Weber is the surname of an aristocratic German Catholic family from Bavaria. Originating in Upper Franconia

Franconia

Franconia is a region of Germany comprising the northern parts of the modern state of Bavaria, a small part of southern Thuringia, and a region in northeastern Baden-Württemberg called Tauberfranken...

, the male line originates with Friedrich Weber (died 1739), huntsman of the Prince Bishop of Bamberg

Bamberg

Bamberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz, close to its confluence with the river Main. Bamberg is one of the few cities in Germany that was not destroyed by World War II bombings because of a nearby Artillery Factory that prevented planes from...

, as well as mayor of Marktleugast

Marktleugast

Marktleugast is a municipality in the district of Kulmbach in Bavaria in Germany.-City arrangement:Marktleugast is arranged in the following boroughs:...

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George Michael Weber was awarded a (nonhereditary) knighthood upon receiving the rank of Commander of the Merit Order of the Bavarian Crown

Merit Order of the Bavarian Crown

The Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown was an order of merit of the Kingdom of Bavaria established by King Maximilian Joseph I on 19 March 1808. The motto of the order is Virtus et Honos . The order first was awarded in three grades: Grand Cross, Commander, and Knight, however in 1855 the grade...

 on May 19, 1808. He was appointed Deputy Royal representative for Neuburg an der Donau

Neuburg an der Donau

Neuburg an der Donau, literally Neuburg on the Danube River, is a town which is the capital of the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district in the state of Bavaria in Germany.-Divisions:The municipality has 16 divisions:-History:...

, afterward Vice-representative in Amberg

Amberg

Amberg is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the Upper Palatinate, roughly halfway between Regensburg and Bayreuth. Population: 44,756 .- History :...

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The family was enrolled in the knightly class of the kingdom of Bavaria on April 28, 1813. By letters patent dated April 30, 1845 king Ludwig I raised his Secretary of State Carl Adolph Weber to the hereditary nobility with the title of ‘hereditary knight’ (Ritter

Ritter

Ritter is a designation used as a title of nobility in German-speaking areas. Traditionally it denotes the second lowest rank within the nobility, standing above "Edler" and below "Freiherr"...

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The noted mathematician Eduard Ritter von Weber

Eduard Ritter von Weber

Eduard Ritter von Weber was a German mathematician.Von Weber attended the Maximiliangymnasium in Munich, and afterward from 1888-1894 pursued studies in mathematics in Munich, Göttingen, and Paris. In 1893 he was awarded the Ph.D...

 is a member of the family, branches of which can be found in America and Germany. Members have married into the aristocratic families of Chrustschoff (ancient Russian nobles) and von Hahnsberg

Hahnsberg

Or Hansberg, an ancient German noble family settled in the Rhineland, the first recorded ancestor dates from the 11th century. The family held the lordship of Bruck, which enjoyed imperial immediacy, and consequently were enrolled in the Free Imperial Knights of the Holy Roman Empire, in the canton...

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Arms: azure, two stars or between a bend argent.

Crest: three ostrich feathers, azure, argent, azure.

Mantling: azure and or.