Berg (Livonian noble family)

Berg is the name of an originally Baltic noble family .

history

The family is said to come from Westphalia, the line-up begins in Livonia around 1500 with Otto von Berg . In 1745 the family enrolled with the Estonian knighthood , and in 1747 with the Livonian knighthood .

Friedrich von Berg was raised to the rank of Austrian count in 1849 . In 1856 he also became a Finnish count, which the same year was transferred to his nephews Friedrich , Alexander and Georg von Berg . These were introduced to the count class of the Finnish knighthood in 1857 (No. 11).

The family is also called Berg adH Kattentack after their ancestral estate and is to be distinguished in particular from Berg adH Carmel and Berg adH Kandel, which can also be found in historical Estonia . These two sexes also have a black eagle in their shields, which does not exclude a tribal relationship, but this has not been proven. In addition to Kattentack in the Wiek , before 1818 they owned the estates of Jerwakant , Jöggis , Kaltenborn , Koik, Luist , Orrenhof , Pall, Pallifer , Stenhusen and Turpel in Estonia .

coat of arms

Blazon : The shield of the family coat of arms shows a black eagle's wing in gold, accompanied by three silver stars (2, 1); on the helmet , with black and gold and black and silver covers, a silver star, between an open flight of gold on the right and black on the left .

Relatives

Magnus Johann von Berg (1719–1784), Russian general en chef
Friedrich Reinhold von Berg (1736–1809), District Administrator and President of the Court of Justice in Livonia
Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg (1794–1874), Governor General of Finland and Imperial Russian Field Marshal
Burchard Magnus von Berg (1764–1738), Russian lieutenant general
Gregor von Berg (1765–1838), Russian infantry general

literature

Tor Carpelan (ed.): Ättartavlor för de på Finlands Riddarhus inskrivna ätterna . Helsingfors 1942
Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knighthoods (New Series) , Hamburg 2011, Vol. 1, pp. 21–90 ( Genealogy of the Berg family as a reading sample )
Genealogical handbook of the Baltic knighthoods , part 2, 1.2: Estonia, Görlitz, 1930 pp. 654–662 ( family series and older history)
Nicolai von Essen (edit.): Genealogical Manual of the Oesel Knighthood , 1935, p. 30
Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume I, Volume 53 of the complete series, pp. 330–331, CA Starke Verlag , Limburg (Lahn) 1972, ISSN 0435-2408
Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Gräfliche Häuser , Justus Perthes , Gotha 1879 (series), until 1882 (continuations)
August Wilhelm Hupel : Nordic Miscellanees . Riga 1790, vol. 20/21, pp. 29-31

Individual evidence

↑ Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 1: Estonia (including Northern Livonia) (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1). Started by Hans Feldmann . Published by Heinz von zur Mühlen . Edited by Gertrud Westermann . Böhlau, Köln / Wien 1985, ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 200 ( limited preview in the Google book search)

[1] Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 1: Estonia (including Northern Livonia) (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1). Started by Hans Feldmann . Published by Heinz von zur Mühlen . Edited by Gertrud Westermann . Böhlau, Köln / Wien 1985, ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 200 ( limited preview in the Google book search)