Michael Eytzinger
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Michaël Eytzinger (born ca. 1530 in Obereitzing
- died 1598 in Bonn
), was an Austria
n nobleman, diplomat
, historian
, and publicist
, who first published the principles of a genealogical numbering system of ancestors.
The first Ahnentafel
was published in 1590 by Michaël Eytzinger in his Thesaurus principum hac aetate in Europa viventium (Cologne
), in which he first illustrated his new functional theory of numeration of ancestors by providing genealogies of thirty-four sovereign houses of Europe.
Eytzinger’s method
was used by Jerónimo de Sosa
, in his work Noticia de la gran casa de los marqueses de Villafranca in 1676, and was popularized by Stephan Kekulé von Stradonitz
in his Ahnentafel-atlas in 1898.
Eitzing
Eitzing is a municipality in the district of Ried im Innkreis in Upper Austria, Austria.-Geography:Eitzing is situated 419 m above sea level in the Innviertel. Its dimensions are 4,6 km from the North to the South and 4,3 km from the West to the East. The complete area accounts for 8,62 km². 13,8 %...
- died 1598 in Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
), was an Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n nobleman, diplomat
Diplomat
A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...
, historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
, and publicist
Publicist
A publicist is a person whose job is to generate and manage publicity for a public figure, especially a celebrity, a business, or for a work such as a book, film or album...
, who first published the principles of a genealogical numbering system of ancestors.
The first Ahnentafel
Ahnentafel
An ahnentafel or ahnenreihe is a genealogical numbering system for listing a person's direct ancestors in a fixed sequence of ascent...
was published in 1590 by Michaël Eytzinger in his Thesaurus principum hac aetate in Europa viventium (Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
), in which he first illustrated his new functional theory of numeration of ancestors by providing genealogies of thirty-four sovereign houses of Europe.
Eytzinger’s method
Ahnentafel
An ahnentafel or ahnenreihe is a genealogical numbering system for listing a person's direct ancestors in a fixed sequence of ascent...
was used by Jerónimo de Sosa
Jeronimo de Sosa
Jerónimo de Sosa also known as Hieronymus, Jerome or Geronimo de Sosa, was a 17th century Spanish Franciscan friar and a genealogist who developed a genealogical numbering system of ancestors....
, in his work Noticia de la gran casa de los marqueses de Villafranca in 1676, and was popularized by Stephan Kekulé von Stradonitz
Stephan Kekulé von Stradonitz
Stephan Kekulé von Stradonitz , was a German lawyer, heraldist and genealogist who popularized a genealogical numbering system of ancestors....
in his Ahnentafel-atlas in 1898.