Book Title: Genealogiae aliquot familiarum nobilium in Saxonia : quae vel a comitibus vel baronibus ortae, quosdam pontificiam, quosdam episcopalem dignitatem adeptos produxerunt / Collectae opera et studio M. Hieronymi Henninges Luneburgensis ecclesiastae ; nunc autem denuo auctiores et correctiores ex Bibliotheca Ranzoviana editae ; Quibus accesserunt insignia fere omnium, qui genere nobiles in Ducatibus Slesuigae, Holsatiae ac Stormariae, arces munitas, elegantia castra, praedia, domicilia, etc. possederunt, ... item in calce descriptio monumenti ab Henrico Ranzio ... etc.

Author: Henninges, Hieronymus, d. 1597

Image Title: Portrait of Wiprecht the Younger

Description: Wiprecht the Younger (also Wiprecht III; d. 1117) stands in armor, holding a battle flag and a shield. The brief biography to his left indicates that he co-ruled the counties of Groitzsch and Leisnig with his father Wiprecht II (d. 1124). The shield’s symbols refer to parts of their domain: the horse represents Groitzsch, the swan represents Zwickau, and the two-color field perhaps denotes Leisnig or the family proper.

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