoff |
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Döring |
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von Domsdorff |
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von Dorne |
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E
Family / Clan |
Alternative form(s) |
Coat of arms |
Ebeling |
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Ecklinghoff |
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Eggerat |
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Eichstädt |
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Eler |
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von Elsen |
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von Ende |
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Engelbrecht |
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Engelhardt |
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Engelke |
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Eppenschede |
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Erig |
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Ernst |
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Eschbach |
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Eschmann |
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Esken |
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von Essen |
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Family / Clan |
Alternative form(s) |
Coat of arms |
Fadenrecht |
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Falck |
Falkner |
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Farenhold |
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Feldhusen |
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Feldstedt |
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Fenrich |
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Ferber |
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Fichtel |
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Fiedler |
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Figk |
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Finck |
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Finkenberg |
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Flander |
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Forret |
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Forste |
Fürste |
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Franckenberg |
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von Frechten |
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von Freden |
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Freder |
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Fremaut |
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Friedwald |
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Friedrichs |
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Friese |
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G
Family / Clan |
Alternative form(s) |
Coat of arms |
Gabriel |
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von Geldern |
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Gellentin |
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von Gent |
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Gerneth |
Gereth |
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Giesebrecht |
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Gilles |
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von Glasow |
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von Glaubitz |
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Göbel |
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Goetz |
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von Gorn |
Goren |
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Gottwald |
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Gourlay |
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Gradop |
Gradorff |
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Greverath |
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I
Family / Clan |
Alternative form(s) |
Coat of arms |
Ibischer |
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Iding |
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Ilhorn |
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Isenhudt |
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Ising |
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M
Family / Clan |
Alternative form(s) |
Coat of arms |
Mackensen |
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Maclean |
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Malin |
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Mandt |
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Maul |
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Melmann |
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Mein |
Minne |
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Meyer |
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Mittendorf |
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Mochinger |
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Muhl |
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Munckenbeck |
Markenbeck |
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N
Family / Clan |
Alternative form(s) |
Coat of arms |
Negendanck |
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de Neri |
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Niederhoff |
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Nimsgar |
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Nixdorf |
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Nothwanger |
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O
Family / Clan |
Alternative form(s) |
Coat of arms |
von Obbergen |
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Ochsdorf |
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Oloff |
Olhoff |
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Omund |
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von Oringen |
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Ordun |
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Ouseel |
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Overam |
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P
Family / Clan |
Alternative form(s) |
Coat of arms |
Paleske |
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Pambius |
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Papst |
Pawest |
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Passawant |
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Pauli |
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Pegelau |
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von Peschwitz |
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Peters |
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Pesarovius |
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Placatomus |
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Pree |
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Presting |
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Preute |
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von Proen |
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R
Family / Clan |
Alternative form(s) |
Coat of arms |
von Raeck |
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Rammelmann |
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Raufeisen |
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Rautenberg |
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Ravensberg |
Ravensburg |
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Rechenberg |
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von Rehden |
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von Rehsen |
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Remus |
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von der Renne |
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Rethe |
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Reye |
Reyger |
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von Roggendorf |
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Roland |
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von Rosenberg |
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von Rosenort |
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von Rosten |
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Rossau |
Rossen |
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Rubau |
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von Ruden |
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von Rüdiger |
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Rühle |
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T
Family / Clan |
Alternative form(s) |
Coat of arms |
Tannenberg |
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Tessin |
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Thal |
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von Tiedemann |
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Trosin |
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von Trost |
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Truhard |
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Trunck |
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Türck |
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U
Family / Clan |
Alternative form(s) |
Coat of arms |
Uphagen |
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V
Family / Clan |
Alternative form(s) |
Coat of arms |
von Vechelde |
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W
Family / Clan |
Alternative form(s) |
Coat of arms |
Walrabe |
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Wartzmann |
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von dem Wege |
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Weichbrodt |
Wekebrodt |
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Weimer |
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von Werden |
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Wiebers |
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Wieder |
Wider |
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Witkop |
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Z
Family / Clan |
Alternative form(s) |
Coat of arms |
Zernecke |
Zerneke, Zernicovius |
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Zierenberg |
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Zimmermann |
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See also
Sources
- Gdańsk aristocratic families (http://www.gdansk.pl)
- Bojaruniec, Ewa: Social Advancement among Patrician Families in Gdańsk in the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period, Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis, XXIX, 2014, 150–170. ISSN 1392-4095. (PDF)