Bradke (noble family)

Bradke Coat of Arms

Bradke is the name of an originally from Luebeck originating Baltic German noble family .

history

The aristocratic family traces its lineage back to Peter Bradke (1642–1708), citizen of Lübeck and artillery captain .

His sons Michael Detlef Bradke, Swedish colonel and later city commander of Lübeck, and Heinrich Niklas Bradke, first Swedish major and then Russian lieutenant general , were taken over by King Karl XII on November 17, 1718 . in the Swedish nobility raised . The diploma was due to the death of the king shortly thereafter until 23 March 1719 with the signature of Queen Ulrika Eleonora issued. At that time Michael Detlef Bradke had three stepchildren from his wife's first marriage with the businessman Peter Weckmann / Wegmann. These were Peter Wegman (1712–1758), Dorothea Catharina Wegman († 1746) and Janicka Wegman († 1746). These also received his name and the nobility. All five were introduced into the knight's house in 1720 under the number 1596 .

Michael Detlef Bradke's grandson, Friedrich Wilhelm von Bradke (1752-1819), was admitted to the register of the Oesel knighthood in 1778 . The family stayed in the Baltic States and the Russian Empire until 1918. One branch emigrated to France and lives there as de Bradke .

coat of arms

The coat of arms is split into blue and gold. In front (heraldic right) in the blue field it shows a silver rod of Mercury above the silver planetary symbol for Jupiter ( signum Jovis ); behind in the golden field an armored sword arm. The crest is an upright sword between two peacock feathers. The helmet covers are blue, gold and silver.

Name bearer

Michael Detlef von Bradke (1686–1759), German officer in the Swedish service and city commander of Lübeck
Friedrich Wilhelm von Bradke (1752–1819), German-Baltic officer and governor
Georg Friedrich von Bradke (1796–1862), German-Baltic officer, curator of the University of Dorpat and promoter of the Russian school system
Michael von Bradke (Михаил Фёдорович Брадке, 1797–1850), Russian major general
Emanuel von Bradke (1832–1918), German-Baltic privy councilor, department director in the Russian Ministry of Public Enlightenment
Peter von Bradke (1853-1897), linguist and Sanskritist

literature

Gabriel Anrep : von Bradke , in: Svenska adelns ättar-taflor. Volume 1. Stockholm 1858, pp. 283f

Nicolai von Essen (Hrsg.): Genealogical manual of the Oeselschen knighthood. Tartu 1935 (digitized version ) , pp. 38-43.

Web links

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

Entry in the Riddarhuset database

Individual evidence

^ Entry in the Swedish nobility database, accessed on March 7, 2018.
^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Bradke, Friedrich Wilhelm v .. In: BBLD - Baltic biographical lexicon digital
↑ Whether the coat of arms is the number 2 with a dash in the horizontal line, or the number 4, or the calendar symbol for the wandering star Jupiter and what it should mean as one of these, remains open to Christian Samuel Theodor Bernd : Die Hauptteile der Wappenwissenschaft. Volume 2, Bonn 1849, p. 298 . It could also be the former house brand of the middle-class Bradke family.

[1] Entry in the Swedish nobility database, accessed on March 7, 2018.

[2] Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Bradke, Friedrich Wilhelm v .. In: BBLD - Baltic biographical lexicon digital

[3] Whether the coat of arms is the number 2 with a dash in the horizontal line, or the number 4, or the calendar symbol for the wandering star Jupiter and what it should mean as one of these, remains open to Christian Samuel Theodor Bernd : Die Hauptteile der Wappenwissenschaft. Volume 2, Bonn 1849, p. 298 . It could also be the former house brand of the middle-class Bradke family.