Altenbockum (noble family)

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Coat of arms of those of Altenbockum

Altenbockum (also called Alten-Bockum, Aldenbockum, Grimberg called Altenbockum, Oldenbockum and Alten-Bockum) is the name of a noble family from Westphalia . In 1307 Wennemar von Grimberg, also known as Wennemar von Aldenbockum, was officially named as a knight and castle man of Count Eberhard I von der Mark . The family line Grimberg, later also known as Grimberg called Altenbockum, was founded from the parent company Schloss Grimberg , from which some members emigrated to the Duchy of Courland and Semgallia and to Livonia in the 16th century . Their lines began with Karl von Altenbockum, Herr auf Weweßen, Klanen (near  Talsi ) and Uggenzehm, from which the other lines in Hesse and Saxony descended.

Origin of the noble family

Grimberg Castle on a postcard from 1913

The said family comes from the county of Mark and was previously called Grimberg, as they came from the place with the Grimberg Castle . Later they took over the majority of the name of the village "Altenbockum", which was in the Blankenstein office and had come to them through marriage, conquest or inheritance. Johann von der Berswordt wrote in the Westphälisch adlich Stammbuch p. 417: "Grimberg zum Grimberg im Ambt Bochumb". And before that he sets †: “Nobilis familia Marcana Alenbaeckum haud pridem emorta”. In the following people with the name Grimberg, called Altenbockem and Altenbockem, are mentioned in the further history:

  • 1307 Wenmar von und zu Grimberg, (Winemarus miles de Grintberg) is probably the one to whom a sealed letter can be assigned in 1328. On this seal is a ring with the inscription: "Wenmar de Grymberghe, Miles".
  • 1411 Johann von Aldenbockum, Wilm von Büren and Bernd von Strünckede waged war with Archbishop Friedrich of Cologne
  • 1512 Johan von Aldenbockum inherited Bergkamen
  • 1544 Casper von Aldenbockum went to Livonia
  • 1569 Neveling von Aldenbockum, Lord of Werne . Administrator of the Hochstifte Osnabrück and Paderborn .

More trunk lines

Municipal coat of arms of Rünthe (ring comes from the family coat of arms of the Lords of Altenbockum)

There are other gender tables, to which belong: Aldenbockum zur Wisch, Aldenbeckum zur  Heyde , Aldenbockum zu  Altenmengede , Aldenbockum zu Tyll and Altenbockum zur  Rünte .

Family table Grimberg in Westphalia

  • Wennemar (I.) von Grimberg (around 1220–1271), documented knight 1263–1271
  • Wennemar (II.) Von Grimberg (around 1255–1282), documented knight 1278–1282 in Grimberg
  • Wennemar (III.) Von Grimberg (around 1265–1336), knight and lord of Altenbockum
  • Wennemar (IV.) "The younger" of Grimberg called von Altenbockum (1306–1371), documented knight 1289–1337, lord of Altenbockum
  • Johann von Grimberg called von Altenbockum (* around 1305, † around 1350 in Altenbockum)
  • Dietrich von Griemberg "the old man" called von Altenbockum zur Heyde (* around 1350; † around 1380 in Altenbockum)
  • Johann von Grimberg called Altenbockum "the old man" (around 1395–1454), Lord of Altenbockum
  • Johann von Grimberg called von Altenbockum zu Wisch (* around 1440–1487), knight, Drost zu Bochum
  • Johann von Grimberg called von Altenbeckum, Herr zu Wisch (1497–1514), Drost zu Bochum and Goch
  • Johann von Grimberg called Altenbockum, Herr zu Wisch

Family table Livonia and Courland

Dietrich von Altenbockum was Vogt of Kandau in Livonia from 1476 to 1483 and Commander of Goldingen from 1484 to 1490 . This was the first time that the Altenbockums provided a brother knight for the Teutonic Order in Livonia. Johann von Altenbockum, for whom this document is the earliest evidence, also came to Courland through Dietrich's mediation. In the same year, 1492, another sales document about Ösulsche's possession to Johann von Altenbockum is dated . The following family members lived in Livonia and Courland:

  • Johan (II.) Von Aldenbockum (* between 1450 and 1510), lord of Altenbockum, knight since 1493, documented mention 1500, moved to East Prussia , died in Karkeln in 1517 , followed by the male line:
    • Philipp von Altenbockum (* between 1490 and 1544), Lord of Kallitzen
    • Johann (III.) Von Altenbockum (1510–1570), Lord of Dursuppen and Zehren ∞ Elisabeth von Hahn (between 1462 and 1533)
      • Heinrich (I.) von Altenbockum († 1618), Lord of Zehren and Rinkuln,
      • Heinrich (II.) Von Altenbockum (* around 1610; † before 1653), heir to Zehren and Dur soups

Further names in Courland

Coat of arms of the Duchy of Courland and Zemgale

The family "von dem Grimberg called Altenbockum" is listed in the list of all families belonging to the Kurland indigenous nobility.

In the Baltic Book of Arms they are listed as "von dem Grimberg called Altenbockum", an ancient nobility that died out in Kurland. It should be noted that they continued to bloom in Prussia as "Altenbockum". There is evidence that the following officers of the family were in Prussian service between 1700 and 1800 : Johan Ernst von Alten-Bockum, Johann Ernst from Kurland, Johann Friedrich von Alten-Bockum from Kurland and Samuel von Alten-Bockum from Lithuania . In a large number of feudal, purchase and pledge deeds, documents about marriage pronouncements, border inspections, legal disputes, pension transactions and more, information is provided about the life of those from Altenbockum, whereby the spellings here also range from Oldenbokem to Oldenbukem to Altenbockem. All documents come from the Goldingen area . In the general lexicon of writers and scholars of the provinces of Livonia, Esthland and Courland, Volume 1, Georg Friedrich von Alten-Bockum, heir to Popraggen in Courland (* June 14, 1734, † 1788) with the title “Preliminary thoughts, why the Improvement of the laws of the royal Pilsen circle given the occasion, designed by a settler of the circle. Mitau, 1777. He left a continuation in the manuscript “and Gerhard Georg von Alten-Bockum (* in Kurland 1732), major in imperial Russian service with a document which he dedicated to his father GGv alten Bockum ( Mitau without the year).

New Courland

Courland colonization of Tobago (Latvian postage stamp, 2001)

The island of Tobago , whose name is derived from tobacco, was discovered by Columbus. In the 17th century the French, British, Dutch and Kurlanders fought over control of the island. The Duchy of Courland and Zemgale prepared to participate in the distribution of the colonial lands in 1682. The Courland Duke Friedrich Casimir continued his father's colonial policy. After several unsuccessful negotiations and violent Inbesitznahmen the island of Tobago, he sent in 1687, defying ongoing negotiations in London , the country Marshal Dietrich von Altenbockum with 400 men to Tobago. At first he managed to establish himself on the island, but as a result of an injury, Altenbockum died in 1688. The settlement of the Kurlanders stalled around 1689 and was abandoned by the duke between 1690 and 1691.

Hessian-Saxon lines Alten-Bockum

Karl von Altenbockum emigrated from Westphalia to the Duchy of Courland and Semgallia around 1600, he became master of Weweßen, Klanen and Uggenzehm

Coat of arms in the Baltic Book of Arms from 1882

coat of arms

  • A silver ring in the middle of the black escutcheon . On the helmet , with black and silver blankets, a growing (silver-winged) black dog with a silver collar (occasionally also a griffin , whose chest is covered with a silver ring).
  • The coat of arms of the Courland line shows a gold ring in black. On the helmet with black and gold covers, a growing, gold-banded, red-tongued black male, whose chest is covered with a gold ring, between an open flight divided by black, gold and black on the right and gold, black and gold on the left .

Web links

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Original in the archive of Herten Castle near Recklinghausen
  2. ↑ Wennemar VON GRIMBERG GT. VON ALTENBOCKUM, entry on genealogy.net online-ofb.de
  3. ↑ Online Adelslexikon 1648-1918, Altenbockum (document in the archive of Herten Castle near Recklinghausen) adelslexikon.com
  4. ↑ Online Adelslexikon 1648-1918, Altenbockum adelslexikon.com
  5. ↑ An attempt at a Westphälische history, especially the Graffschatt Mark ...: with many coppers , Joh. Died. von Stein Volume 4, original from the Royal Library of the Netherlands , digitized March 28, 2014 books.google.de
  6. ^ Haus Wisch (Harpen) wiki-de.genealogy.net
  7. ↑ Pedigree of Catharina Anna Elfriede v. the GROEBEN von-restorff.de
  8. ↑ Pedigree of Billa von Asbeck berndjosefjansen.de ( Memento of the original from September 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.berndjosefjansen.de
  9. ↑ Document text: Bauer306: Bf. Martin von Kurland and Dietrich von Altenbockum, Komtur von Goldingen, certify… herder-institut.de . In: Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe accessed October 9, 2017.
  10. Jump up ↑ In the Teutonic Order, the Knight Brothers, who supported the Landkomtur in his administration, were called councilors. On: ORDEN online orden-online.de
  11. ↑ certificate Text: erg0106 over possession Abtretunge. In: Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe herder-institut.de
  12. ↑ Document text: erg0107 on assignment of ownership in: Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe Erg. 107 herder-institut.de
  13. ^ Johan von Aldenbockum II. And his descendants. NLF library: N 0303, Dr. Wulf von Restorff: Ancestors of Restorff: Johann VON ALTENBOCKUM
  14. ^ Bishop Jan Kazimierz de Alten Bokum catholic-hierarchy.org
  15. ^ I. Genders, which according to the Ritterbank farewell of July 20, 1634, were entered by the current Ritterbank courts in the nobility registers of the Duchy of Courland and Semgallia, namely: 1) In the first class, their nobility through the production of 16 ancestors have proven under the fork and through the notary: No. 11 from the Grimberg called Altenbockum. In: Klingspor, Carl Arvid / Hildebrandt, Adolf Matthias: Baltic Wappenbuch . All coats of arms belonging to the noble families belonging to the knights of Livonia, Estonia, Courland and Oesel, Stockholm, 1882 daten.digitale-sammlungen.de page 48, accessed October 10, 2017.
  16. ↑ Carl Arvid Klingspor / Adolf Matthias Hildebrandt : Baltisches Wappenbuch, Wappen all the noble families belonging to the knights of Livonia, Estonia, Courland and Oesel, Stockholm, 1882 daten.digitale-sammlungen.de , p. 85, accessed October 10, 2017.
  17. ↑ Northern European officers of the Prussian army 1700–1800, On the origin and military service careers of gentlemen who have immigrated to Prussia home.foni.net , entry on Institut Deutsche Adelsforschung - Sources for science, family research, genealogy, top of page, accessed October 11, 2017.
  18. ↑ Kurländische goods certificates No. 16 - 80 herder-institut.de
  19. ^ Johann Friedrich von Recke , General Lexicon of Writers and Scholars of the Provinces of Livonia, Esthland and Courland , Volume 1, Verlag Steffenhagen, 1827, Original from the Austrian National Library, digitized Jan. 9, 2014 books.google.de , p. 200, accessed October 10, 2017.
  20. ↑ Stefan Noack: The dream of the Duke Courland colony on Tobago. GRIN Verlag, 2009 books.google.de
  21. ↑ August Seraphim , Die Geschichte Des Herzogtums Kurland , Verlag Рипол Классик, 1904, ISBN 5-87799-182-5 books.google.de , p. 165.
  22. ↑ Christoph Heinrich von Altenbockum, on Klahnen and Descendants. Entry in the Stammreihen.de trunk series database
  23. ^ Kaestner & von Urach's Genealogical Adelsdatenbank, Altenbockum (p. 1, Gotha. Genealog. Pocket book of the noble houses, part A, 30th year 1931) adelslexikon.com
  24. ^ Klingspor, Carl Arvid, Hildebrandt, Adolf Matthias: Baltisches Wappenbuch, Wappen all the noble families belonging to the knights of Livonia, Estonia, Courland and Oesel, Stockholm, 1882 daten.digitale-sammlungen.de page 146, accessed October 10, 2017.