Branches of the Bibra Family
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Family Branches
The upper one is an updated outline and the lower one is from the family histories from the 1800's.
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For the last four centuries the family has divided itself between two Branches named after the two brothers
whom all living Bibra descend: Valentine (1560 - 1595) and Bernhard (1562- 1609).  Within each branch, the
family has divided further in Lines centered on castles and a manor house.  The last two centuries, the Lines
are as follows:

Valentine Branch
       Adelsdorf Line (extinct in the male line since 1993)   
              Raised to Imperial Barons (Reichsfreiherr) 1698
              Became Bavarian Barons 1815
      Gleicherweisen Line
               Raised to Imperial Barons (Reichsfreiherr) 1698
              Became Bavarian Barons 1815
      Schwebheim Line (extinct 1958)
              Raised to Imperial Barons (Reichsfreiherr) 1698
              Became Bavarian Barons 1817
       Schnabelwaid, later Weisendorf Line (extinct 1856)
               Raised to Imperial Barons (Reichsfreiherr) 1698
               Became Bohemian Barons 1810
      
Bernhard Branch        
      Brennhausen Line
               Raised to Imperial Barons (Reichsfreiherr) 1772
              Became Bavarian Barons 1828        
      Bibra-Bibra Line
               Raised to Imperial Barons (Reichsfreiherr) 1772
              Became Bavarian Barons 1816
      Irmelshausen Line (Older sub-line & Younger sub-line)
              Raised to Imperial Barons (Reichsfreiherr) 1713
              Became Bavarian Barons 1816