House of Kettler
The House of Ketteler (also Kettler) is the name of an old and distinguished Baltic German noble family that originated in Westphalia.
Key facts
- Noble house.surname
- Ketteler
- Noble house.native_name_lang
- German
- Noble house.other_name
- Kettler
- Noble house.coat of arms
- File:Kettler COA 2.png
- Noble house.image_size
- 200px
- Noble house.country
- Germany, Latvia, Westphalia, Prussia, Poland-Lithuania
- Noble house.titles
- Duke of Courland and Semigallia Master of the Livonian Order Grand Master of the Teutonic Order Knight Komtur of Dünaburg
- Noble house.founded
- 15th century
- Noble house.founder
- Gotthard Kettler (Polish branch)
- Noble house.final ruler
- Ferdinand Kettler
- Noble house.deposition
- 18th century
- Noble house.cadet branches
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Article
5 sectionsContents
- Origin
- History
- Reigning Dukes of Courland
- Notable members
- References
The House of Ketteler (also Kettler) is the name of an old and distinguished Baltic German noble family that originated in Westphalia.
==Origin== The family appeared in 1233 when Conrad von Hüsten was mentioned in the written documents as the Châtelain of Haus Hüsten. His descendant Conrad III von Hüsten genannt Ketteler (1285–1364) was a Knight and Châtelain of Rüthen. Goswin Ketteler zu Assen (c. 1400 – c. 1471) divided the property with his younger brother Röttger around 1440. He built a new house on his part of the ground and called himself since then Kettler Neu Assen. He changed the background of his coat of arms from silver to gold – the so-called golden line. The silver line still spells Ketteler and is called the silver line Ketteler Alt Assen.