Talk:Kane (noble family)

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Quite recently I was informed that the noble Kane family in Norway most probably was of Westslavic-German origin (presumably from Brandenburg as some sources tell) and descended from the von Kanitz family, in that case being an until recently unknown Norwegian branch. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanitz_(Adelsgeschlecht) http://sherpe.com/family/pdfs/sherpe_ostrem_history/torunn.pdf http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/a/r/e/Charles-L-Arendts-ID/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1202.html

Presumably the early Kanitz-Kanes dropped the obviously “un-nordic“ original patronymic slavic –itz ending and therefore changed Kan-itz into Kan-e. This presently only very thinly documented assumption is considerably strengthened by the fact that the Kane family´s coat of arms is identical to the von Kanitz coat of arms.

https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Kane_Ped.JPG

Interestingly enough a „Torald Kane-von Kanitz-Brandenburg“ must have married a daughter of King Hakon IV, Torunn (Thoron) Hakonsdatter.

http://www.wæraas.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I60160&tree=1

The noble Kane family became extinct in the late 15th century (according to this Norwegian Wikipedia entry). If their possible von Kanitz ancestry - expressly mentioned in several internet sources (see above) - can be sufficiently proved it should be included in the Kane entry. --HeinrichChristian (talk) 16:22, 16 December 2013 (UTC)