Bellingshausen
Bellingshausen is the name of a German-Baltic noble family of the Estonian , Livonian and Oeselian knighthood . The best-known representative is Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (1778-1852), officer and navigator in Russian services, after whom a Russian Antarctic station on King George Island is named.
history
The Billingshusen and Bellingshausen families, originally from Lübeck , have been based on the Estonian island of Ösel (now Saaremaa ) since the first half of the 16th century . The first bearer of the name documented there is Hinrich Billingshusen, who received the office of Kielkond for life in 1549 . In 1568, Duke Magnus , Bishop of Ösel , enfeoffed the family with the Hoheneichen estate (today part of the Lümanda parish on Saaremaa). Johann Eberhard von Bellingshausen (1604–1655) received as major general in Swedish service under Queen Christina of Sweden in 1636 the Livonian estate Uelzen (today rural community Urvaste in Estonia). In 1876 Peter von Bellingshausen from the ösel line was confirmed the Russian baron title by imperial senate ukas . The Estonian branch of the family has been extinct in the male line since the 19th century.
coat of arms
The family coat of arms is divided from gold over black diagonally to the right by a silver wavy bar, accompanied by a five-pointed star in mixed up tincture at the top and bottom. On the helmet with black and gold covers and a Turk's collar , a black raven with a gold signet ring in its beak.