House of Bilstein

The Bilstein family (German: Edelherren von Bilstein) was a medieval German noble family in what later became the Duchy of Westphalia with an estate (called Land Bilstein) mainly within the present region of Sauerland in Germany.

Their family home was at Bilstein Castle in the present-day town of Lennestadt.

This Westphalian family of Edelherren should not be confused with the Franconian counts of Bilstein, who held estates on the River Werra and in North Hesse.

The coat of arms depicts three pales vert on a field or.

[1] John I and his son, Dietrich III, of Bilstein used a seal with 3 roses on the shield.