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Language of the text: English
Nobility: Nobles - Knights
Nobles in:Deutschland
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Variations Last name: zur Stegge
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 noble German family, of clear and ancestral virtue, that has worldwide spread, over the centuries. According to what has been handed down, this family, as a reward for valuable services rendered to Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, was admitted to the "Briefadel" (lit. "letter of nobility"), the so-called new nobility as opposed to "Uradel", a term coined only in modern times, in reference to noble families whose ancestral lineage can be traced back to before the Middle Ages. Originally known as Stegge, Steggen or Steegen, the family took the name Steege around the XVII century although other forms of the name are attested until at least the next two centuries. The most famous character of the House is undoubtedly Johann zur Steege, "rittermeister," or captain of cavalry, flourishing in the seventeenth century. Moreover, this family, in all ages, always stood out, thanks to the prominent figures, which gave ...
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BlazonZur Steege
Variations Last name: zur Stegge
1. Coat of arms of family: Zur Steege
Language of the text: English
Or, a demi-man vested gules, issant from a triple mount in base vert, holding in his dexter hand a mound or, encircled gules, ensigned with a cross bottonnee of the same, and in the sinister hand a scepter proper.
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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
