Genealogy

VII.1 KNIGHT HANS de BENHUSEN BELIEVED TO BE THE SON OF JOHANNES von BENNHAUSEN, VI.1 CHRONOLOGY: 1330: 1356. April 29. Fulda 1357. August 24 Amtmann in Vacha. 1358. January 16 Amtmann in Vacha. 1364. Doc. as a knight. Information received from the Director of Vacha Casttle Archive VII.2 KNIGHT TYLE doc. 1352 - 1407 brother of Johann v. Beenhausen VI.1 a knight as of 1364. mar: Jutta Schrimpf 1385 - 1397 (daughter of Hertnit? Schrimpf and Alheid.) Lord of Dietlas castle 1376

VI.1 KNIGHT JOHANN (HANS von BENHUSEN) CHRONOLOGY: 1385. August 24 VI.3 CUNRAT (CONRAD) von BENHUSEN UND JUTHE doc. Sep. 23, 1337 CHRONOLOGY: SAXONY

KNIGHT IOHANNES (JOHANNES) de BENHUSEN CHRONOLOGY: 1288: April 11, Salzungen, Knight Iohannes de Benhusen is a witness for Henry lord of Frankensteins business transaction with the Frauensee monastery. 1293: April 11, Salzungen, Iohannes de Benhusen is a witness for Henry lord of Frankensteins business transaction with the Frauensee monastery. 1309: Aug. 15, Wartburg, Knight Iohannes de Benhusen is a witness for the land count Fredericks business transaction with the Frauensee monastery. Information received from the Director of Vacha Casttle Archive

WIGAND de BEENHAUSEN    Marshall of Hersfeld CHRONOLOGY: 1222: Wigand was a witness for a document that gave in fief the parish of Lupnits and all its possessions to the Frauensee Convent from the Abbot of Hersfeld. 1222: Kraynberg castle: The Abbot of Hersfeld testifies that his Marscalcus Wigand sold his property in Lindenau (presumably a village in the county of Rotenburg), fief of Hersfeld, to the Frauensee Convent (near Eisenach). 1224: Feb 18, Kraynberg castle: In Act 17, the Abbot Ludwig of Hersfeld agreed that the Propst Eckehard von Aue could purchase from Marschall Wigand von Beenhausen 10% of the Ruchersfeld estate and give this purchase as a gift to the church in Aue. Comment: It is not clear whether Wigand was a free man or a ministerial of the Hersfeld monastery. Sometimes a free man would become a ministerial because he has been given a “Lehen”. But it seems Wigand had more property than a ministerial would have at that time. Futhermore, there is no refere...

III.1,2,3 NORTMANN, WACHSMUT, and GERLINT von BENNENHUS

II.1 RUBBERTUS von BENNENHAUS

I.1 WIGAND von BENEHUSIN doc. 1162 - 1187 CHRONOLOGY: born: circa 1110 died: before 1169 1162-1187: During this period Wigand is listed as a witness for the ministerial of the Hersfeld monastery, Ludeger von Dorndorfs agreement to yearly pay his servant Berthold six denare. COMMENT:  1179:  If Wigand and his wife were the parents of Rubbertus II.1, then they were dead at this date, since Rubbertus made a contribution to the Herzfeld Monastery for Masses, to be said for their souls. Link: Sources for Wigand PICTURES of BEENHAUSEN in the 19th & 20th CENTURIES: The Parsonage in Approximately 1890 The Local Inn in 1952 A View of the Old Village Center (1890)

BERNHARD von BERNHARDSHAUSEN Born: circa 1160 Legendary founder of the von Bennhausen and von der Dressel families.  He is believed to have been a free nobleman, lord of the Bernhardshausen estates, and vassal of the abbot of Hersfeld monastery which was founded between 769 and 775 in the Duchy of Hessen.