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From: Janice Alexandrou <>
Subject: Re: [Ger-Nob] von Schaffhausen and von Welsch
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 11:46:56 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <3bd.38e95df.31b47990@aol.com>


Thank you for the information about the Schaffhausen family. With regard to the von Welsch, I heard something about a Maximilian von Welsch, who was a well-known architect in northern Germany during the Baroque period. Does anyone know which family he came from and whether he was related to the Schaffhausens?

wrote:
In a message dated 6/3/2006 8:15:22 PM Pacific Standard Time,
writes:

I am researching the German noble families of von Schaffhausen and von
Welsch. I am wondering if someone could please help me with some information about
the origin of these families and whether these families are now extinct. I
would be thankful for any information. Janice



The Schaffhausen were an old Westphalian noble family documented to 1248
that Kneschke says was extinct there by 1625, but a branch continued in Courland
at least to the mid 1800's. A likely seperate family, von Schaaffhausen, was
ennobled by the King of Prussia in 1904 and is still listed in the Gotha
(Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels.)

Gilbert von Studnitz


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