House of Lopin–Kieper

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–Kieper The Lopin–Kieper line encompasses nearly five hundred individuals spanning roughly nine and a half centuries, from the early twelfth century to the present day. The family draws its primary surnames from Weber, Menn, and Lopin, with secondary names including Keppler, Schneider, Keller, Feuring, and Kieper appearing with notable frequency. Members have typically lived into their mid-sixties, with documented lifespans ranging up to 119 years, reflecting the gradual improvements in longevity across the centuries represented in this record. The family's geographic footprint centers on the Rhineland and Westphalia regions of Germany, particularly around the Bad Laasphe and Siegen-Wittgenstein area, with secondary settlements documented in Alsace and the former German territories of Grenzmark Posen-Westpreußen in Prussia. This distribution suggests a family rooted in the borderlands between German-speaking populations, maintaining local ties across multiple generations while occasionally extending into neighboring regions. The data alone cannot detail the specific occupations, migrations, or circumstances that shaped this line's development, but the consistent geographic clustering and surname patterns indicate a substantial, settled family presence over centuries.

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