The Sandizell family (also Lords, Counts of Sandizell or Sandicell, also Sandizell) is the name of an old Bavarian noble family. The Lords of Sandizell belong to the old Bavarian nobility. Branches of the family exist to this day.

The Sandizell coat of arms

Origins

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The family is one of the oldest flourishing ministerial families from the time of the Counts of Scheyern. The family was first mentioned with Arnoldus de Sandizelle, who was mentioned from 1171 to 1190.[1]

Sandizell castle, in Sandizell is the ancestral seat of the family and is today a district of Schrobenhausen in the Upper Bavarian district of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen. It was first mentioned in 1007 and has been in the family's possession since the end of the 11th century.[2]

Family Coat of Arms

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The family coat of arms shows in gold a slanting left, red-tongued, silver-armored black buffalo head; on the helmet with black and gold helmet covers two buffalo horns covered with ermine fur with red forehead fur and red ears.[3]

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Literature

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Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels: Nobility Lexicon Volume XII. Volume 125 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2001, pp. 238-240

Itemizations

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  1. Gerhard Köbler: Historical lexicon of the German states. The German territories from the Middle Ages to the present. 7th, completely revised edition. CH Beck, Munich 2007.
  2. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Nobility Encyclopedia Volume XII, Volume 125 of the complete series, pp. 238–240.
  3. Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte
  4. Upper Bavarian Archive, Volume 24, Documents of the Indersdorf Monastery, No. 21

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lindner, Pirminius August (1839). Oberbayerisches Archiv. OCLC 808143160.
  2. ^ Köbler, Gerhard (2007). Historisches Lexikon der Deutschen Länder : die deutschen Territorien vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart (7., vollständig überarb. Aufl ed.). München: Beck. ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1. OCLC 85770331.
  3. ^ Verlag, Starke (1951–2015). Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels (in German). Limburg, Germany: CA Starke Verlag. pp. 238–240. ISSN 0435-2408.
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