Clapier de Colongue (noble family)
Clapier de Colongue ( Russian Клапье де Колонг ) is originally from Andalusia derived Baltic noble family .
history
Juan (Jean) de Clapiers, originally from Andalusia and former general Robert von Anjous , settled in France in the 14th century . There is evidence of a fiefdom in Provence for the year 1343 . Jean de Clapiers died in 1350.
Captain Alexander Clapier de Colongue (1685-1743) moved to Russia in 1712 , where he served as a military engineer and was quickly promoted to colonel . As early as 1719 he was head of the engineering school in St. Petersburg and commander of the engineering and mining companies. This was followed by the promotion to major general and in 1722 the appointment to general director of all Russian military engineering.
After acquiring the Estonian goods Samm (now Samma ) and Arrohof (now Are ), he received the Estonian indigenous community in 1734 . He is considered the progenitor of the sex. Many of his descendants also pursued military careers in the Russian army and navy.
From 1780 the family owned the Ontika estate , which Lieutenant General Johann Clapier de Colongue (1719–1789) donated to a majorate in 1783 .
Peter Clapier de Colongue (1842–1906) received the Livonian Indigenate in 1867 and was accepted into the Livonian Knighthood .
In 1919 the family was expropriated as part of the Estonian land reform . The family has been based in Germany since 1938.
coat of arms
The coat of arms is divided , above gold and single, below five times divided by blue and silver. The helmet with gold-blue-silver covers without any gem .
Relatives
- Alexander Clapier de Colongue (1685–1743), French officer and engineer
- Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747), French philosopher, moralist and writer
- Johann Clapier de Colongue (1719–1789), Russian lieutenant general and governor general of Siberia
- Jacob Clapier de Colongue (1724–1806), Prussian general of the infantry
- Konstantin August Clapier de Colongue (1821–1899), Russian naval officer
- Jean Alexander Heinrich Clapier de Colongue (1839–1901), Russian scholar for navigation and major general in the Russian army
- Peter Alexander Leopold Clapier de Colongue (1842–1906), Livonian lawyer
- Konstantin Konstantinowitsch Clapier de Colongue (1859–1944), Russian naval officer
literature
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Clapier de Colongue. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Otto Magnus von Stackelberg (edit.): Genealogical manual of the Estonian knighthood, part 2, 3: Estonia, Bd .: 3, Görlitz, 1930, p. 60 ff.
- Hermann Deeters: The Clapiers de Collongues family - genealogical bridges to historical view. In: Baltische Anhnen- und Stammtafeln , 53rd year, Darmstadt 2011, pp. 25–32
- German-Baltic Genealogical Society : DBGG - Genealogen - ECHO No. 11. , July 2011, p. 19 ff. (PDF; 1.1 MB)
- Armin von Foelckersahm: Family tree of the Clapier de Colongue family. In: Yearbook for Genealogy, Heraldry and Sphragistics 1895 , Mitau 1896, p. 72
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon , Volume II, Volume 58 of the complete series, Limburg / Lahn 1974, p. 300
