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7. ELTZ CASTLE , Burg Eltz
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7. Eltz Castle , Burg Eltz in Germany
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Eltz Castle , Burg Eltz
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7. Eltz Castle , Burg Eltz in Germany
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7. ELTZ CASTLE , Burg Eltz
7. ЗАМОК ЭЛЬЦ, Бург Эльц
7. Eltz Castle , Burg Eltz in Germany
7. Замок Эльц, Бург Эльц в Германии
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Eltz Castle / Burg Eltz
House/Clan: House von Eltz
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7. ELTZ CASTLE , Burg Eltz
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DNA ELTZ CASTLE
ELTZ
Eltz Castle
House/Clan: House von Eltz
Haplogroup: R1a1a1b1a1a1c1
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7. ELTZ CASTLE , Burg Eltz
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Ancestral Surnames
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Eltz Castle
Eltz Castle
House/Clan: House von Eltz
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Eltz Castle
Rhineland-Palatinate
of Germany
Location
Wierschem, D-56294 Munstermaifeld, Germany
Owner Dr. Karl Graf von und zu Eltz-Kempenich
Website
www.burg-eltz.de
Eltz Castle
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Eltz Castle
Eltz Castle
History
Aerial view of the Eltz Castle; seen from the south
The castle was founded in a region that was an important trade route between rich farmlands and their markets in the Roman period.
With the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the late 5th Century AD, the area was conquered by the Franks. However with the division of Charlemagne's empire the land was given to his son
Louis the Pious (814).
It was during this period that the site was occupied by a simple manor hall with an earthen palisade.
Several hundred years later,
House of Eltz
began work on the Platteltz,
a Romanesque keep,
which was built on the site of the old manor hall.
This remains the oldest part of the castle.
By 1157 the fortress was an important part of the Holy Roman Empire under Frederick Barbarossa.
It continued to protect the trade routes from the Moselle Valley and the Eifel region.
Between 1331–1336,
the castle endured the only serious military conflicts
in its history
during the Eltz Feud
when lords in the region including
Johann of Eltz,
together with free imperial knights,
opposed the territorial policies of
Balduin von Trier
who was the Elector and Prince-Archbishop of Trier.
As a result of the standoff,
Balduin
lay siege to Johann at Eltz Castle.
It was bombarded by primitive cannons known as
Pot-de-fer and catapults from a small siege castle,
Trutzeltz Castle,
which was built on a rocky outcrop on the hillside above the castle (the remains can still be seen today as a few ruined walls on the northern side of the castle).
The siege of Eltz
ended after two years
when the free imperial knights
agreed to accept the laws and sovereignty of Trier.
Archbishop
Balduin
reinstated
Johann to the Burgrave,
but only as his vassal and no longer as a free knight.
Eltz Castle along with the surrounding valley,
as seen from the path leading up to the entrance
Started in 1470
by Philipp zu Eltz,
the 10-story Greater Rodendorf House
takes its name from the family's land holding in Lorraine.
The oldest part is the flag hall with its late Gothic vaulted ceiling, which was probably originally a chapel. Construction was completed around 1520.
The (so-called) Little Rodendorf house was finished in 1540, also in Late Gothic style. It contains the vaulted "banner-room". In 1472 the House of Rubenach completed the castle wing that has Late Gothic architecture.
The buildings include the Rubenach Lower Hall, living room, and the bedchamber with its opulently decorated walls.
In 1615
the House of Kempenich house
replaced castle's original hall.
Every room
in this part of the castle could be heated;
in contrast,
other castles might only have one or two heated rooms.
During the Palatinate War of Succession
from 1688 to 1689,
many of the early Rhenish castles were destroyed.
However, the castle was saved from destruction
because its lord as the time was
Hans Anton zu Eltz-Uttingen
who was also a senior officer
in the Royal French Army of Louis XIV.
Eltz-Uttingen
was able to use his position to delete the castle bearing his name from the list of buildings and fortifications to be destroyed.
Count Hugo Philipp zu Eltz
was thought to have fled during the French rule
on the Rhine from 1794 to 1815.
The French confiscated his possessions on the Rhine and nearby Trier which included Eltz castle,
as well as the associated goods which were held at the French headquarters in Koblenz.
In 1797, when
Count Hugo Philipp
later turned out to have remained hidden in Mainz,
he came back to reclaim his lands, goods and wealth.
In 1815
he became
the sole owner of the castle
through the purchase of
the Rubenacher house
and the landed property of
the barons of Eltz-Rubenach.
Preservation
Entrance to Eltz Castle circa 1860
In the mid 19th century,
Count Karl zu Eltz
restored the castle.
Between 1845 and 1888,
184,000 marks (equivalent to Euros: 2,680,000 in 2021) was spent on extensive construction work that carefully preserved the existing architecture.
Extensive security and restoration work took place between the years 2009 to 2012.
Among other things, the vault of flags hall was secured after it was at risk of partially collapsing walls and the porch of the Kempenich section. In addition to these static repairs, almost all the slate roofs were replaced. Structural problems were remedied in the ceiling and wood damage was repaired. In the interior, heating and sanitary facilities, windows and fire alarm system were renewed, and also historic plaster was restored. The half-timbered facades and a spiral staircase were renovated at the costs of around Euros: 4.4 million. The measures were supported by a Euros: 2 million grant from an economic stimulus package provided by the German federal government. The state of Rhineland-Palatinate, the German Foundation for Monument Protection and the owners provided further funds.
The Rubenach and Rodendorf family wings in the castle are open to the public, while the Kempenich branch continue to use their third of the castle. Public visits are seasonal: from April to November. Exhibits include the treasury, which contains gold, silver and porcelain artifacts, and the armory which hosts historic weapons and suits of armor.[2]
Popular culture
From 1965 to 1992, an engraving of Eltz Castle was used on the German 500 Deutsche Mark note.[citation needed]
The castle was used as the exterior for the fictional United States military lunatic asylum in the 1979 William Peter Blatty movie The Ninth Configuration starring Stacy Keach.[4]
The opening sequences of Le Feu de Wotan, a Belgian bande dessinee (comic book) in the Yoko Tsuno series, take place in Eltz Castle. Eltz castle also inspired the castle featured chiefly on the Himmelsdorf map and its winter derivative of the MMO World of Tanks.[5]
See also
List of castles in Rhineland-Palatinate
Eltz Castle
Contact
Graflich Eltz'sche
Kastellanei Burg Eltz
Burg Eltz 1
D-56294 Wierschem
Germany
Telephone: +49 2672 95050-0
Fax: +49 2672 95050-50
E-Mail: burg@eltz.de
Social Media
Eltz Castle is open daily
from 1 April 2025
to 1 November 2025
from 09:30 to 17:00
(last admission at the castle gate).
Entrance Fees:
The ticket gives you access
to the guided tour of the castle,
the inner courtyard
and the Treasury.
Adult Euros: 14,00
Adults in groups of
more than 20 people* Euros: 13,00 per person
Students,
persons with disabilities Euros: 7,00
School classes** Euros: 6,00 per child
Family Ticket :
2 Adults
with one
or more children under the age of 18
Euros: 34,00
Free Entry
for childred up to the age of 6
* the tour guide and the bus driver have free entry
** a supervisor or teacher and the bus driver have free entry
The Guided tours of the castle
are run by trained guides
and start at regular intervals
from 09:30 in the upper courtyard.
The tours take around 35-40 minutes.
The last guided tour starts at 17:30.
We can also offer
guided tours in English and French.
International guests
can ask for a free flyer
with the text of the tour in
Chinese, English, French, Italian,
Japanese, Dutch, Portuguese,
Russian or Spanish.
The Treasury
can be visited independently
with your ticket
between 09:30 and 18:15.
All exhibits are labelled in German.
There is
a free flyer
with explanations in English
for International guests.
Further information at the ticket office
or in the castellan’s office (upper courtyard).
Animals are not allowed indoors at Eltz Castle.
Please comply with our house rules at Eltz Castle
Photography and filming
of Eltz Castle is only
permitted for private use.
Drones are prohibited.
For regulations concerning photography and film
please see FAQs
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7. ELTZ CASTLE , Burg Eltz
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Eltz Castle
Burg Eltz +49 2672 95059 burg@eltz.de
https://burg-eltz.de/en/homepage
https://burg-eltz.de/en/the-castle
History from Castle & Family Eltz
The architectural chronicle of the castle
The castle next to the Eltzbach existed already when our forefather Rudolf took on the name of his fortified house “von Eltz” and was one of the signatories of a document issued by Emperor Barbarossa in 1157. His descendants divided the castle and the estate into three equal parts in 1268 and continued building for the next 500 years, mainly upwards, as space on the rock was so limited. They continued living there as ‘Ganerben” (joint heirs) until 1815, when the Barons of Eltz-Rubenach sold their share of the castle to the Counts of Eltz-Kempenich, who have been the sole owners until today.
1100 to 1300
1157
First mention of Rudolf of (the castle of) Eltz in a document of Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa. The bottom 5 stories of the Romanesque “Bergfried” (fortified keep or tower) Platt-Eltz (building no. 7 on the plan) date from this period..
1268
Contract between Rudolf’s great grandsons Elias, Wilhelm and Theoderich settling the separation of the family into different lines and creating a so-called “Ganerbenschaft”, a community of joint heirs living together in Eltz Castle.
This is the beginning of the three main lines of the family: ‘Eltz of the Golden Lion’, who later became the Counts of Eltz-Kempenich, ‘Eltz of the Silver Lion’, today the Barons of Eltz-Rubenach, and ‘Eltz of the Buffalo Horns’, whose descendants were called Barons of Eltz-Rodendorf before this branch of the family died out in 1786.
1252-1300
Construction of the Gothic upper floors of Platt-Eltz (7) and the oldest of the Kempenich Houses (12) on the east side of the courtyard, as well as the House Klein-Rodendorf (11) adjacent to it in the north.
1300 to 1500
1500 to 1700
1700 to 1900
1900 to date
Nine centuries House of Eltz
Eltz Castle is considered the epitome of a German knight’s castle. Throughout the centuries, it has remained in the possession of the original family and was never destroyed. Its history is a wealth of myths and events, famous personalities and great art. A short portrait of the castle with the most important dates and facts as well as many interesting stories and information:
9th to 13th Century
1100 to 1300
1300 to 1500
1500 to 1700
1700 to 1900
1900 to date
9th to 13th Century
Medieval castles, which we admire so much today because of their beauty and their fortifications, began to emerge in the 9th and 10th century. What used to be small manor houses surrounded by earthworks and palisades now became fortified castles surrounded by sturdy walls.
The prime period of castle construction was from the 11th to the 13th century –
the great era of
the Stauffer dynasty.
This eventful period also saw the first mention of the name Eltz.
1100 to 1300
In 1157 Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa issued a deed of donation, which was signed and sealed by Rudolf von Eltz as one of the witnesses. He resided in what was then still a small castle complex next to the Eltzbach, a tributary to the Moselle. Parts of this first castle, such as the Romanesque keep Platt-Eltz and four storeys of the former Romanesque "pallas" (living quarter), today integrated in the Kempenich Houses, can still be seen today. The probably oldest painted chimney in Germany and a recently discovered painted window arch also date from this period.
Eltz Castle was erected in a strategically important position: It was built along a trade route that linked the Moselle River – historically one of the most important trade routes in the German Empire – with the Eifel and the fertile Maifeld.
The castle and its surroundings form a harmonious unity: surrounded on three sides by the Eltzbach, the castle towers on a 70 m high oval rock which forms the castle’s foundation. The architecture follows the natural shape of the rock, which results in the unusual shapes of the different rooms.
Between 1257 and 1277
Elias of the Golden Lion
built a four-storeyed pallas (keep) on the east side of the courtyard.
In 1266 a further crenellated story was added to the keep Platt-Eltz, which was owned by all three lines of the family in equal parts.
The Year 1268
The brothers Elias “of the Golden Lion”, Wilhelm “of the Silver Lion” and Theoderich “with the Buffalohorns” had a dispute and the family split up before 1268. This led to the castle and the estate being divided among the three branches of the family, each with their own coat of arms. Henceforth the castle was a so-called "Ganerbenburg", a castle inhabited by several lines of a family at the same time.
There was extensive building activity at the castle in the second half of the 13th century and the beginning of the 14th century. One can presume that this followed the rift in the family, which necessitated new residential buildings for each family.
1300 to 1500
The tower-like keep today referred to as "Klein Rodendorf" was probably built for Theoderich "of the Buffalo Horns" between 1299 and 1312.
Johann, the son of Wilhelm, built the first four storeys of what is today called "Rubenach House" in 1311-1312 for his line of the family "of the Silver Lion".
1323
The oldest surviving codification of the Ganerben community, a so-called “Burgfriedensbrief” (castle peace deed). This was amended in 1430, 1581 and 1556 and remained the castle’s ‘constitution’ until 1815.
1331 to 1336 “The Eltz Feud”
The lords of Eltz
confronted
the Archbishop of Trier,
Balduin of Luxemburg’s
expansion politics by forming an alliance with neighbouring castles, the so-called
"Eltz Feud".
In 1331
this confrontation saw the first documented canon attack north of the Alps.
When this proved to be ineffective,
Balduin
erected a siege castle,
the Trutzeltz,
the ruin of which can still be seen today, from where he besieged Eltz Castle with catapults and heavy stone balls for many years.
The knights of Eltz
finally conceded in 1333.
A peace treaty was signed with Balduin in 1336.
As a result of this defeat most of the fortifications had to be demolished, leaving the castle as no more than a ‘fortified residence’.
This, however, was never destroyed. It was a lucky turn that the castle never saw any battle action after the Eltz Feud.
This was not least owed to clever family politics, shrewd diplomacy and occasional courageous support from neighbours.
1441 to 1472
Incidentally, the name "Eltz-Rubenach" goes back to the family’s estate Rubenach near Coblenz, which had been acquired by Richard of the Silver Lion in 1277. Incidentally, the name "Eltz-Rubenach" goes back to the family’s estate Rubenach near Coblenz, which had been acquired by Richard of the Silver Lion in 1277.
With its multi-angular timber-frame turrets, the simple oriel resting on two basalt columns above the entrance, and the charming late-Gothic chapel apse, the Rubenach House characterises the architectural variety of the castle’s central courtyard.
1475
Construction of a second, also four-storeyed keep southeast of the Romanesque pallas for the line of the Golden Lion, today part of the Kempenich Houses.
1490 to 1515
The tower-like Gro; Rodendorf House was erected between 1490 and 1515 just after the Klein Rodendorf House. The oldest part, dating from 1470, is the Banner Hall with its magnificent late-Gothic net vault, which was once probably part of the chapel. Four more storeys were added above this room. Towards the courtyard there is a vaulted entrance hall resting on three pillars.
This is the only surviving example of a house built in the early Renaissance period around 1330 in the (retro) style of the high Gothic period. Unique is also that the patron
Philipp zu Eltz and Pyrmont
left the walls to the inner courtyard unrendered.
The Coach House and the Gatekeeper’s House below this house in the outer castle next to the gate to the inner courtyard were probably also built in this period.
The name
Eltz-Rodendorf
originates from
the marriage of
Hans Adolf zu Eltz
and
Katharine von Brandscheid zu Rodendorf
in 1563.
Through this liaison the family acquired the dominion of Rodendorf (Chateaurouge)
in the Lorraine district of
Bouzonville.
Hans Adolf
and his descendants henceforth adopted this name.
1500 to 1700
1510 to 1581: Jakob III zu Eltz, Prince Elector of Trier
The Eltz Family pursued their successful career mainly in the electorates of Mainz and Trier. Each generation produced family members who entered clerical professions. In the archbishopric of Trier alone, there were more than 70 prelates and nuns from the family over 400 years, the most prominent of whom was Jakob zu Eltz, who was born in 1510. He was one of the most important electors in the history of the archbishopric of Trier, occupying a number of important posts during his lifetime:
After his studies in Lowen,
Jakob zu Eltz
first became canon of Trier
on 15 December 1525 and later, on 13 October 1547, dean of the cathedral. From 1564 he was also rector of Trier University. In 1567 he was finally elected archbishop and elector by the chapter of the cathedral in Coblenz.
Jakob zu Eltz
was one of the strongest supporters of the Counter Reformation, who had his most important allies among the Jesuits. He had to spend most of his reign residing near Wittlich, as Trier was in the hands of the Lutherans and Calvinists.
It was not until 13 years later, after intense negotiations and finally by force of arms, that he managed to move his court to Trier.
On 27 May 1580 the town of Trier welcomed the Elector on the market square and swore their loyalty to him.
Jakob zu Eltz died on 4 June 1581.
In 1573
Anton of the Golden Lion
was awarded the fiefdom of Kempenich in the Eifel by
Elector Jakob III
and henceforth changed his family name to Eltz-Kempenich.
In 1580
Jakob III
bestowed the title of Hereditary Marshal of his electorate to Anton of Eltz.
This ensured his and his descendants’ vested right to the supreme command during wartimes and the command over the knights of Trier. This right only ceased with the end of the electorate state in 1803.
1604 to 1661
Between 1604 and 1661 the family had one and three mostly timber-frame storeys added to the Romanesque hall range and its side buildings. This expansion affected the south-eastern sections of the castle, mainly what is today known as the Kempenich Houses. Their architectural composition and well-structured timber-frame construction round off the picturesque appearance of the inner courtyard. A cistern beneath the mighty stair tower supplied the entire castle with water.
The main entrance to the Kempenich Houses is sheltered by a gate hall supported by two basalt pillars linked by arches. Above it is the Oriel Chamber.
The inscriptions on the arches
"BERGTORN ELTZ 1604"
and "ELTZ-MERCY"
are references to the date construction began and to the family members responsible for the modernisation and expansion of the Romanesque building.
The Thirty Years War disrupted building works and construction was only resumed and completed
under
Hans Jakob zu Eltz
and his wife
Anna Elisabeth von Metzenhausen.
The last extensive measure was the construction of another four-storeyed keep to the southeast of the Kempenich Houses. The keystones of the groined vault of the gate hall (1651) bear the coats of arms of the Eltz and Metzenhausen families, thus commemorating the patrons of this construction phase. The magnificent early Baroque alliance coat of arms of 1661 also refers to this building phase. It is carved in yellow sandstone and mounted beneath the central windows of the oriel. The same coats of arms can be found on the wrought iron window grids in the lower hall of the Kempenich House and on a heraldic shield on the banister in the courtyard.
The entire construction of the castle thus lasted for more than 500 years. The architecture of this castle unites all styles from Romanesque to early Baroque to form a harmonious ensemble. The castle became a so-called "Randhausburg" with eight high-rise residential buildings grouped closely around the central courtyard. Up to 100 members of the family lived in the castle’s more than 100 rooms, together with approximately the same number of servants.
The Year 1624
Hans Jakob zu Eltz,
too, held an important position in the electorate of Trier. The Elector made him a Hereditary Marshall on 15 July 1624.
This ensured his and his descendants’ vested right to the supreme command during wartimes and the command over the knights of Trier.
1647 to 1648
As the Elector of Mainz’ envoy in Munster, Friedrich zu Eltz was such a skilled negotiator, both for the elector and for the other clerical electorates, that Emperor Ferdinand III granted him 10.000 Guilders and confirmed the old family title,
Noble Sir,
for him and his family.
Friedrich’s portrait hangs in the great hall of the Munster Town Hall alongside all the other men who negotiated the Peace of Westphalia in 1647-1648, which ended the 30-Years War.
1665 to 1743: Philipp Karl zu Eltz, Elector of Mainz
The Eltz family’s greatest political influence came with
Philipp Karl zu Eltz,
Elector of Mainz and Archchancellor of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nations.
Philipp Karl, born in 1665,
joined the German-Hungarian College in Rome in 1686.
By 1719 he had risen to Choir Master of Mainz cathedral and Archdeacon of Trier and represented the Imperial interests in the election of Georg von Schonborn as Prince Elector of Trier. He was also Canon in Mainz and Trier
After the death of the Mainz Elector,
Philipp Karl zu Eltz
was unanimously elected as his successor.
Philipp Karl was thus a clerical leader and the most powerful clerical prince north of the Alps.
As chancellor of the German Reich,
he later headed the Reichstag in Regensburg,
where he was the highest-ranking Imperial prince after the Emperor himself.
His greatest achievement was the so-called
Pragmatic Sanction, which enabled the Archduchess and later Empress Maria Theresia to inherit the entire Habsburg estate, even though a female succession was not provided for in Salian Imperial law.
During most of his reign Philipp Karl represented the interests of Charles VI of Habsburg. He formed a union against Bavaria together with the electorates of Hannover and Trier.
In 1742, however, there was a break with the House of Habsburg. The reason for this was the Imperial election, where Philipp Karl was forced to vote for the Wittelsbach Karl Albrecht, the later Charles VII – not least because of pressure from Bavaria and France. The House of Habsburg saw this as treason. Philipp Karl suffered under this decision until his death in 1743.
1688 to 1689
Many castles in the Rhine region
were destroyed
during
the Palatine Wars of Succession
from 1688 to 1689.
During this period
Hans Anton zu Eltz-Uttingen
played an important role in preserving Eltz Castle.
As a high officer in the French army,
he managed to erase the castle
from the official list of buildings to be destroyed.
An "unofficial" French raid of Eltz Castle
was only prevented by brave intervention
of the people of Muden,
who lured the marauders into a ripe cornfield
and then set fire to the field
and their unwanted visitors.
1700 to 1900
The Year 1733
Because of their services during the chaos of the Reformation and the Turkish Wars, Emperor Charles VI awarded the family Eltz of the Golden Lion the title "Reichsgraf" (Count of the Reich) in Vienna in 1733. Furthermore, the Eltz family was awarded the "Gro;es Palatinat", the privilege to act on behalf of the Emperor, to elect notaries, to legitimise illegitimate children, to award coats of arms with shield and helmet decor to ordinary citizens, to appoint public judges and scribes, to free serfs and many more.
The Year 1736
The house of Eltz owned extensive estates, mostly in the electorates of Trier and Mainz. The most significant estate, however, was on the Danube River in Croatian Eastern Slavonia. The Eltz family acquired the dominion of Vukovar in 1736. The Counts von und zu Eltz had their main residence here until their forced expulsion in 1944.
1794 to 1818
During the French occupation of the Rhine region from 1794 to 1815 Hugo Philipp was erroneously treated as an emigrant. The estates of the “Burgher” Count Eltz along the Rhine and the Moselle were confiscated in 1795 and the castle and its estates were subordinated to the military command of Coblenz. In 1797 Hugo Philipp was able to prove in court that he never emigrated but had stayed in Mainz. His estates and the profits from his other sources of income on the left, formerly the French side of the Rhine, were subsequently returned.
The Year 1815
Hugo Philipp bought the R;benach House and the estates of the Barons of Eltz-R;benach in 1815. This signified the end of the Eltz “Ganerben” community. For the first time since 1268, Eltz Castle was now once again owned by one single family. The share of the castle and estates owned by the Eltz-Rodendorf family had already fallen to the Eltz-Kempenich family in 1786 after the Eltz-Rodendorf family had ceased. Hugo Philipp died in 1818 in Coblenz and was buried at Eltz Castle as was his final wish.
1811 to 1844
In 1811 Emmerich, Hugo Philipp’s eldest son renounced his German estates in Eltz and was given the dominion of Vukovar. He was a diplomat in the Emperor’s service. His best known mission was when he was tasked with officially escorting the Archduchess Leopoldina on her journey to Rio de Janeiro in 1817 where she was to wed Dom Pedro, who would later become the first emperor of Brazil. He also led the Austrian botanical expedition, the first of its kind in Brazil. Emmerich died in 1844 without a male heir. His Croatian estate went back to his brother Jakob.
In the above-mentioned division of the estate, Jakob, Emmerich’s younger brother, initially received the German and later upon request of his brother also the Croatian estates of the house. He was married to Anna Maria Baroness Wambolt von Umstadt. Like his father Hugo Philipp before him, Jakob divided his estate between his sons: the eldest son, Hugo, inherited Vukovar, the younger son, Karl, inherited Eltz Castle and the other German estates. Jakob and Emmerich both died in 1844.
The Year 1848
Hugo was married to
Lidvine Countess Pejacsevich. He was murdered by Austrian border troops on his return journey to Vukovar during the Hungarian Revolt in 1848, as they believed him to be a Hungarian spy. As this murder remained unpunished, his brother Karl henceforth avoided the Imperial court in Vienna and focused more on Berlin. As Hugo had died without a male heir, the German and Croatian estates of the Eltz family once again fell into the hands of one person, Karl.
1844 to 1888
The rekindled interest in the Middle Ages during Romanticism inspired Karl to restore his ancestral castle.
The extensive measures lasted from 1845 to 1888,
costing
the substantial sum of 184,000 Reichsmark,
today’s equivalent of about 15 million Euros.
Karl approached this undertaking with great care and consideration of the existing architecture. Karl’s extensive correspondence with the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, asking for advice concerning the restoration of the castle, shows his dedication and how seriously he took his responsibility. He particularly avoided altering the substance of the castle, unlike most other restoration projects in the 19th century. Instead, the restoration was expertly executed and is still praised today by visiting experts.
1848 to 1944
Following the death of his older brother
Hugo
in 1848,
Karl moved the family’s main residence to Croatia.
In 1853
he married his sister-in-law
Lidvine,
his brother’s widow.
Karl and his family still spent a considerable time at Eltz Castle and in Eltville on the Rhine to supervise the restoration of the castle and to fulfil his role as castellan of Bad Homburg in the service of Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia.
Lidvine, Karl’s wife, died in 1889,
and Karl himself died after a dramatic coach accident in 1900.
Following Karl’s death,
the family broke off their links with Prussia and turned towards the Danube Monarchy.
This meant that, until their flight from Croatia in 1944,
the family visited Eltz Castle and the Eltzerhof no more than a few weeks each year. During this period the castle and the estate in Eltville were managed by treasurers who were based in Moselkern. Castellans lived at Eltz Castle to look after the castle and to take visitors around. Visitors had to announce their visit in writing beforehand.
1900 to date
1900 to 1906
The short aegis of Jakob, Lidvine and Karl’s eldest son, saw the completion not only of the new chapel roof at the castle, but also a large annex to the Eltzerhof and a significant extension of the palace in Vukovar. Jakob died at only 46 in 1906, his wife Marie, nee Princess Lobkovicz died during her flight in 1945. As Jakob’s son Karl was still a minor when his father died, Jakob’s brother, Erwein, became his guardian and managed the Eltz estates until 1917.
1906 to 1922
Karl, the eldest son of Marie and Jakob, was only 10 when his father died. Erwein, Jakob’s brother became his guardian and managed the Eltz estates. Soon after coming of age, Karl married the 18-year-old Princess Sophie zu L;wenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. The couple had two children. Karl had a fatal accident in 1922 at the age of 26, which meant that the Eltz estate was once more placed under guardianship.
1920
A chimney fire in 1920 destroyed parts of the Kempenich Houses as well as the roofs of Rodendorf and Platteltz. The reconstruction and restoration of the Castle took until the mid 1930s. The works took so long not least because the huge inflation rate had devalued insurance payments and there were strict currency restrictions in place, which made it impossible to transfer funds from Croatia.
1922 to 1982
Karl’s widow Sophie was the head of the family in Vukovar until their expulsion in 1944 and then in Eltville until 1953 when she became a Benedictine nun and entered the nunnery St. Hildegard. She looked after many refugees, warmly welcoming them in the Rheingau and helping them to settle there and was referred to as “queen of the refugees”. She was also a productive and much-read author, even after joining the convent. She died in 1982.
1944 to 1978
Jakob, the son of Sophie and Karl, lived in Vukovar and Zagreb until 1944. He was captured in 1945 by the Americans and kept as a prisoner of war in Salzburg, where he married Ladislaia, nee Baroness Mayr-Melnhof in 1946. They reached Eltville in 1947, where Jakob restored the family’s dilapidated vineyard and, by 1970, he had turned it into one of the leading Riesling producers in Germany. For many years he was the president of the wine-growing region of Rheingau and taught wine law at the University of Mainz. He sold his vineyards in 1978, a move which helped prevent the construction of a motorway along the Rhine at Eltville.
1976 to 1982
Between 1976 and 1982 Jakob and Ladislaia had the castle walls extensively renovated, secured and re-rendered. The Treasury was created in 1981 and furnished with an array of precious items from the family collections. Accessibility for visitors was significantly improved, and an increasing number of guests from near and far visited the castle to see the “castle on the 500 DM bank note”. This strategic repositioning and the ensuing success story of the castle is owed to a large extent to the castellans Dieter and Inge Ritzenhofen, the parents of the current castellan.
1990 to 2006
Following the re-establishment of the state of Croatia, Jakob was elected a member of the Croatian parliament in his hometown of Vukovar, where he was a member of the committee for foreign affairs until 1999. As one of the representatives of Croatia in the European Council he successfully advocated the international recognition of his home country. Among the many honours and medals he collected in the course of his colourful life, was also the Order of the Golden Fleece. He was the first member of the Eltz family to be awarded this prestigious order. He died in 2006.
2006 to today
Karl,
Jakob and
Ladislaia’s eldest son,
and his wife Sophie, nee Countess Schaffgotsch,
took over the management of Eltz Castle in 2006.
At this time the building had been neglected and was in a precarious state.
The general refurbishment of the castle began in 2009 with support from the German state, the Landesamt fur Denkmalpflege (State Office for the Preservation of Monuments) in Mainz as well as the Stiftung Denkmalschutz (German Foundation for Monument Protection).
Structural issues were fixed, damaged roofs and timber-frame constructions repaired, and the inner courtyard, the MEP fit outs, the exterior wall masonry, the windows and the murals were restored.
These were the most extensive restoration measures since those of Count Karl in the 19th century.
In 2018
Jakob, the eldest son of Sophie and Karl,
was appointed to succeed his father
as the manager of the estate.
The castle is now in the hands of
the 34th generation
of the Lords and Counts
von und zu Eltz.
This line
has been uninterrupted
since the mid 12th century.
The 21st century will continue to see Eltz Castle, a charmingly preserved museal gem of historic castle architecture, as one of the favourite German landmarks and a destination for art lovers from all over the world.
Contact
Graflich Eltz'sche
Kastellanei Burg Eltz
Burg Eltz 1
D-56294 Wierschem
Germany
Telephone: +49 2672 95050-0
Fax: +49 2672 95050-50
E-Mail: [nbsp][nbsp]burg@eltz.de
Eltz Castle
Burg Eltz +49 2672 95059 burg@eltz.de
https://burg-eltz.de/en/homepage
https://burg-eltz.de/en/the-castle
Eltz Castle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eltz_Castle
DNA Castle
Eltz Castle
Eltz Castle
Rhineland-Palatinate
of Germany
Location
Wierschem, D-56294 Munstermaifeld, Germany
Owner Dr. Karl Graf von und zu Eltz-Kempenich
Website
www.burg-eltz.de
Eltz Castle / Burg Eltz
House/Clan: House von Eltz
Haplogroup: R1a1a1b1a1a1c1
Matching Ancient Samples:
Medieval Germany Sachsen-Anhalt Western Slav Settler Steuden (SDN019) - Sample #2 - Distance: 1
7. ELTZ CASTLE , Burg Eltz
7. ЗАМОК ЭЛЬЦ, Бург Эльц
DNA ELTZ CASTLE
ELTZ
Eltz Castle
House/Clan: House von Eltz
Haplogroup: R1a1a1b1a1a1c1
Your DNA
Matching Ancient Samples:
1. Medieval Germany Sachsen-Anhalt Western Slav Settler []
2. Steuden (SDN019) - Sample #2 - Distance: 1
7. ELTZ CASTLE , Burg Eltz
7. ЗАМОК ЭЛЬЦ, Бург Эльц
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ELTZ
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x4 genetic cousins, 4th-remote, 10 cM-10cM
Their ancestry list
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(1)
genetic cousin, 4th-remote, shared 10 cM- longest 10cM
Norway
Ancestral Surnames
(Norway)
(Sweden)
(Eidskog) (Norway)
(Trysil) (Norway)
................ (Trysil) (Norway)
.................(Eidskog) (Norway)
Ole Abrahamsen b. 1806 Eidskog HED Norway
Ingeborg Jensdtr 1764-1835 Amot HED Norway
Eltedalen
Elton
Eltedalen (Trysil)
Torkildsen Skotterud (Eidskog) (Norway)
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(2)
genetic cousin, 4th-remote, shared 10 cM- longest 10cM
Norway
Ancestral Surnames
Lars Gunnarsson Birkeland c.1645-1715 Sokndal ROG Norway
Mari Jensdotter Storbratan, c.1733-, Eidsvoll, AKR Norway
Eltedalen
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(3)
genetic cousin, 4th-remote, shared 10 cM- longest 10cM
Norway
Ancestral Surnames
Mari Jensdotter Storbratan, ca.1733-, Eidsvoll, AK Norway
Eltedalen
Eltdalen
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genetic cousin, 4th-remote, shared 10 cM- longest 10cM
Norway
Ancestral Surnames
Bjarne Martinussen Ostlie 1908-1981 Vang HED Norway
Mari Jensd. Storbratan b.1733 Eidsvoll AKR NO Norway
Eltedalen
Eltdalen
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DNA Castle
Eltz Castle
Eltz Castle
Rhineland-Palatinate
of Germany
Location
Wierschem, D-56294 Munstermaifeld, Germany
Owner Dr. Karl Graf von und zu Eltz-Kempenich
Website
www.burg-eltz.de
Eltz Castle
House/Clan: House von Eltz
Haplogroup: R1a1a1b1a1a1c1
Your DNA
Matching Ancient Samples:
Medieval Germany Sachsen-Anhalt Western Slav Settler Steuden (SDN019) - Sample #2 - Distance: 1
Eltz Castle
https://burg-eltz.de/en/history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eltz_Castle#References
https://mytrueancestry.com/c/main.py#
Eltz Castle / Burg Eltz
House/Clan: House von Eltz
Haplogroup: R1a1a1b1a1a1c1
Matching Ancient Samples:
Medieval Germany Sachsen-Anhalt Western Slav Settler Steuden (SDN019) - Sample #2 - Distance: 1
7. ELTZ CASTLE , Burg Eltz
7. ЗАМОК ЭЛЬЦ, Бург Эльц
DNA ELTZ CASTLE
ELTZ
Eltz Castle
House/Clan: House von Eltz
Haplogroup: R1a1a1b1a1a1c1
Your DNA
Matching Ancient Samples:
1. Medieval Germany Sachsen-Anhalt Western Slav Settler []
2. Steuden (SDN019) - Sample #2 - Distance: 1
7. ELTZ CASTLE , Burg Eltz
7. ЗАМОК ЭЛЬЦ, Бург Эльц
7. Eltz Castle , Burg Eltz in Germany
7. Замок Эльц, Бург Эльц в Германии
Eltz Castle , Burg Eltz
https://burg-eltz.de/en/history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eltz_Castle#References
https://mytrueancestry.com/c/main.py#
7. Eltz Castle , Burg Eltz in Germany
© Copyright: Инна Бальзина-Бальзин, 2026
© Copyright: Inna Balzina-Balzin, 2026
© Copyright: Eanna Inna Balzina-Balzin, 2026
7. Замок Эльц, Бург Эльц в Германии
© Copyright: Инна Бальзина-Бальзин, 2026
© Copyright: Inna Balzina-Balzin, 2026
© Copyright: Eanna Inna Balzina-Balzin, 2026
Анализ ДНК ДРЕВНЕГО населения, лица, замки, 14 января 2026 года
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© Copyright: Инна Бальзина-Бальзин, 2026
© Copyright: Inna Balzina-Balzin, 2026
© Copyright: Eanna Inna Balzina-Balzin, 2026
DNA Ancient Faces And Castles Cross 14 Jan 2026
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ПРИЛОЖЕНИЕ
Your mtDNA Royalty Breakdown
Your Deep Dive match (where you share DNA segments) also share the following Royal mtDNA haplogroup
Austrian Royalty 7.28 %
Spanish Royalty 7.28 %
French Royalty 7.28 %
English Royalty 6.77 %
Holy Roman Empire 6.03 %
Danish Royalty 6.03 %
Prussian Royalty 6.03 %
Bohemian Royalty 5.52%
Sardinian Royalty 4.35 %
Belgian Royalty 4.35 %
Italian Royalty 3.43 %
Grandduke of Luxemburg 3.43%
Russian Royalty 3.43 %
King of Saxony 3.43 %
German Royalty 2.92 %
Bavarian Royalty 2.92 %
Scottish Royalty 2.92 %
Polish Royalty 2.59 %
Swedish Royalty 2.59 %
Greek Royalty 2.59 %
Romanovs 2.59 %
Norvegian Royalty 1.67 %
Stanholder of Holland 1.67%
Great Duke of Tuscany 0.92 %
Portuguese Royalty 0.92 %
Romanian Royalty 0.92 %
Your mtDNA Royalty Breakdown
Your Deep Dive match (where you share DNA segments) also share the following Royal mtDNA haplogroup
Austrian Royalty 7.28 %
Spanish Royalty 7.28 %
Freanch Royalty 7.28 %
English Royalty 6.77 %
Holy Roman Empire 6.03 %
Danish Royalty 6.03 %
Prussian Royalty 6.03 %
Bohemian Royalty 5.52%
Sardinian Royalty 4.35 %
Belgian Royalty 4.35 %
Italian Royalty 3.43 %
Grandduke of Luxemburg 3.43%
Russian Royalty 3.43 %
King of Saxony 3.43 %
German Royalty 2.92 %
Bavarian Royalty 2.92 %
Scottish Royalty 2.92 %
Polish Royalty 2.59 %
Swedish Royalty 2.59 %
Greek Royalty 2.59 %
Romanovs 2.59 %
Norvegian Royalty 1.67 %
Stanholder of Holland 1.67 %
Great Duke of Tuscany 0.92%
Portuguese Royalty 0.92 %
Romanian Royalty 0.92 %
Great Duke of Tuscany 0.92 %
Portuguese Royalty 0.92 %
Romanian Royalty 0.92 %
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Your mtDNA Royalty Breakdown
Your Deep Dive match (where you share DNA segments) also share the following Royal mtDNA haplogroup
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Austrian Royalty 7.28 %
Austrian Royalty 7.28 % ;
Early Bronze Age Corded Ware Culture Volga River Sample #122
2290 BC (BOL007)
Genetic Distance: 11.94
mtDNA:
H5
Medieval Czech Slav
750 AD (Rise568)
Total shared SNPs: 131.0
Largest SNP chain: 131.0
mtDNA:
H
Western Slav Germany Thuringia Obermoellern Sample #28
1050 AD (OBM049)
Genetic Distance: 9.657
mtDNA:
U5a1d2a1
Medieval Germany Sachsen-Anhalt Western Slav Settler Steuden Sample #49
900 AD (SDN013)
Genetic Distance: 10.48
mtDNA:
U5b1e1
Y-DNA:
I2a1a2b1a1
Medieval Germany Sachsen-Anhalt Western Slav Settler Steuden Sample #61
1050 AD (SDN035)
Genetic Distance: 10.76
mtDNA:
U5a2c3a
Y-DNA:
R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2b1a1a1
Medieval Germany Sachsen-Anhalt Western Slav Settler Niederwuensch Sample #67
1100 AD (NDW044)
Genetic Distance: 10.93
mtDNA:
U5a2e
Y-DNA:
R1a1a1b1a2b3a4a2
Mesolithic Belgium Grotte Rousseau Sample #85
8405 BC (I7018)
Genetic Distance: 11.33
mtDNA:
U5b2a
Y-DNA:
I2a1a1b
Russian Imperial Period Volga Region Kibol Sample #90
1787 AD (KBL003)
Genetic Distance: 11.41
mtDNA:
U5b1b1a
Early Iron Age Ukraine Early Slav Petrykiv Ternopil Vysotska Sample #97
1055 BC (UKR171)
Genetic Distance: 11.5
mtDNA:
U5a1a2b
Y-DNA:
R1a1
Eneolithic Russia Ksizovo Sample #109
3300 BC (NEO172)
Genetic Distance: 11.75
mtDNA:
U5a2b2
Y-DNA:
R1b
Medieval Croatia Gornji Kosinj Saint Ana Sample #140
1212 AD (I35012)
Genetic Distance: 12.46
mtDNA:
U5b2a1a1
Y-DNA:
R1a1a1b1a2b
Medieval Latvia Courland Baltic Sample #146
1050 AD (MEZ002)
Genetic Distance: 12.52
mtDNA:
U5b2a1a1
Late Medieval Croatia Gornji Kosinj Saint Ana Sample #147
1250 AD (I34980)
Genetic Distance: 12.55
mtDNA:
U5b2a1a1
Sample #171 Hidden - Upgrade Needed
Hidden (NEO553)
Genetic Distance: 13.01
mtDNA:
U5a
Sample #173 Hidden - Upgrade Needed
Hidden (Sk6866)
Genetic Distance: 13.03
mtDNA:
U5b2a
Y-DNA:
R1b1a
Sample #182 Hidden - Upgrade Needed
Hidden (VEM001)
Genetic Distance: 13.08
mtDNA:
U5a1g
Y-DNA:
I2a1a2b1a1a
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Holy Roman Empire 6.03 %
r mtDNA Royalty Breakdown
Your Deep Dive matches (where you share DNA segments) also share the following Royal mtDNA haplogroups
Holy Roman Empire 6.03 %
Medieval Serbia Gomolava Hrtkovci Vojvodina
885 AD (I1116)
Total shared SNPs: 315.0
Largest SNP chain: 176.0
mtDNA:
T2f
Y-DNA:
I2a1a2b1a1a1a
Early Bronze Age Corded Ware Culture Volga River Sample #122
2290 BC (BOL007)
Genetic Distance: 11.94
mtDNA:
H5
Medieval Czech Slav
750 AD (Rise568)
Total shared SNPs: 131.0
Largest SNP chain: 131.0
mtDNA:
H
Medieval Germany Krakauer Berg Peissen Sample #11
1140 AD (KRA010)
Genetic Distance: 8.51
mtDNA:
H26a1
Y-DNA:
J2b2a1a1a1a1a1a1
Medieval Germany Sachsen-Anhalt Western Slav Settler Niederwuensch Sample #12
1100 AD (NDW008)
Genetic Distance: 8.53
mtDNA:
H2a5
Y-DNA:
R1a1a1b1a2b3a4a2
Late Medieval Kideshka Russia Sample #73
1550 AD (KED001)
Genetic Distance: 11.04
mtDNA:
H24a
Principality of Halych-Volhynia Ukraine Korolivka Sample #78
1250 AD (KRW006)
Genetic Distance: 11.2
mtDNA:
H7c1
Medieval Germany Krakauer Berg Peissen Sample #91
1140 AD (KRA003)
Genetic Distance: 11.42
mtDNA:
H73a
Y-DNA:
R1a1a1b1a1a1c1a
Bronze Age Germany Tollense Valley Battlefield Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Sample #94
1250 BC (WEZ24)
Genetic Distance: 11.44
mtDNA:
H27
Y-DNA:
I2a1b
Viking Age Gotland Frojel Sweden Sample #101
975 AD (VK56)
Genetic Distance: 11.62
mtDNA:
H6a1a
Medieval Germany Sachsen-Anhalt Western Slav Settler Steuden Sample #106
1050 AD (SDN034)
Genetic Distance: 11.68
mtDNA:
H7
Early Medieval Croatia Velim-Velistak Sample #108
750 AD (VEM002)
Genetic Distance: 11.74
mtDNA:
H
Early Medieval Slovakia Bratislava Senec Blatne Sample #126
1250 AD (I12991)
Genetic Distance: 12.09
mtDNA:
H4a1a1a
Sample #189 Hidden - Upgrade Needed
Hidden (KRW011)
Genetic Distance: 13.22
mtDNA:
H7c1
Sample #191 Hidden - Upgrade Needed
Hidden (NDW022)
Genetic Distance: 13.24
mtDNA:
H2a2a1
Sample #193 Hidden - Upgrade Needed
Hidden (SHE004)
Genetic Distance: 13.28
mtDNA:
H6a1a4
Late Bronze Age Chouc Teplice Bohemia Sample #8
800 BC (I16089)
Genetic Distance: 7.938
mtDNA:
H5e1a
Iron Age Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg Hungary Sample #19
260 BC (I18226)
Genetic Distance: 9.367
mtDNA:
H5a3a
Gleb Svyatoslavich Prince of Novgorod Rurik Dynasty Sample #36
1078 AD (VK542)
Genetic Distance: 10.05
mtDNA:
H5a2a
Y-DNA:
I2a1a2b1a1a2
Late Medieval Kideshka Russia Sample #37
1550 AD (KED002)
Genetic Distance: 10.11
mtDNA:
H50
Western Slav Germany Thuringia Obermoellern Sample #66
1050 AD (OBM037)
Genetic Distance: 10.91
mtDNA:
H5a1+152
Early Medieval Croatia Velim-Velistak Sample #68
775 AD (VEM047)
Genetic Distance: 10.93
mtDNA:
H5a2
Medieval Germany Thuringia Obermoellern Western Slav Settler Sample #75
1050 AD (OBM029)
Genetic Distance: 11.07
mtDNA:
H5
Y-DNA:
I2a1a2b1a1a
Western Slav Germany Thuringia Obermoellern Sample #81
1050 AD (OBM047)
Genetic Distance: 11.22
mtDNA:
H5a2
Piast Dynasty Greater Poland Lad Sample #120
1100 AD (PCA0203)
Genetic Distance: 11.92
mtDNA:
H5q
Y-DNA:
R1a1a1b1a1a
Nordic Iron Age Norway Folstad Sample #130
109 AD (CGG105643)
Genetic Distance: 12.22
mtDNA:
H5
Sample #169 Hidden - Upgrade Needed
Hidden (BOL003)
Genetic Distance: 12.95
mtDNA:
H5a1a
Uralic Outlier Iron Age Denmark Bornholm Island Slusegard Sample #102
275 AD (CGG106748)
Genetic Distance: 11.63
mtDNA:
HV
Y-DNA:
I1a2a1a1a1a2b
/ Holy Roman Empire 6.03 %
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Prussian Royalty 6.03 %
Prussian Royalty 6.03 % ;
Medieval Serbia Gomolava Hrtkovci Vojvodina
885 AD (I1116)
Total shared SNPs: 315.0
Largest SNP chain: 176.0
mtDNA:
T2f
Y-DNA:
I2a1a2b1a1a1a
Early Bronze Age Corded Ware Culture Volga River Sample #122
2290 BC (BOL007)
Genetic Distance: 11.94
mtDNA:
H5
Medieval Czech Slav
750 AD (Rise568)
Total shared SNPs: 131.0
Largest SNP chain: 131.0
mtDNA:
H
Medieval Germany Krakauer Berg Peissen Sample #11
1140 AD (KRA010)
Genetic Distance: 8.51
mtDNA:
H26a1
Y-DNA:
J2b2a1a1a1a1a1a1
Medieval Germany Sachsen-Anhalt Western Slav Settler Niederwuensch Sample #12
1100 AD (NDW008)
Genetic Distance: 8.53
mtDNA:
H2a5
Y-DNA:
R1a1a1b1a2b3a4a2
Late Medieval Kideshka Russia Sample #73
1550 AD (KED001)
Genetic Distance: 11.04
mtDNA:
H24a
Principality of Halych-Volhynia Ukraine Korolivka Sample #78
1250 AD (KRW006)
Genetic Distance: 11.2
mtDNA:
H7c1
Medieval Germany Krakauer Berg Peissen Sample #91
1140 AD (KRA003)
Genetic Distance: 11.42
mtDNA:
H73a
Y-DNA:
R1a1a1b1a1a1c1a
Bronze Age Germany Tollense Valley Battlefield Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Sample #94
1250 BC (WEZ24)
Genetic Distance: 11.44
mtDNA:
H27
Y-DNA:
I2a1b
Viking Age Gotland Frojel Sweden Sample #101
975 AD (VK56)
Genetic Distance: 11.62
mtDNA:
H6a1a
Medieval Germany Sachsen-Anhalt Western Slav Settler Steuden Sample #106
1050 AD (SDN034)
Genetic Distance: 11.68
mtDNA:
H7
Early Medieval Croatia Velim-Velistak Sample #108
750 AD (VEM002)
Genetic Distance: 11.74
mtDNA:
H
Early Medieval Slovakia Bratislava Senec Blatne Sample #126
1250 AD (I12991)
Genetic Distance: 12.09
mtDNA:
H4a1a1a
Sample #189 Hidden - Upgrade Needed
Hidden (KRW011)
Genetic Distance: 13.22
mtDNA:
H7c1
Sample #191 Hidden - Upgrade Needed
Hidden (NDW022)
Genetic Distance: 13.24
mtDNA:
H2a2a1
Sample #193 Hidden - Upgrade Needed
Hidden (SHE004)
Genetic Distance: 13.28
mtDNA:
H6a1a4
Late Bronze Age Chouc Teplice Bohemia Sample #8
800 BC (I16089)
Genetic Distance: 7.938
mtDNA:
H5e1a
Iron Age Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg Hungary Sample #19
260 BC (I18226)
Genetic Distance: 9.367
mtDNA:
H5a3a
Gleb Svyatoslavich Prince of Novgorod Rurik Dynasty Sample #36
1078 AD (VK542)
Genetic Distance: 10.05
mtDNA:
H5a2a
Y-DNA:
I2a1a2b1a1a2
Late Medieval Kideshka Russia Sample #37
1550 AD (KED002)
Genetic Distance: 10.11
mtDNA:
H50
Western Slav Germany Thuringia Obermoellern Sample #66
1050 AD (OBM037)
Genetic Distance: 10.91
mtDNA:
H5a1+152
Early Medieval Croatia Velim-Velistak Sample #68
775 AD (VEM047)
Genetic Distance: 10.93
mtDNA:
H5a2
Medieval Germany Thuringia Obermoellern Western Slav Settler Sample #75
1050 AD (OBM029)
Genetic Distance: 11.07
mtDNA:
H5
Y-DNA:
I2a1a2b1a1a
Western Slav Germany Thuringia Obermoellern Sample #81
1050 AD (OBM047)
Genetic Distance: 11.22
mtDNA:
H5a2
Piast Dynasty Greater Poland Lad Sample #120
1100 AD (PCA0203)
Genetic Distance: 11.92
mtDNA:
H5q
Y-DNA:
R1a1a1b1a1a
Nordic Iron Age Norway Folstad Sample #130
109 AD (CGG105643)
Genetic Distance: 12.22
mtDNA:
H5
Sample #169 Hidden - Upgrade Needed
Hidden (BOL003)
Genetic Distance: 12.95
mtDNA:
H5a1a
Uralic Outlier Iron Age Denmark Bornholm Island Slusegard Sample #102
275 AD (CGG106748)
Genetic Distance: 11.63
mtDNA:
HV
Y-DNA:
I1a2a1a1a1a2b
Prussian Royalty 6.03 %
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King of Saxony 3.43 %
our mtDNA Royalty Breakdown
Your Deep Dive matches (where you share DNA segments) also share the following Royal mtDNA haplogroups
Kings of Saxony 3.43% ;
Medieval Czech Slav
750 AD (Rise568)
Total shared SNPs: 131.0
Largest SNP chain: 131.0
mtDNA:
H
Medieval Germany Krakauer Berg Peissen Sample #11
1140 AD (KRA010)
Genetic Distance: 8.51
mtDNA:
H26a1
Y-DNA:
J2b2a1a1a1a1a1a1
Medieval Germany Sachsen-Anhalt Western Slav Settler Niederwuensch Sample #12
1100 AD (NDW008)
Genetic Distance: 8.53
mtDNA:
H2a5
Y-DNA:
R1a1a1b1a2b3a4a2
Late Medieval Kideshka Russia Sample #73
1550 AD (KED001)
Genetic Distance: 11.04
mtDNA:
H24a
Principality of Halych-Volhynia Ukraine Korolivka Sample #78
1250 AD (KRW006)
Genetic Distance: 11.2
mtDNA:
H7c1
Medieval Germany Krakauer Berg Peissen Sample #91
1140 AD (KRA003)
Genetic Distance: 11.42
mtDNA:
H73a
Y-DNA:
R1a1a1b1a1a1c1a
Bronze Age Germany Tollense Valley Battlefield Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Sample #94
1250 BC (WEZ24)
Genetic Distance: 11.44
mtDNA:
H27
Y-DNA:
I2a1b
Viking Age Gotland Frojel Sweden Sample #101
975 AD (VK56)
Genetic Distance: 11.62
mtDNA:
H6a1a
Medieval Germany Sachsen-Anhalt Western Slav Settler Steuden Sample #106
1050 AD (SDN034)
Genetic Distance: 11.68
mtDNA:
H7
Early Medieval Croatia Velim-Velistak Sample #108
750 AD (VEM002)
Genetic Distance: 11.74
mtDNA:
H
Early Medieval Slovakia Bratislava Senec Blatne Sample #126
1250 AD (I12991)
Genetic Distance: 12.09
mtDNA:
H4a1a1a
Sample #189 Hidden - Upgrade Needed
Hidden (KRW011)
Genetic Distance: 13.22
mtDNA:
H7c1
Sample #191 Hidden - Upgrade Needed
Hidden (NDW022)
Genetic Distance: 13.24
mtDNA:
H2a2a1
Sample #193 Hidden - Upgrade Needed
Hidden (SHE004)
Genetic Distance: 13.28
mtDNA:
H6a1a4
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German Royalty 2.92 %
Your mtDNA Royalty Breakdown
Your Deep Dive matches (where you share DNA segments) also share the following Royal mtDNA haplogroups
German Royalty 2.92% ;
Western Slav Germany Thuringia Obermoellern Sample #28
1050 AD (OBM049)
Genetic Distance: 9.657
mtDNA:
U5a1d2a1
Medieval Germany Sachsen-Anhalt Western Slav Settler Steuden Sample #49
900 AD (SDN013)
Genetic Distance: 10.48
mtDNA:
U5b1e1
Y-DNA:
I2a1a2b1a1
Medieval Germany Sachsen-Anhalt Western Slav Settler Steuden Sample #61
1050 AD (SDN035)
Genetic Distance: 10.76
mtDNA:
U5a2c3a
Y-DNA:
R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2b1a1a1
Medieval Germany Sachsen-Anhalt Western Slav Settler Niederwuensch Sample #67
1100 AD (NDW044)
Genetic Distance: 10.93
mtDNA:
U5a2e
Y-DNA:
R1a1a1b1a2b3a4a2
Mesolithic Belgium Grotte Rousseau Sample #85
8405 BC (I7018)
Genetic Distance: 11.33
mtDNA:
U5b2a
Y-DNA:
I2a1a1b
Russian Imperial Period Volga Region Kibol Sample #90
1787 AD (KBL003)
Genetic Distance: 11.41
mtDNA:
U5b1b1a
Early Iron Age Ukraine Early Slav Petrykiv Ternopil Vysotska Sample #97
1055 BC (UKR171)
Genetic Distance: 11.5
mtDNA:
U5a1a2b
Y-DNA:
R1a1
Eneolithic Russia Ksizovo Sample #109
3300 BC (NEO172)
Genetic Distance: 11.75
mtDNA:
U5a2b2
Y-DNA:
R1b
Medieval Croatia Gornji Kosinj Saint Ana Sample #140
1212 AD (I35012)
Genetic Distance: 12.46
mtDNA:
U5b2a1a1
Y-DNA:
R1a1a1b1a2b
Medieval Latvia Courland Baltic Sample #146
1050 AD (MEZ002)
Genetic Distance: 12.52
mtDNA:
U5b2a1a1
Late Medieval Croatia Gornji Kosinj Saint Ana Sample #147
1250 AD (I34980)
Genetic Distance: 12.55
mtDNA:
U5b2a1a1
Sample #171 Hidden - Upgrade Needed
Hidden (NEO553)
Genetic Distance: 13.01
mtDNA:
U5a
Sample #173 Hidden - Upgrade Needed
Hidden (Sk6866)
Genetic Distance: 13.03
mtDNA:
U5b2a
Y-DNA:
R1b1a
Sample #182 Hidden - Upgrade Needed
Hidden (VEM001)
Genetic Distance: 13.08
mtDNA:
U5a1g
Y-DNA:
I2a1a2b1a1a
Sample #186 Hidden - Upgrade Needed
Hidden (BRC058x)
Genetic Distance: 13.15
mtDNA:
U5a1d1
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/ German Royalty 2.92 %
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Bavarian Royalty 2.92 %
/ Bavarian Royalty 2.92 %
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Your mtDNA Royalty Breakdown
Your Deep Dive match (where you share DNA segments) also share the following Royal mtDNA haplogroup
Austrian Royalty 7.28 %
Spanish Royalty 7.28 %
Freanch Royalty 7.28 %
English Royalty 6.77 %
Holy Roman Empire 6.03 %
Danish Royalty 6.03 %
Prussian Royalty 6.03 %
Bohemian Royalty 5.52%
Sardinian Royalty 4.35 %
Belgian Royalty 4.35 %
Italian Royalty 3.43 %
Grandduke of Luxemburg 3.43%
Russian Royalty 3.43 %
King of Saxony 3.43 %
German Royalty 2.92 %
Bavarian Royalty 2.92 %
Scottish Royalty 2.92 %
Polish Royalty 2.59 %
Swedish Royalty 2.59 %
Greek Royalty 2.59 %
Romanovs 2.59 %
Norvegian Royalty 1.67 %
Stanholder of Holland 1.67 %
Great Duke of Tuscany 0.92 %
Portuguese Royalty 0.92 %
Romanian Royalty 0.92 %
Great Duke of Tuscany 0.92 %
Portuguese Royalty 0.92 %
Romanian Royalty 0.92 %
Eltz Castle , Burg Eltz
https://burg-eltz.de/en/history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eltz_Castle#References
https://mytrueancestry.com/c/main.py#
7. Eltz Castle , Burg Eltz in Germany
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Анализ ДНК ДРЕВНЕГО населения, лица, замки, 14 января 2026 года
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© Copyright: Eanna Inna Balzina-Balzin, 2026
DNA Ancient Faces And Castles Cross 14 Jan 2026
http://proza.ru/2026/01/15/581
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