Schönburg, House of

LC control no.	sh 00007024
Family name heading	Schönburg, House of *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	House of Schönburg
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Found in	Work cat.: Schönburgische Burgen und Schlösser im Tal der Zwickauer Mulde, 1999: p. 14 (Die Schönburger; first appeared in the 12th cent.; according to tradition, the family originated at the castle of the same name in Oberwesel am Rhein; more likely their origin is from a free-born noble family from Schönburg near Naumburg; established their ancestral home in Glauchau ca. 1170; gained control of Meerane (ca. 1300), Waldenburg (1375/1378) and the county of Hartenstein (1406/1439)) Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, 1997: Bd. 114 der Gesamtreihe, p. 390 (Schönburg; Frankisch-Thuringian freeborn noble house; Ulricus de Schunenberg (Sconenberg) the first documented member, 1130, 1157 and 1161-1166; the line begins definitely with Hermannus de Sconeburg, 1212-1224; obtained control of Glachau in 1256, Lichtenstein in 1286, Waldenburg in 1378; two branches since the Reformation, the princely line with surnames Schönburg-Waldenburg and Schönburg-Hartenstein, the count's line with surname Schönburg-Glachau) OCLC, June 7, 2000 (Schönburg, House of)