In the year 1603 this coat of arms was conferred on Thomas Eschenbeck by the "German Emperor Rudolf II" (* 05/03/1552 in Vienna, + 01/20/1612 in Prague) for exceptional merits on Castle Forchtenstein in Austria.
Castle Forchtenstein was at that time, like nowadays, in the possession of the Princes of Esterházy (an old Hungarian lineage).
Thomas Eschenbeck was the assigned official of the chancellery of the Castle Forchtenstein.
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