Cortenbach (noble family)
Cortenbach - also Courtenbach, Curtenbach, Cordebach - is an old noble family that traces its origins back to Cortenbach Castle in Voerendaal in what is now the Dutch province of Limburg . The first known bearer of the name was Gerart von Cortenbach, who was enfeoffed with glory in 1381 by Duke Wenzel of Brabant and Limburg .
Many namesake came to high political positions in the Rhine-Maas area and in the Duchy of Jülich-Berg . For centuries, Cortenbach were lords of Helmond and bailiffs of Roermond . Several of the name holders were leading members of the Teutonic Knight Order , such as Ivo von Cortenbach , Landkomtur of the Deutschordensballei Alden Biesen , in the 16th century Johann von Cortenbach , Commander of the Teutonic Order Commander St. Aegidius in Aachen , Biesen and Petersvuren and Franz Egon von Cortenbach , Commander of the Teutonic Order in Siersdorf from 1736 to 1742.
From 1646, through the marriage of Johann Franz Gerhard von Cortenbach to Anna Klara von Zweiffel , the family came into possession of Wissem Castle in Troisdorf for about 100 years .
coat of arms
The coat of arms shows three red diagonal bars in gold. On the helmet with red and gold covers, a man's torso in the same color as the shield with a red hat with tassels.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archives in NRW: Findbuch (120.23 Altenbiesen, Deutschordensballei)
- ^ Eberhard Quadflieg: The German House at St. Gilles in Aachen, ZAGV, Volume 78, 1966/1967, Aachen, p. 169
- ↑ J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms, III. Volume, 1st Division; The nobility of the Kingdom of Prussia: counts and barons; Author: OT von Hefner; Publication: Nuremberg: Bauer & Raspe, 1857
literature
- Kurt Niederau : The one from Cortenbach on Wissem. Troisdorfer Jahreshefte XXVI (1996), pp. 51-63 and XXVII (1997), pp. 121-126.