House of Lopin–Roßbach

Notable figures of the house

Rollo (Hrólfr) the Viking

Famous Viking, first ruler of Normandy

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Leonhardt Schneider

Famous Hutterite Anabaptist from Kaufbeuren Martyr

1490 – 1546

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Johann Zieger

Eldest of the Heiligenkreuz Zieger brothers; his 1851 marriage opened the whole line

1824 –

Robert DE VERE

One of the twenty-five guarantors of Magna Carta.

1164 – 1221

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Johann Zieger

Lutheran cottager of Heiligenkreuz — earliest proven father of the Zieger paternal (R-M167) line

1797 – 1833

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Elisabeth Peter

Wife and mother of the Heiligenkreuz Ziegers; her maiden name, long uncertain, proven 'Peter'

1802 – 1850

The story of this house

# House of Lopin–Roßbach The House of Lopin–Roßbach encompasses nearly five centuries of documented family history, spanning from 1082 to the present day across 480 individuals. Members typically lived into their mid-sixties, with exceptional longevity reaching 119 years. The most prominent surnames—Weber, Menn, Lopin, and Keppler—appear repeatedly across generations, suggesting strong family consolidation through marriage and naming practices common to German-speaking regions. The family's geographic roots lie firmly in western German territories, with the highest concentration of births in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district of what is now North Rhine-Westphalia, particularly around Erndtebrueck and Feudingen. Secondary clustering appears in nearby Alsatian and Prussian regions, reflecting the fluid borders and migration patterns of the area across nearly a millennium. The combination of surnames like Weber (meaning weaver) and occupational or locational names suggests working and artisan families rather than nobility, embedded in the small towns and rural communities of the Rhine and Westphalian landscapes.

Those who came before

1955–2022

1920–

1791–1854

1854–1943

1891–1976

1881–1965

1953–2021

1930–2021

1922–

1897–1984

1900–1978

1622–1675

1589–1634

1490–1546

1648–1676

1646–1733

1603–1675

1848–1932