ROYALTY

Furstenau also identified a royal family from the same area. From the early feudal system, the baron was the lowest rank, way below the rank of duke or count. The rank just above baron was lord and since the lord couldn’t protect all his property he assigned a baron to oversee certain areas. In a genealogical table about Royal families during World War II there are several names with the last name Ehrback-Furstenau. The chart goes back five generations so there definitely was royalty in the region.

Dad had mentioned Baron von Furstenau so I researched for more information. Although my search revealed many references to the Furstenau family I had no real way of uncovering the actual name of the baron who occupied that castle. I did locate one Furstenau name which could be part of the royalty from that area. The time frame for this person is 1755-1821, if I have the correct information. The name is Adelbert Ludwig Albert Eberhard Freidrich von Ehrbach Furstenau.