Dear all, Jobst von Kospoth (fl. 1494-1546) was lord of Seubtendorff and Schilbach in modern-day Thuringia, married Maria von Creutzen, daughter of Bernhard von Creutzen a. Niedendorff, and left numerous descendants surviving into the present day. That much seems clear. Less clear, however, is his ancestry. Valentin König in his generally reliable - for the time - _Genealogische Adels-Historie_ of 1736 states that Jobst was the eldest son of Hans von Kospoth a. Seubtendorff und Schilbach (d. 1493) by his wife Ursula von Watzdorff a.d.H. Zop(po)ten and provides a fairly circumstantial pedigree back to the mid-twelfth century. However, the 1903 edition of the _Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der adeligen Häuser_ also deals with this family and instead states that Jobst was the son of one Friedrich von Kospoth a. Seubtendorff und Schilbach (fl. 1479, 1494), and grandson of Karl von Kospoth (fl. 1447), but provides no further information. Did the editors of the Taschenbuch have access to documentation which disproved König's pedigree? I wonder. Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated, as would suggestions for published primary sources dealing with late medieval Saxony. For the record, Jobst von Kospoth appears on Genealogics at http://genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00452024&tree=LEO And is given for parents Hans von Kospoth and Ursula von Drachsdorff (rather than Watzdorff): http://genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00452020&tree=LEO http://genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00452021&tree=LEO It might be of interest to the group that Jobst von Kospoth is ancestral to Anna Petronilla von Pölnitz, wife of Edward Morgan and mother-in-law of the privateer Henry Morgan. All best wishes, Kelsey