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FĂĽrstenberg (baronial family)
Fürstenberg is the name of a German noble family of Westphalia, descended from one Hermanus de Vorstenberg, a liegeman of the Archbishop of Cologne, who was among the prince electors (Kurfürsten) of the Holy Roman Empire. Hermanus held a castle for his lord called "Fürstenberg" (The Princely Mountain) in Ense-Höingen in Soest; this would give the family its name.
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