Bethe
| Betha Bethe | |
|---|---|
| Noble family | |
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| Country |  GermanyFormer countries |
| Place of origin | Pomerania, and the Crusader States |
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| Estate(s) | Château de Krobnitz Markendorf Conitz |
The House of Betha or Bethe is a formerly noble german family.
History
[edit]The firstnotable person to hold the name was Caspar von Bethe, a knight of the Teutonic Order who led the Polish-Teutonic wars.[1] After the conquest, he was granted lordship of Conitz for his service. In later centuries, his descendants in Austria and Brandenburg-Prussia went on to establish a noble lineage, entitled as Freiherr and Ritter von Bethe in the Prussian and Austrian nobility.[2]
Another cadet branch of the family remained in Austria-Hungary,[3] losing their title and legal status after the First World War. Most remaining members in Central Europe descend from the Prussian and Hungarian cadet branches respectively, along with the senior branch residing in the United States.
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Markendorf, estate of the Prussian branch after the Renaissance.
Notable people with the surname Betha or Bethe
[edit]- Albrecht Bethe (1872–1954), German physiologist and father of Hans Bethe
- Erich Bethe (1863–1940), German philologist
- Hans Bethe (1906–2005), German-American nuclear physicist
- Kitty Cooper (born 1960), American bridge player also known as Kitty Bethe
- Mason Betha (born 1975), American rapper known as Mase
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels Adelige Häuser B (in German) (57th Volume ed.). Limburg: Starke Verlag. 1974.
- ^ Kneschke, Ernst Heinrich (1859). Neues allgemeines Deutsches Adels-Lexicon (New general German Aristocracy Lexicon) (in German). Leipzig: Friedrich Voigt.
- ^ Tötösy de Zepetnek, Steven (2010). "List of Historical Surnames of the Hungarian Nobility". Clcweb Library. Purdue University Press.
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