This page includes a variety of families that go back as far as the 10th Century. Given this length of time, some of the family connections shown here cannot be verified and in making them we relied on claims made by others. The various connections, whether actual or not, ultimately lead to Rabbi Israel Henschel Isserles and as such the progenitor of the family by that name.
The following descent ‘diagram’ from Judah de Narbonne on down to Israel Isserles uses >> to indicate a child of, and == a marriage between. N.N. stands for ‘No Name’ i.e. we do not know the name and we do not know the parents.
Judah de Narbonne == N. N. >> Gershom ben Judah / Gershom ben Yehudah Me’or Hagolah (ca. 960 – 1040) == Bonna daughter of Kalonymus II ben Moshe II Kalonymos II >> Eliezer ben Rabbenu Gershom == N. N. >> Daughter of Eliezer == N. N. >> Eliezer ben Nassan ben Nassan Reban of Mainz (1090 – 1170) == A Daughter of Elyakim ben Yosef >> A Daughter == Elyakim Yehuda ben Yehuda >> Rabbi Uri ben Elyakim = N. N. >> Rabbeinu Yechiel ben Uri, HaChassid (ca. 1210 – 1263) of Cologne == N. N. >> Rabbeinu Asher ben Yechiel (1250 – 1327) [born in Cologne died at Toledo] == Yutta Daughter of Shlomo Judlein >> Rabbeinu Yaakov Asher ben Asher, Baal HaTurim (ca. 1269 – ca. 1343) [born in Cologne died at Chios, Greece, buried in Toledo] == N. N. >> Rabbi Shlomo son of Rabbeinu Yaakov ben Asher, etc. (ca. 1313 – ca. 1349) == N. N. >> Rabbi Yisroel of Krems / Israel of Krems (author of “Hagahoth Asheri” / “Haguhot Ushri”) (ca. 1328 – ca. 1353) == N. N. >> Rabbi Chayim Hantchel Henschel of Hainburg, or Henborg / Heimberg (ca. 1350 – ca. 1443) == Daughter of Rabbi Oyzer of Schlesien >> Rabbi Pethachiah Ashkenazi (ca. 1370 – ca. 1410) == N. N. >> Rabbi Israel Henschel Isserles (1390 – 1460) == Breina Lazaras (Goldman) >> ISSERLES FAMILY
This descent ‘diagram’ below begins with Yehudah Ben Moshe HaKohen and shows the descent to an unnamed granddaughter who marries Eliezer ben Nassan ben Nassan (above).
Rabbi Yehudah Ben Moshe HaKohen, “Sire Léonṭin” == N. N. >> A Daughter == Elyakim Joseph ben Yosef >> A Daughter == Rabbenu Eliezer ben Nassan ben Nassan (1090 – 1170) >> AS ABOVE
The following eight individuals, who form part of the descent to Isserles illustrated above and on the chart below, each have their own page on Wikipedia to which they are linked.
- Rabbi Yehudah Ben Moshe HaKohen, “Sire Léonṭin”
- Gershom ben Judah (aka Gershom Me’or ha-Golah) [his brother was Machir ben Judah]
- Elyakim Joseph ben Yosef
- Eliezer ben Nassan ben Nassan Reban of Mainz
- Asher ben Yechiel
- Jacob ben Asher, Baal HaTurim
- Israel of Krems
- Israel Henschel Isserles / Israel Isserlein ben Petachia
The chart below represents the same information as above.
