House of Lopin–Rekut

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–Rekut The House of Lopin–Rekut encompasses nearly five hundred individuals spanning over nine centuries, from 1082 to the present day. The family shows strong roots in the Rhineland and Westphalia regions of Germany, with particular concentration around the Siegen-Wittgenstein area and towns like Feudingen and Erndtebrueck. The Weber surname appears most frequently among the line, followed by Menn and Lopin itself, suggesting these were the principal family names carried through successive generations. Members also settled in German-Polish borderlands and in Alsatian France, reflecting the mobile nature of this population across the centuries. With an average lifespan of 64 years and documented cases of individuals reaching 119, the family demonstrates the typical mortality patterns of pre-modern and modern Europe combined. The nine-hundred-year span suggests a resilient lineage that persisted through major demographic transitions, from medieval times through industrialization. The data reveals a fundamentally German and German-speaking family with deep regional connections to the territories around the Rhine and Sieg rivers, where records place the bulk of their births and settled communities.

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