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Variations Last name: Edle von Westphalen,Westphalen von Fürstenberg
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
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Westphalen
Variations Last name: Edle von Westphalen,Westphalen von Fürstenberg
Alte und edle deutsche Familie von klarer und überlieferter Tugend, die sich über die Jahrhunderte weltweit verbreitet hat. Die ursprünglich aus Braunschweig in Niedersachsen stammende Familie war in der Person von Philipp von Westphalen (1724 - 1792), olim Westphal, von Herzog Ferdinand von Braunschweig für seinen Militärdienst mit dem Titel eines Ritters des Heiligen Römischen Reiches geadelt worden 23. Mai 1764. Tatsächlich war er während des Siebenjährigen Krieges de facto der "Stabschef" des Herzogs. Philipp von Westphalen war der Vater von Johann Ludwig von Westphalen (11. Juli 1770 - 3. März 1842), einem liberalen preußischen Beamten und Schwiegervater von Karl Marx. Seine Tochter Jenny von Westphalen (12. Februar 1814 - 2. Dezember 1881) heiratete 1843 Karl Marx. Sie war Theaterkritikerin und politische Aktivistin. Die Familie erhielt am 5. November 1812 die "Konfirmation de noblesse" und am 1. Oktober 1834 die "Aufklärung de noblesse". Ein anderer Familienzweig, ursprünglich aus Hessen in ...
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BlazonWestphalen
Variations Last name: Edle von Westphalen,Westphalen von Fürstenberg
1. Coat of arms of family: Westphalen
Language of the text: English
Party per fesse; 1° azure; a fesse argent with three suspended bells of the same ; 2° party per pale; a. or, a lion gules; b. gules, a fesse or with two suspended bells of the same. Two helmets crowned. Crest: 1° an eagle issuant regardant sable. Lambrequin argent and azure. 2° two elephant's trunks, dexter or and gules and sinister azure and argent. Lambrequin: or and gules.
Coat of arms of family Westphalen from Brunswick, knights of Holy Roman Empire since 23 May 1764, "confirmation de noblesse" 5 November 1812, "reconnaissance de noblesse" 1 October 1834; source: "Armorial Général par J.B.Rietstap - Deuxième èdition refondue et augmentée - Tome II L-Z" page 1079.
Argent, a fesse gules under a label of five points sable. Crest: a hat gules upturned argent adorned with two ostrich feathers, dexter gules and sinister argent. Lambrequin: argent and gules. Supporters: two lions regardant or. Motto: FAIS QUE DOIS ARRIVE QUE POURRA. Mantling: gules and ermine.
Coat of arms of family Westphalen or Westphalen von Fürstenberg from Hesse, Bohemia (counts of the Holy Roman Empire since 28 June 1792); source: "Armorial Général par J.B.Rietstap - Deuxième èdition refondue et augmentée - Tome II L-Z" page 1079.
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