Brügghen (noble family)

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Coat of arms of those of the Brügghen

Brügghen is the name of a Rhineland noble family raised to the baron status and can therefore be seen in connection with the Lower Rhine city of Brüggen . The von der Brügghen family has been documented since the 16th century, but is now considered extinct in the male line in German-speaking countries. It is not to be confused with the Westphalian primeval noble family Brüggeney, called Hasenkamp, ​​which in some documents is also written Brüggen and settled in Livonia and Courland .

One main branch of the family settled in the Kingdom of the Netherlands , another initially remained in the Duchy of Kleve and Geldern and later expanded to the Duchy of Jülich and the Prussian Rhine Province for professional reasons. The progenitor of both main branches is a certain Thomas Freiherr von der Brügghen (* 1540), lord of the Klevischen lease Hasenacker near Sonsbeck , whose son became a judge in Wesel .

The von der Brügghen family owned several older letters of majesty, including one from Emperor Ferdinand III in 1653 . In 1815 parts of the Dutch branch were raised to baron status and in 1829 the Prussian branch of the family was given baron status by being admitted to the register of nobility in the Prussian Rhine Province. In 1980 the Dutch family members who were still alive received another confirmation of nobility from the Dutch royal family.

Family history

Dutch branch

At the latest with Dirk Wilhelm van der Brugghen (1662 in Wesel - 1708 in Oudenaarde ), a son of the aforementioned Wilhelm von der Brügghen and great-grandson of their common ancestor Thomas von der Brugghen, a branch moved to the neighboring United Netherlands and was henceforth called van der Brugghen . He became an officer in government services and is considered to be the progenitor of the Dutch branch, which has produced several important personalities up to the present day. These include the politician Joan Carel Gideon van der Brugghen van Croy (1753–1828), who was appointed baron in 1815, the lawyer Dirk Willem van der Brugghen (1768–1825), the statesman and Minister of Justice Justinus van der Brugghen (1804–1863 ) and the painter Guillaume Anne van der Brugghen (1812–1891). Furthermore, the development engineer at DAF Automobile Joan Freiherr van der Brugghen (1919–2006), who in 1980 together with his brother and General Secretary of the Fédération Internationale d'Information et de Documentation (FID), Willem Freiherr van der Brugghen (* 1918), received the renewed elevation into the Dutch nobility.

German branch

A great-great-grandson of the aforementioned progenitor Thomas von der Brügghen with the same name (* around 1650) married Ida Anna Elisabeth Mechtilde Freiin von Ripperda, a niece of Baron Johann Wilhelm Ripperda , in 1688 . The son from this marriage, Theodor Heinrich Freiherr von der Brügghen (* 1692), owned the Hasenacker manor, Broich house near Willich , Klein- and Groß Aldendorf and Beyenburg.

His son, the Palatine Major General Johann Franz Engelbert Baron of the Brügghen (1721-1789), was his first marriage to Adelaide of Dahmen gentleman on the Nothberger court and by his second marriage to Petronella Moss, widow of Joseph Baron of Broich , Lord at the old Frohnhof Gut Steinhaus in Bardenberg . From the first marriage came the son Franz Freiherr von der Brügghen (1865–1839), who was married to Elisabeth Freiin von Lommessem. Since this marriage resulted in only the daughter Cornelia (* 1806), who had married the manor owner and Prussian chamberlain Wilhelm Freiherr von Syberg-Eicks, this line has expired.

The second son of Johann Franz Engelbert, Karl Josef Robert Nepomuk Freiherr von der Brügghen (1767–1834), held high offices in the city of Aachen and in the Département de la Roer during French times . In addition, he came into possession of Wilhelmstein Castle in Bardenberg and, through his marriage to Elisabeth von Sogray, also became the owner of the Nysswijler manor near Vaals .

Their daughter Marie Eugenie Hubertine Freiin von der Brügghen (* 1802) married the royal chamberlain and Prussian district administrator in the Aachen district Friedrich von Coels . In 1831 and as part of his elevation to the hereditary baron class, he took on his wife's surname in addition to his own and all other descendants of this line called themselves from then on "von Coels von der Brügghen". In addition, he inherited the property of the vd Brügghen family, as his wife Marie Eugenie had no brothers. With his granddaughter Marie-Luise von Coels von der Brügghen, the last family member of this line with the noble double name died in 1959.

coat of arms

  • Coat of arms of the German branch

  • Coat of arms of the Dutch branch from 1815

The almost identical common coat of arms of the Dutch and German families consists of a four-part escutcheon in which there are two blank swords with black handles in the first and fourth fields above a blue bar, the tips of which meet on or behind the bar. The second and third silver fields show a red lying lion with a curved tail between the rear paws. The helmet is silver and tarnished blue with a silver and blue helmet cover above and a gold and red helmet cover below . On it is a black plow with a blue sloping beam on the right and the left on the left. In between there is another shield with the coat of arms of the first quarter.

Significant family members

Dutch branch

Prussian / German branch

literature

Web links

Commons : Brügghen (family)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mention of the Brügghen in the Kurländische Güterurkunden database
  2. ^ Van der Brugghen , in: Biographical Portaal van Nedeland
  3. ↑ Book of arms of the Prussian Rhine Province
  4. ^ Publications and genealogy by Marie-Luise von Coels von der Brügghen
  5. ↑ Rittergut Haus Boulig ( Memento of the original from October 15, 2012 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.schuermann-qh.de