Andreas von Graben

Andreas von Graben
Burgrave of Sommeregg
Von Graben coat of arms, Scheiblersches Wappenbuch
Reign	1442–1463
Successor	Virgil von Graben
Born	15th century Kornberg Castle, Styria
Died	1463 Sommeregg Castle, Carinthia
Buried	St Leonard's Church, Treffling
Noble family	House of Graben von Stein
Spouse(s)	Barbara Hallecker
Issue eight children, oa Virgil von Graben
Father	Friedrich I von Graben
Mother	Katharina von Sommeregg

Andreas von Graben zu Sommeregg (15th century – 1463) was a Carinthian knight and nobleman residing at Sommeregg Castle. He served as a burgrave and castellan governor in the Ortenburg estates, held by the Counts of Celje until 1456.

Born at Kornberg Castle in the Duchy of Styria, Andreas von Graben was a descendent of the noble (edelfrei) Graben von Stein family, who sprang out from the House of Gorizia (Meinhardiner dynasty) ruling the County of Görz, as well as the County of Tyrol and the Duchy of Carinthia in former times.

He was the son of Friedrich I von Graben (d. 1422 at Kornberg Castle) and Katharina von Summeregk (Sommeregg); Burgrave Friedrich II von Graben was a brother of him. Andreas' nephew Ulrich III von Graben became a confidant of the Habsburg emperor Frederick III. Andreas` sister (?) Veronica von Graben (d. 1467) was married to Philipp Breuner (d. 1458), and Elisabeth von Graben married with Georg von Auersperg (d. 1488).

In 1442 Count Frederick II of Celje enfeoffed Andreas von Graben with the Lordship of Sommeregg. He served as a captain (Hauptmann, a sort of stadtholder) of the former Ortenburg estates and also as burgrave (Viscount) and knight at Sommeregg, which he chose as his residence. In 1445 he was involved in the fierce feud between Count Henry VI of Gorizia and his wife Catherine of Gara and later supported the military campaigns of his bellicose liege lord Count Ulrich II of Celje. In 1450 he was also named as Burggraf of Sternberg, near Wernberg.