Brendel von Homburg

Coat of arms of the Friedberger Burgmann Rudolf Brendel von Homburg in the Salbuch of the Naumburg Monastery , illumination from the 16th century.

Grave slab of Elisabeth Brendel von Homburg in Patershausen Monastery . Coat of arms: Brendel von Homburg, Röder von Rodeck , von Cleen , von Zeiskam . Inscription: "Anno d (omi) ni mdv iii ia (h) r (a) uf den xii dag juny die e (h) rber Frau Elß brendlin vo (n) ho (m) berg her (rn) marty (ns ) vo (n) h (e) usensta (mm) ritters e (he) liche h (a) usfrau der got (t) gnad "

Coat of arms on the Burgmannenhaus in Friedberg Castle

The Brendel von Homburg (older, rarer form: Brendel von Hoenburg ) were a knightly noble family in today's Hesse , based in the region of today's Bad Homburg vor der Höhe .

history

The family was first mentioned in 1160 with the death of Margaretha Brendel von Homburg, who was married to Johann von Rüdigheim . Johann Brendel von Homburg can be identified as the first male representative in 1359 and 1360 , even if several documents previously refer to the family. The Brendel von Homburg split in the middle of the 15th century under his grandsons Jörg and Friedrich Brendel von Homburg into two lines, of which the Jörgs line died out in 1577 with the Friedberg burgrave Johann Oyger Brendel von Homburg .

Friedrich's line brought forth the Archbishop of Mainz, Daniel Brendel von Homburg . It went out in 1630.

possession

The Brendel von Homburg were especially wealthy around Bad Homburg vor der Höhe and held the castle fief of Homburg for a long time as an Eppstein fief. In the Reichsburg Friedberg they provided several Burgmanns and two Burggraves, in the northwest corner of the large castle complex they had their own Burgmannenhaus. Another possession can be proven:

Brendelburg
Partner in the Lindheim estate
Old Büdesheim Palace (since 1554)
Goods and farms in Oberstedten , Homburg, Gonzenheim , Seulberg and Nieder-Eschbach . The Brendelstrasse in Bad Homburg, Frankfurt-Hausen and Friedrichsdorf also point to the possession of Brendel von Homburg .

Known members

Johann Eitel Brendel von Homburg

Daniel Brendel von Homburg (1523–1583), Archbishop of Mainz
Johann Brendel of Homburg the Elder Ä. († 1569), Burgrave of Friedberg 1532–1569
Johann Oyger Brendel von Homburg , Oberamtmann im Eichsfeld (1557–1566), Friedberger Burggraf 1570–1577
Johann Eitel Brendel von Homburg (1577–1615), general in Danish and Brunswick services

coat of arms

On a golden background a red, pointed bar, which has three whole points at the top, two whole and two half points below. The helmet covers are mostly red and gold, a flight serves as a helmet ornament .

literature

Heinrich Bingemer: The Frankfurt coat of arms booklet. 2nd edition, Kramer, Frankfurt 1987, ISBN 3-7829-0348-X , p. 13 plate 7.
Josef Brückner: The knight family of Brendel von Homburg. In: Alt-Homburg. Heimatblatt for the maintenance of old Homburg tradition, the Taunus landscape, its chronicle and history 14, 1971.
Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility Lexicon , Volume 2, 1860; Reprint 1996, ISBN 3-89557-020-6 , p. 55.
Christian Feigen: History of the city of Bad Homburg by Mayor Feigen. Druck & Verlag Carl Zeuner & Co, Bad Homburg, 3rd edition 1921, pp. 17–24.

Web links

Commons : Brendel von Homburg family - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): In der Burg 34 In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse
↑ Brendelburg. Historical local lexicon for Hesse (as of May 14, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on May 14, 2020 .
^ Georg Schmidt : Imperial Knighthoods. In: Knights, Counts and Princes - secular dominions in the Hessian area approx. 900-1806. Marburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-942225-17-5 (= Handbook of Hessian History 3 = Publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse 63), pp. 348–375, esp. Pp. 355ff. Tab. 1.

[1] State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): In der Burg 34 In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse

[2] Brendelburg. Historical local lexicon for Hesse (as of May 14, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on May 14, 2020 .

[3] Georg Schmidt : Imperial Knighthoods. In: Knights, Counts and Princes - secular dominions in the Hessian area approx. 900-1806. Marburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-942225-17-5 (= Handbook of Hessian History 3 = Publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse 63), pp. 348–375, esp. Pp. 355ff. Tab. 1.