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{{Short description|German noble family}}

{{Short description|German noble family}}

[[File:Quitzow_Siebmacher171_-_Sachsen.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Coat of arms of the Quitzow family]]

[[File:Quitzow_Siebmacher171_-_Sachsen.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Coat of arms of the Quitzow family]]

The ”’von Quitzow”’ family is a [[German nobility|German noble family]], which originated from [[Brandenburg]].

The ”’von Quitzow”’ family is a [[German nobility|German noble family]], which originated from [[Brandenburg]].

== History ==

== History ==

The family came to power in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth century—their power was so great that this period of Brandenburg history is sometimes called the Age of the von Quitzows. Its most famous sons were the [[Robber baron (feudalism)|robber baron]]s, the brothers Dietrich (born 1366) and Hans (born 1370).

The family came to power in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth century—their power was so great that this period of Brandenburg history is sometimes called the Age of the von Quitzows. Its most famous sons were the [[Robber baron (feudalism)|robber baron]]s, the brothers Dietrich (born 1366) and Hans (born 1370).

== Further reading ==

== Further reading ==

* “Quizow, Quitzo, Quitzow, Quizau oder Quitzau”. In Johann Heinrich Zedler (ed.), ”Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon Aller Wissenschafften und Künste”. Volume 30, Leipzig 1741, p. 404.

* “Quizow, Quitzo, Quitzow, Quizau oder Quitzau”. In Johann Heinrich Zedler (ed.), ”Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon Aller Wissenschafften und Künste”. Volume 30, Leipzig 1741, p.404.

* Fontane, Theodor (1888/89). “Quitzöwel”. In ”Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg”, Volume 5 (”Fünf Schlösser. Altes und Neues aus der Mark Brandenburg”), Berlin.

* Fontane, Theodor (1888/89). “Quitzöwel”. In ”Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg”, Volume 5 (”Fünf Schlösser. Altes und Neues aus der Mark Brandenburg”), Berlin.

* Lohmeyer, Karl (1888). “Quitzow”. In ”Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie” (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig. pp. 60–62.

* Lohmeyer, Karl (1888). “Quitzow”. In ”Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie” (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig. pp.60–62.

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[[Category:German families]]

[[Category:German families]]

German noble family