The von Rosenbergs in Texas

official family website
In the Footsteps of My Ancestors, the story of two journeys through southeast Texas
Texas General Land Office — See the maps of Bastrop and Madison counties. My second great grandfather made them.
“Become” one of the von Rosenberg draughtsmen by adopting a map.
historic photos of the Land Office
Peter Carl von Rosenberg … , his wife Amanda, and their son William in The Handbook of Texas Online
The Zapp-Von Rosenberg House (1875) in Henkel Square, Round Top (picture at right)
Corporal Walter von Rosenberg at the battle of Calcasieu Pass
The von Rosenberg-Heintze Company
Marjorie von Rosenberg’s books: here, here, and here at Eakin Press
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The Family Before Texas

Wintzheim, Holwigshof, Laugsch, Raddeilen and Eckitten Estates near Ragnit and Memel c. 1741 to 1849
map showing Ragaine (Lithuanian form of Ragnit) map showing Neman (Russian name for Ragnit)
Garossen Estate in Kurland/Courland from 1500 until the Krottingen War in 1786
(German: Krottingen or Krettingen, Lithuanian and Russian: Kretinga, Polish: Kretynga)
an unidentified 18th century Prussian vonRosenberg horseman
In 1795, after the third division of Poland, the province of Courland was annexed by Russia. …
Did a von Rosenberg join fellow Courlanders in Tobago [Courland possessed one of the largest maritime fleets in the world]
Courland history and coinage
The von Rosenberg family is still listed.
listing of passengers on the Franziska 6 Dec. 1849

An Otto von Rosenberg moved from Sweden to Courland in 1500.
[During the years 1389-1521, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway were united into the Kalmar Union.]

An early work by an Ursini.
The Ursini family on Mons Rosarum near the city of Rome until 546 when Ostrogoth King Totila overcame the Byzantine Belisarius to take the city as told by this History of Krumau (Ceský Krumlov).
Orsini Family Members
No Orsinis before 1191? Before Orsini… Boboni?
Ursus de Paro in Rome 998 …
“Bear of Bobone can be considered like the effective prototype of the family of the Orsini” (Google's translation)
“Bear of Bobone can be considered like the real progenitor of the family of the Orsini” (as translated by FreeTranslation.com)
Ursini Forefather: Ursus (the Bear)

Counts of (von) Rosenberg. The family of Ursin (Orsini) von Rosenberg lineage is not clear and may not be connected to the Orsini family of Italy. However, the lineage of Rosenberg is Catholic and known to have originated in Carinthia, Austria. (source)

the Pøemysl family (which had its beginnings in the village of Stadice near Ústí nad Labem) …

“A party of Italians arrive in Baltic in 900 and establish the groundworks for the Lithuanian state; included were Palamon, Libo, Julian, Dorsprugo, Prosper and Casr Colonna, Hecktor and Ursini Rosa.” (source: Kapolowier)
A party of Romans led by Captain Libo arrive in the Baltic and become the Livonian people.
Homeric theories: Livonians as the Homeric Lybians, the Baltic Iliad …
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