User:Stephen de Ropp/Ropp (family)
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thumb|252x252px|Ropp family coat of arms Ropp, or von der Ropp, is the name of an aristocratic, Lower Saxon-Baltic noble family that goes back to the western crusade movement into today's Baltic states which was pontifically recognized in 1199. Originally it is a very old family of knights of the German and Johanniterorden orders who were often sworn in as barons and were recognized in this capacity as late as 1786 in Prussia.
The family is of the same tribe and coat of arms as that of Buxhoeveden and, like them, is one of the few crusader families still alive today.