Bethe
Bethe, also spelled Betha, is the name of an ancient minor German noble family originating from the region of Pomerelia in Prussia. The first person notable person to hold the name was Caspar von Bethe, a knight of the Teutonic Order who led the Teutonic takeover of Danzig.[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, later entitled as Ritter von Betha in the Prussian and Austrian nobility.[2]
| Betha Bethe | |
|---|---|
| Noble family | |
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| Parent family | House of Nostitz |
| Current region | United States East Coast, Austria, Germany |
| Etymology | German; from the Lords of Bethany, Kingdom of Jerusalem |
| Place of origin | Pomerania, and the Crusader States |
| Founded | 1332; 691 years ago |
| Founder | Caspar von Bethe, Lord of Konitz |
| Historic seat | Conitz |
| Titles | Lord of Konitz Knight of the Teutonic Order Knight of the Austrian Empire Count Roehenstart |
| Connected families | House of Croÿ-Havré
House of McInnis-Stuart House of Dyhrn Kingsleys of New York |
It is also a given name which may refer to:
- 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 minister and rapper
- Bethe Correia (born 1983), Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Ernst Ludwig von Betha, Austrian nobleman and grandson of Angelo Soliman
- Joachim de Betha, official of the Holy Roman Empire and lord-governor of Cambrésis
See also
- All pages with titles containing Bethe
- All pages with titles beginning with Bethe
- Bethel (disambiguation)
- Prussian nobility
References
- 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.
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