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Variations Last name: Craft,Krafft
Variations of surnames are frequent and mainly derive from involuntary acts such as translation errors or dialectal inflections or from voluntary acts such as attempts to escape persecution or acquisition of titles and properties of other families
Ancient and very noble German House, of clear and ancestral virtue, that has spread, over the centuries, in different European regions, including Switzerland, Austria, France, Belgium and others. This surname derives from the Old German word "craft," which means "strong" or "courageous." In the early Middle Ages, Kraft it was a popular first name among knights because it is referred to strength and, for the same reason, some families adopted it as surname. Already in 1271 the first bearer of the family name is mentioned in a document: Johann Kraft, "Ritter zu Basel". Later a Ulrich Kraft flourished in Nuremberg, precisely in the year 1310. Johannes Kraft, from Nuremberg, received a letter of nobility on May 1, 1426. In the year 1540 a Hans Kraft was flourishing in Rothenburg ob der Tauber; as early as 1552, a "Valentin Kraft called Schmidt" was mentioned in St. Gallenkirch. This family received another ...
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BlazonKraft
Variations Last name: Craft,Krafft
1. Coat of arms of family: Kraft
Language of the text: English
Gules, a sword per ben sinister on a bend or. Crest: two elephant's trunks.
Coat of arms of family Kraft in Germany. Source: "Armorial Général par J.B.Rietstap - Deuxième èdition refondue et augmentée - Tome I A-K" page 1128".
Argent, a fleur-de-lys, sable. Crest: a spear-head, argent, between 7 fleur-de-lys of the same 1,2,2,2.
Coat of arms of family Kraft in Switzerland. Source: "Armorial Général par J.B.Rietstap - Deuxième èdition refondue et augmentée - Tome I A-K" page 1128".
Or, a pile embowed per bend sinister, sable. Crest: a wing, or, per bend sinister embowed, sable.
Coat of arms of family Kraft in Styria. Sources: "Johann Siebmachers allgemeines großes und vollständiges Wappenbuch, 1. Teil, 12. Ausgabe, Nürnberg 1772, 49"; "Armorial Général par J.B.Rietstap - Deuxième èdition refondue et augmentée - Tome I A-K" page 1128".
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