Beringer (noble family)

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The ringers are a constructed Anhalt noble family.

Representation in the chronicles

The family of the Beringer (or Behern ) was constructed by the Anhalt chronicler Ernst Brotuff in the 16th century in order to establish existing legal relationships and the outstanding position of the Anhalt princes at that time. The ringers are said to have lived in the castles of Ballenstedt , Anhalt and Aschersleben in the Harz Mountains and were of great importance among the Saxon nobles.

In his genealogical history of the house Anhalt (Leipzig 1556) Brotuff leading the Beringer (using older tradition pieces) on one of the Sachsen -sent Mr. Bernthobaldus of Ballenstedt unnd Ascaniae as the progenitor back. This Bernthobaldus received large parts of the Thuringian Empire in the 6th century as a reward for his victory over the Thuringian king Herminafried in the Frankish-Thuringian war.

Brotuff introduces the alleged Beringer Bernthobaldus II. And Beringer I. as Saxon war kings of the 7th century and claims that Beringer III. was baptized by Charlemagne and made the first Count of Ascanie auff dem Hartze and Ballenstet .

On behalf of Prince Joachim Ernst von Anhalt (1536–1586), the princely secretary Bartholomäus Schwanberg (also: Schwanberger) put together a revised chronicle in the 1580s, in which he largely adopted Brotuff's construction of the Saxon Beringer genealogy.

Coat of arms of Anhalt

Coat of arms of Anhalt

In the Anhalt coat of arms , in field 4 in silver, there is a slanting left red battlement wall with a closed golden gate, on which a black bear with a golden crown and a silver collar is walking to the left . This bear represents the family of the Beringer and the Duchy of Bernburg .

  • Coat of arms of those of Baeringer

  • Coat of arms of the von Berenhorst

The morganatic wife of Duke Leopold III. Friedrich Franz (Anhalt-Dessau) , Luise Schoch, and their children together, were raised to the Prussian nobility in 1801 with the addition of the Beringer coat of arms as "von Baeringer" (also "von Beringer").

By the way, Georg Heinrich , natural son of Prince Leopold I (Anhalt-Dessau) , had already received the same coat of arms, only the golden shield, around 1750 , only under the name “von Berenhorst”.

See also

→ House order of Albrecht the Bear

→ Coat of arms of Saxony-Anhalt

literature

  • Michael Hecht: The Invention of the Ascanians. Dynastic Memorial Foundation of the Princes of Anhalt at the turn of the Middle Ages to the modern age , in: Journal for Historical Research 33 (2006), Issue 1, pp. 1–31, here pp. 18–20, digitized
  • Ernst Brotuff : Genealogia and Chronica of the Highly Born Royal and Princely House of the Princes of Anhalt, Grafien zu Ballenstedt and Ascanie, Herr zu Bernburgk and Zerbst, for 1055 years, in six books, with many beautiful old histories, stories, royal and princely coats of arms chirped, and described , Leipzig 1556
  • Bartholomäus Schwanberg: Genealogia and Chronica of the highly famous royal and princely house of the noble high-born princes of Anhalt, Grafien zu Ascanien, Herr zu Zerbst and Bernburgk, extending to one thousand and sixty-three years, which is divided into six and many different books, beautiful and among other things old histories, also otherwise with teaching, consolation, and vermannungs writings adorned , unprinted manuscript 1587

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Hecht: The Invention of the Ascanians. Dynastic Memorial Foundation of the Princes of Anhalt at the turn of the Middle Ages to the modern age , in: Journal for Historical Research 33 (2006), Issue 1, pp. 1–31, here p. 18, digitized
  2. ↑ Michael Hecht: The Invention of the Ascanians. Dynastic Memorial Foundation of the Princes of Anhalt at the turn of the Middle Ages to the modern age , in: Zeitschrift für Historischeforschung 33 (2006), Issue 1, pp. 1–31, here p. 19, digitized version
  3. ↑ Michael Hecht: The Invention of the Ascanians. Dynastic Memorial Foundation of the Princes of Anhalt at the turn of the Middle Ages to the modern age , in: Journal for Historical Research 33 (2006), Issue 1, pp. 1–31, here p. 20, digitized
  4. ↑ J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms, Volume III, Anhalter Adel, 1869, p. 1 , plate 1.

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