Coels

Coels (other spelling: Coéls ) is the name of a Belgian family that was established in the 14th century in the Duchy of Brabant . According to the Prussian nobility lexicon, its actual origins may be much earlier, namely in the old Roman consular dynasty of the Coelii, of whom family members have settled in Italy, the Pyrenees Peninsula , Britain and Gaul , among others .

Family history

In the Brussels area , where the sex belonged to the privileged families, from the 15th century onwards family members can be found in magistrate or state offices, in high officer ranks or as abbots. From the 17th century, one branch of the family moved to Wallonia for professional reasons , from where their descendants later held important offices, first in the area of Blankenheim and Trier and finally in the Prussian Rhine Province .

The family owned aristocratic estates and knightly seats in Lorraine and Burgundy , in the southern Eifel , in Belgium and in the Rhine province. In 1831 the line of the Prussian district administrator Friedrich Joseph von Coels was raised to the hereditary baron status. At the same time, in addition to his own, he also took the family name of his wife Marie Eugenia Freiin von der Brügghen , whereupon this line was called "von Coels von der Brügghen" from then on. Through this marriage, his family also came into possession of Wilhelmstein Castle in Bardenberg , the old Frohnhof Gut Steinhaus in the same place and the manor Nyßwijler near Vaals .

coat of arms

The coat of arms consists of a four-part escutcheon in which there is a silver, gold-crowned lion with a red tongue hanging out and red claws in the first and fourth fields . The second and third silver fields show a black double-headed eagle with golden claws and beak and a golden floating crown. A silver and gold-crowned lion rises from the gold-crowned helmet , which is facing to the left, and two more serve as shield holders . The helmet covers are silver and green.

Significant family members

• Philipp Anton von Coels (* 1582), officer in the Walloon Guard in Madrid and in the regiment of Duke Philipp Karl von Aerschott, married. with Catharina de Neufforge from Spa
• Hubert von Coels (1612–1668), son of Philipp Anton v. Coels, officer in the Walloon Guard in Madrid, governor and commander of the Arenberg House in the Spanish Netherlands , m. with Anna Maria de Noire-Falize, both buried in the church of Polleur near Spa.
• Johann Niclas von Coels (1653–1737), son of Hubert v. Coels, ducal Lorraine cavalry officer, feudal bearer of the Electors of Cologne and the Counts of Manderscheid-Blankenheim . Enfeoffed with the Gerolstein Castle , among other things , also acquired goods in Lorraine, Burgundy and the Lower Rhine as well as the Adelshof Breidscheid . Married to Maria Elisabeth von Paccius.
• Johann Baptist von Coels, son of Johann Niclas v. Coels; between 1729 and 1765 Hofrat and general collector in Trier, five times mayor of the city of Trier.
• Johann Baptist Josef Maximilian Nepomuk von Coels, son of the Trier lay judge and electoral general collector in Trier, Hugo Damian v. Coels, and Josepha v. Anethan and grandson of the mayor of Trier. Johann Baptist the Younger had been a cleric since 1779 and a canon since 1781. Resigned from office in 1790 in favor of his brother Karl Josef Xaver Willibrord von Coels.
• Franz von Coels (1742–1825 in Vienna ), about his father Karl Anton v. Coels (* 1698) a grandson of Johann Niclas v. Coels; Kuk Austrian major in the Arenberg regiment, later Gemmingen. Lived in old age in Vienna and was the founder of the "Coels'schen Foundation" for the education of orphaned military boys.
• Friedrich Joseph Freiherr von Coels von der Brügghen (1784-1856), great-grandson of Johann Niclas, royal Prussian chamberlain, district administrator and police director in the district of Aachen , raised to the baron status in 1831, took the family name of his wife Maria Eugenia Freiin von der Brügghen.
• Franz Freiherr von Coels von der Brügghen (1858–1945), grandson of Friedrich v. Coels vd Brügghen, Upper President of the Rhine Province and District President in Arnsberg
• Marie-Luise von Coels von der Brügghen (1870–1959), sister of Franz v. Coels vd Brügghen and owner of the Burg Boulich manor near Wichterich ; Author of numerous local historical and genealogical publications

literature

• Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Nobility Lexicon . Vol. 1, Reichenbach 1836, pp. 371-372, google online .
• Justus Perthes : Genealogical paperback of baronial houses . 3rd year, Gotha 1853, pp. 71-72, google online .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Adelshof Breidscheid near Adenau ( Memento of the original from July 3, 2011 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.  
2. ↑ Familienkundliche Blätter Trier, Edition 7, Jhrg. 2/1971; No. 193 (PDF; 759 kB)
3. ^ Franz Josef Heyen: Das Erzbistum Trier, vol. 3, p. 465 among others
4. ↑ Austrian National Encyclopedia, Vol. 6, 1837, pp. 405–406
5. ^ Publications and genealogy by Marie-Luise von Coles von der Brügghen
6. ↑ 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.