Blankart (noble family)

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Coat of arms of those von Blankart

Blankart or Blanckart is the name of an originally Lorraine prehistoric noble family from Ahrweiler that was widespread and wealthy in the Eifel, the Lower Rhine and what is now Belgium.

history

The Blankart (also Blanckart, Blankarts, Blankertz, de Blanckart) come from Spain according to an old family saga and came via Lorraine to Trierische, Kölnische and Jülich'sche. The city of Ahrweiler had been the family seat since the 11th century. The original Blankartshof existed for over 100 years before the city was founded in 1248. It was one of the seven noble courts around which the city wall was built in 1248. This first Blankartshof was close to the Ahr gate. The current Blankartshof in Ahrweiler became the seat of the Blankarts in 1517.

The Blankarts first appear in 1148 with Hermann Blankart , who took part in the second crusade. The family first appeared in a document in 1176 with Dietrich Blankart as a witness to a donation to the Marienthal monastery. Theodoricus Blancard appears in a document on December 18, 1247 and in 1255 the brothers Kolvo and Blankart are named as witnesses.

In 1376 Gerhard von Blankart built Lantershofen Castle , a fiefdom of the Archbishop of Cologne. The Counts of Blankarts exercised both low and high jurisdiction in their domain. In 1853 Baron Joseph Antoine Hubert de Blanckart rebuilt Lexhy Castle in Horion Hozemont, Belgium.

The Blankart family was strongly connected to the Rhenish nobility. They were related by marriage and a. with the families von Kolwe, von Gymnich , von Nideggen, von Mirbach , von Metternich , von Eltz , von Harff, von Bourscheid-Büllesheim, von Wachtendonk-Germenseel, von Dalwigk-Lichtee , von Lieser and von Lerode. In the middle of the 14th century, the Ahrweiler Blankart family split into different lines:

  • Blankart von Ahrweiler, Electoral Cologne bailiffs and lay judges of the city of Ahrweiler, died in 1712 with the death of the childless Johann Otto Friedrich Blankart von Ahrweiler, in the battle of Denain , in the male line. Heiresses were his sisters Maria Anna, married to Baron Johann Heinrich Vlatten zu Drove, and Marie Sophie, married to Baron Ferdinand Ernst von Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels . Maria Ottilia, a third sister who had already died, had married Baron Johann Franz Capellini von Wickenburg (1677–1752), who was also one of the heirs with his children.
  • Blankart von Lantershofen, the Counts of Blankart, died out in the male line at the beginning of the 18th century
  • Blankart von Odenhausen-Alsdorf, the imperial barons of Blanckarts, a branch line was incooperated in 1816 as Barone Blankart in the Belgian and Dutch nobility. Descendants live at Effeld Castle and the Herdade da Calada winery, Portugal.
  • The Blankart patrician family in Neuss, ministerials to the Archbishop of Cologne, descendants live on the rural estates of the patrician family in the Rhine district of Neuss.
  • Knight family Blankaert in Bruges , u. a. Councilors in Bruges, from the age of 16. numerous academics of this line can be proven.

Family members held many court and country offices, especially in the city of Ahrweiler, in the Archbishopric of Kurköln and in the Duchy of Burgundy. The family provided u. a. two out of ten councilors in Neuss, Cologne. The Blankarts were members of the state parliament of the Archbishopric of Kurköln and in 1463 they were signatories of the Rhenish Hereditary Land Association . In Ahrweiler they were feudal men of the Prüm monastery , vassals of the Counts of Blankenheim and Counts of Are and also served the Dukes of Jülich as officials and councilors. The Blankarts owned the great baron Alsdorf belonging to the Duchy of Limburg / Brabant and the imperial direct rule of Odenhausen.

Several members of the family included a. the Paderborn, Aachener and Maastricht pin nobility . As early as the Middle Ages, the Blankarts family possessed the so-called ability to become a pen, which was usually associated with evidence of sixteen noble ancestors.

coat of arms

The coat of arms (oldest seal 1364) shows a silver slanting hammer in blue . On the (silver-blue bulged) tournament helmet with blue-silver helmet covers, a blue greyhound body (or doe head) with the shield image on the neck.

  • Alliance coat of arms at Odenhausen Castle : Blankart and Schenk von Nideggen (1560)

  • Alliance coat of arms above the right entrance door of the Blankartshof in Ahrweiler

  • Coat of arms of those of Blanckart

people

  • Hermann Blankart, knight, took part in the 2nd crusade in 1148
  • Anna von Blanckard, Abbess of the Abbey of St. Katharinen
  • Hermann Blanckard (1332–1360), Dean of the Aachen Marienstift
  • Nikolaus Blanckart (Alexander Candidus) (around 1500–1555), Carmelite in Cologne, Doctor theologiae, participant in the Regensburg Religious Discussion of 1546 , Cardinal Granvella's advisor at the Council of Trent
  • Baron Theodore Francis von Blankart (1618–1659), provost of the chapter of Our Lady in Maastricht , archdeacon of Famène and canon of the cathedral chapter of Liège since 1640.
  • Johann Blankart (1465–1499), Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Eucharius - St. Matthias before Trier
  • Knight Jan Blanckaert (1386–1422), Chamberlain of Jan Zonder Vrees, Duke of Burgundy 1405/6. Admiral des Meeres 1404. Castel of Rupelmonde Castle
  • Johann Wilhelm Blankart von Ahrweiler, Imperial General Sergeant and Obris
  • Maria Ottilia Ludovika b. Blankart von Ahrweiler, wife of the Electoral Palatinate Privy Councilor and historian Johann Franz Capellini von Wickenburg (1677–1752)
  • Marie Antoinette von Blanckart (1730–1803), married to Louis Nicolas Victor de Félix d'Ollières , Minister of War and Marshal of France , lived in Versailles and was in contact with Queen Marie Antoinette
  • Wilhelm Blankart, councilor and court master of Trier 1610
  • Karl Alexander, HR Imperial Baron von Blanckart, Lord of Alstorf, Guyghoven, Altenburg and Groß-Terherken, Hereditary Count of Kolmont, Chamberlain of the Emperor of Austria, Palatine Bavarian Privy Councilor, was a member of the noble Aachen "Star Guild Johann Wilhelm's Widow"
  • Isabella Clara von Blanckart, Lordship Alsdorf
  • Godhard Blankart, councilor and aldermen in Neuss
  • Otto Ludwig von Blanckart, member of the Geldrian knighthood
  • Baron Joseph Antoine Hubert de Blanckart, steel manufacturer (accepted into the Belgian nobility in 1816)

Possessions

Blankartshof in Ahrweiler

literature

  • White: The knight-born, rural nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lower Rhine, depicted in coats of arms and origins in 1818
  • The inheritance agreement of the Blankart brothers in 1551 ( Link )
  • Alfred Oppenhoff: The Blankarts - glorious Ahrweiler noble family . Report of the city newspaper Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler on the occasion of the opening of the city archive Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler on September 24, 2005 ( Link )
  • Oscar COOMANS DE BRACHÈNE, État présent de la noblesse belge, Annuaire 1984, Brussel 1984.
  • Joseph Strange: Contributions to the genealogy of the noble families by Joseph Strange, Volume 5. 1867
  • Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume I, Volume 53 of the complete series, p. 422, CA Starke Verlag , Limburg (Lahn) 1972, ISSN  0435-2408
  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses, 1884, p.55ff , 1888 p.51

Web links

Commons : Blankart (noble family)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Weiß (1818) The knight-born, rural nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lower Rhine, depicted in Coats of Arms and Descent, Volume 2, p. 109
  2. ↑ Hans Frick, Sources on the history of Bad Neuenahr, No. 191, 1933
  3. ↑ Mittelrheinisches Urkundenbuch III, No. 922
  4. ^ Mittelrheinisches Urkundenbuch III, No. 1322
  5. ^ Theodor Joseph Lacomblet : Archive for the history of the Lower Rhine , Volume 5, 1st issue, p. 397 and 398, Düsseldorf, 1865; (Digital scan)
  6. ↑ Website on Blankarts Hof in Ahrweiler
  7. ↑ Website on the Gymnicher Hof in Ahrweiler ( memento of the original from November 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.alt-ahrweiler.de
  8. ↑ Publications of the Society for Rhenish History, Volume 29, 1984, page 64
  9. ↑ Theodor Joseph Lacomblet: Document book for the history of the Lower Rhine or the Archbishopric of Cöln, the principalities of Jülich and Berg, Geldern, Mörs, Cleve and Mark, and the imperial monasteries Elten, Essen and Werden: vol. 1401-1609.1857
  10. ↑ GHdA - Adelslexikon Vol. 1, 1972