This is a print on demand publication. Contents: (I) Karl Schmid & His Critics: The Formation of Patrilineal Lineages; Georges Duby; Karl Leyser; Friedrich Prinz; Karl Bosl; Wilhelm Stormer; Patrilineal Lineages & the Investiture Conflict; The “Codex Falkensteinensis”; (II) The Ancestors of Count Siboto IV; (III) Siboto IV’s Knowledge of His Ancestry: Siboto’s Own Presentation of His Genealogy; The Falkensteins’ ”Hantgemal”; The Welfs’ Knowledge of Their Ancestry; Patrilineal Consciousness among the Weyarns & Falkensteins; (IV) The Paterfamilias: Family Strategies; The Modling Inheritance; Siboto’s Daughters, Uncle, Nephews, & Niece; Maternal & Paternal Uncles; The Changing Meaning of “Familia”; (V) First Names & Surnames: Legitimate Sons; Bastard Sons; The Adoption of Surnames; The Surnames of Siboto’s Ancestors & Relatives; Siboto’s Surnames; The Surnames of Siboto’s Sons & Grandsons; (VI) The End of the Dynasty: Kuno & Siboto V; Siboto VI & Conrad; The Disposition of the Falkenstein Inheritance; The Causes of the Falkensteins’ Decline; The Causes of Family Extinction. Maps.