Von Schmidt auf Altenstadt
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The Von Schmidt auf Altenstadt is a Dutch and former German noble family. Also known as Schmidt von Altenstadt, it has branches in other countries including the Netherlands.
History
Johann Fabricius served Maximilian II against the Turks and was given a coat of arms by the imperial Letters Patent of 2 November 1564.[1] His son Martin was ennobled on 10 December 1577. They were granted a swan coat-of-arms where the swan is in an attack position on the shield; this is repeated in miniature "above the crown".[2]
The Fabricius family reverted around 1638 to the surname of Schmidt and on 23 February 1713, were granted the additive "auf Altenstadt".
On 18 October 1712/23 February 1713 the Emperor Charles VI granted augmentation of a knight's arm holding a sword to the swan coat-of-arms, to heirs Anton Johann Christoph, Johann Georg, and Christopher Wolf (successive lords of Gattendorf).[clarification needed] The three brothers succeeded each other, one after the other, as lords of Gattendorf; the first two died without heirs. The third brother had children and the line continued.
Family members are still to be found in the Netherlands, the United States and England.
Dutch branch
- Johann George Otto Stuart von Schmidt auf Altenstadt (born 1806 Sint-Oedenrode, died 1857 the Hague), was a Governor-General of Surinam in 1852–55.[3] This branch counts the head of the family: jhr. Johan Erik Arthur von Schmidt auf Altenstadt (1937), born in The Hague but residing, like his descendants, in Great Britain.
German branch
A direct descendant from Johann Schmidt/Fabricius was Hans-Georg who grew up in
Hans-Georg Schmidt von Altenstadt was the author of the book Unser Weg zur Meer.[5]
Literature
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels135 (2004), p. 431-435.
- Nederland's Adelsboek 92 (2006-2007), p. 412-449.
References
- ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser 1919. p. 868.
- ^ "Story 12". www.kirchgattendorf.de. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
- ^ "Suriname".
- ^ TracesOfWar.com Retrieved March 24, 2011.
- ^ Altenstadt, Hans Georg von (1940). "Unser weg zum meer: Kriegserlebnisse einer Deutschen Infanterie-Division".