Europäische Stammtafeln - German for European Family Trees - is a series of twenty-nine books which contain sets of genealogical tables of the most influential families of Medieval European history. It is a standard reference work for those researching medieval imperial, royal, and noble families of Europe.
A reference to this work is usually to the third series. A fourth series, identified as Neue Folge, was being written by Rev. Detlev Schwennicke who was the sole author who started at volume 17 and is currently being published Frankfurt am Main, by Verlag Vittorio Klostermann. Twenty-nine volumes are available. Detlev Schwennicke died on 24 December 2012.
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History
The preceding 16 volumes of the third series of the Europäische Stammtafeln (edited by Detlev Schwennicke) were derivative works, building upon the contributions of:
the first series edited by Wilhelm Karl, Prinz zu Isenburg (1903–1956). He published the first volume in 1935 and the second before the start of the Second World War. After the war plans and outlines were drawn up for further volumes but due to illness he did not complete them.
the second series by Frank, Baron Freytag von Loringhoven (1910–1977) was a revision and continuation of Isenburg's work. The first volume was published in 1953 with a further three volumes followed before his death in 1977.
a sixth volume — an edited edition of Loringhoven's first volume, was published 1978 as Schwennicke's first volume.
Between 1978 and 1995 Schwennicke edited another nine volumes up completing the 16 volume third series. A full citation to the third series is:
Schwennicke, Detlev (1978–1995), Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge ("European Family Trees: Family Trees for the History of European States, New Series"), Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt
Volume names
Current volume names of the Europäische Stammtafeln - Neue Folge = European family trees - new series.
1/1: Die fränkischen Könige und die Könige und Kaiser, Stammesherzoge und Kurfürsten, Markgrafen und Herzoge des Heiligen Römischen Reiches Deutscher Nation = The Frankish Kings and the Kings and Emperors, Original Dukes and Electors, Margraves and Dukes of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
1/2: Przemysliden, Askanier, Herzoge von Lothringen, die Häuser Hessen, Württemberg und Zähringen = Przemyslids, Askanians, Dukes of Lorraine, the Houses of Hesse, Württemberg, and Zähringen.
1/3: Die Häuser Oldenburg, Mecklenburg, Schwarzburg, Waldeck, Lippe und Reuß = The houses of Oldenburg, Mecklenburg, Schwarzburg, Waldeck, Lippe and Reuss
3/3: Andere große europäische Familien. Illegitime Nachkommen spanischer und portugiesischer Königshäuser = Other great European families. Illegitimate descendants of Spanish and Portuguese royal houses
3/4: Das feudale Frankreich und sein Einfluß auf die Welt des Mittelalters = Feudal France and its influence on the world of the Middle Ages
3/5: Seitenverwandte der Rurikiden = Collateral Relatives of the Rurikids
5: Standesherrliche Häuser II = Mediatised Houses II
9: Familien des Früh- und Hochkapitalismus = Families of early and high capitalism
10: Pairs de France und ihre Familien = Peers of France and their families
11: Familien vom Mittel- und Oberrhein und aus Burgund = Families of the middle and upper Rhine and from Burgundy