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The House of Endres (German: Haus von Endres) was a cadet branch of the viscounts (German: Burggrafen) of Ketzin of the House of Knoublauch. The branch originated from the merchant Wendelin von Endres who, as a result of the marriage between his son and heir Hermann and the daughter of the viscount of Ketzin, Veronika Knoublauch, attained the ruined Rötteln Castle in the German county of Lörrach. Rötteln was gifted away, as it was to difficult for the viscounts of Knoublauch seated in the Havellandarea in the northern Brandenburg to maintain the domain. And ass the castle of Rötteln had been destroyed during the Franco-Dutch War, on June 29, 1678, and had been used as a source of building stone until it was attained by the Knoublauchs the title of "Freiherr von Rötteln" (English: Baron of Rötteln) was mostly titular.

The barony of Rötteln was held by the House of Endres from 1770 until 1849 where the hereditary title was revoked after Freiherr Ignatz von Endres had supported the Baden revolution (1848-1849).

Ignatz von Endres managed to escape with his closest relatives to Switzerland.

Rötteln castle was once again destroyed by the French during the Franco-Prussian in 1870.

Nikolaus Ritter von Endres
(* 25. Oktober 1862 in Würzburg; † 23. September 1938 in München) - Bayerischer Offizier und Kommandierender General des I. Armee-Korps im Ersten Weltkrieg.

Karl Ritter von Endres
(* 2. Oktober 1847 in München; † 24. Dezember 1907 ebenda) - Bayerischer Generalleutnant.

Franz Carl Endres
(* 17. Dezember 1878 in München; † 10. März 1954 in Muttenz-Freidorf) - Bayerischer Offizier sowie Historiker, Schriftsteller und Freimaurer. Der Sohn des Karl Ritter von Endres.