Besserer von Thalfingen
Besserer von Thalfingen is the name of an old Swabian family.[1] The members of the line were originally located in Bavaria and Württemberg.
The family line has been known since the 13th century and was ennobled to Freiherren[a] in 1817 and 1838. It seems, that the Besserer von Thalfingens had the same roots as the sirs Von Besser, which had its seeds also in the surroundings of Ulm. One line of the Von Bessers owned the estate of Thalfingen, which is a part of Elchingen since May 1, 1978, and the descendants of another line were later located in Saxony. The writing of the name of the members of the Thalfingen line changed from Besser to Besserer.[2]
Notable members
- Albrecht Freiherr Besserer von Thalfingen (1787–1839), Bavarian General, court marshal and acting war minister
- Johann Jakob Besserer von Thalfingen (1753–1834), mayor of Augsburg
Notes
- ^ Regarding personal names: Freiherr was a title before 1919, but now is regarded as part of the surname. It is translated as Baron. Before the August 1919 abolition of nobility as a legal class, titles preceded the full name when given (Graf Helmuth James von Moltke). Since 1919, these titles, along with any nobiliary prefix (von, zu, etc.), can be used, but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname, and thus come after any given names (Helmuth James Graf von Moltke). Titles and all dependent parts of surnames are ignored in alphabetical sorting. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.
References
- ^ Besserer von Thalfingen (German), Pierer's Universal-Lexikon.
- ^ Besser, die Herren von (German), Neues preussisches Adels-lexicon, p. 222 - 223.
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