Parsberg

The lords of Parsberg were a Bavarian noble family named after Burg Parsberg in the Upper Palatinate; the castle was first documented in 1205. The family first appears in a charter of 1224, when Hainricus de Bartisperc witnessed a deed at Regensburg.

After Bavaria's partition in 1255 the Parsbergs entered the inner circle of the dukes of Upper Bavaria, serving as ministeriales for two generations. Heinrich of Parsberg was imperial Schultheiss of Neumarkt in 1278 and the following years, while Konrad became cathedral dean of Regensburg and a councilor of Duke Rudolf I.

Friedrich of Parsberg was bishop of Regensburg from 1437 to 1449, and after 1443 Werner followed King Christopher of Bavaria to Denmark and founded a Danish branch. Haug served the emperor against the Turks at Vienna in 1529 and died in battle in 1554. The Bavarian male line died out in 1730.