Dehn (German-Baltic noble family)

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Coat of arms of those of Dehn

Dehn is the family name of a German-Baltic noble family whose documentary evidence began in 1635 with Arnold Dehn and whose place of origin was given as Rostock . In addition to several people and other noble families of the same name, he is the progenitor of the German-Baltic noble family.

history

On October 25, 1635 Arnoldus Deene, Rostochiensis was enrolled in the University of Dorpat . In the Rostock University - matrikel from May 1, 1631 he will also run as Arnoldus Dehne, Rostochiensis. The families descended from Arnold Dehn carried the coat of arms shown above , which was also used in other coats of arms.

On January 23, 1657, an entry of Arnoldus Dehne (around 1610 - 1657), grain box clerk and church leader was made in the death register of St. Nikolai Church in Reval . This is the one who is documented as the proven progenitor of the von Dehn family in Estonia and Livonia.

Genealogical line

With Arnold Dehn the main tribe was founded in the Baltic States and continued in direct succession with Elias Dehn in a Livonian and an Estonian tribe. From these the houses Selliküll (I.), Emmomäggi (II.), Weltz (III.), Raggafer (IV.), Kickel (V.) and Kono (VI.) Were founded.

Family table

Arnold Dehn (Daehn), (* around 1610; buried 1657 in Reval), studied in Rostock and in 1635 in Dorpat, church leader, granary clerk for St. Nikolai in Reval ⚭ probably with a born Bunninghuisen

  • Heinrich Dehn (buried in Reval in 1684), merchant , member of the Great Guild, 1678 harbor master ⚭ Anna Sophia Wachtel
    • Arnold Dehn (1671–1723 in Reval), senior man of the Great Guild ⚭ 1. 1697 Anna Elisabeth von Kohsen († 1705), 2. 1705 Anna von Glehn († 1716), 3. 1718 Gertrude Katharina Meyer (1703–1760)
      • (from the 1st marriage) Arnold (1712–1798), gentleman on case , imperial lord and judicial councilor, 1762 raised to the Russian nobility ⚭ 1740 Charlotte Clayhills (1721–1787)
        • Friedrich von Dehn (1757–1833), founder of the First House of Selliküll
      • (from the 2nd marriage) Elias Dehn (1719–1759), spokesman for the Great Guild ⚭ 1751 Anna Christine zur Mühlen (1731–1778)
        • Eberhard Dehn (* 1753–1828), Rittmeister of the Blackheads, 1789 raised to the Russian nobility, founder of the Livonia line ⚭ 1796 Elisabeth Spint (1771–1815)
      • (from the third marriage) Joachim (1722–1796), mayor, 1788 admission to the imperial aristocracy of Vienna ⚭ 1. Gertruda Sophia Clayhills (1730–1756), 2. 1759 Maria Haecks (1741–1801)
        • (from the 2nd marriage) Joachim von Dehn (1767–1818), Herr auf Weltz ⚭ 1795 Ulrike Charlotte Jencken (1779–1853)
          • Joachim Hermann von Dehn (1796–1861) founder of the Second House of Emmomäggi
          • August Johann von Dehn (1801–1879) founder of the III. House Weltz
          • Alexander von Dehn (1805–1879) founder of the 4th house of Raggafer ***** Georg Gotthard von Dehn (1812–1856) founder of the 5th house of Kieckel
          • Karl Heinrich von Dehn (1816–1878) founder of the VI. House Kono

Livonia Line

The progenitor of the Livonian line is Elias Dehn (1719–1759), he was a merchant and member of the Great Guild. His father was Arnold Dehn (1671-1723), who was a senior man in the Great Guild in Reval . Elias's son was Eberhard Dehn (1753–1828), who was Rittmeister of the Blackheads and who was raised to the Russian nobility on January 19, 1789, they carried the nobility title “von” Dehn.

Elias Dehn (1719–1759), spokesman for the Great Guild in Reval, progenitor of the Livonia and Estonia line ⚭ 1751 Anna Christina zur Mühlen (1731–1778)

  • Eberhard von Dehn (1753–1828), Rittmeister of the Blackheads, 1789 raised to the Russian nobility ⚭ 1796 Katharina Elisabeth Sprint (1771–1815)
    • Thomas Adolf von Dehn (1796–1825) Pastor of St. Johannis, Secretary of the Fellin District Court ⚭ 1822 Emilie Baranius (1799–1862)
      • August von Dehn (* 1823 in Fellin; † 1889 in Lehowa), district judge, 1860 Livonian indigenous community ⚭ 1852 Marie Schneider (1831–1871)
        • Arthur Max von Dehn (1853–1905)
        • Arthur Hugo von Dehn (1856–1902) ⚭ 1886 Elisabeth von zur Mühlen (1863–1919)
        • Hartwig Eduard Adolph von Dehn (1858–1901), District Court Assessor ⚭ Anna Maria Berg (* 1871)
        • Konrad Axel Ernst von Dehn (1860–1927) ⚭ 1891 Therese Wegener (* 1870)

Possessions

  • Seliküla / Selliküll - manor in the parish of Järva-Jaani / St. Johannis, Jerwen ,
  • Emumäe / Emmomäggi - manor in the parish of Simuna / St. Simonis, Virumaa / Wierland district.,
  • Gut Weltz, founded in 1709, belonged to the von Dehn family for a long time. The two-story, neatly jointed main building made of red brick was built around 1900,
  • The Raggafer estate, founded in 1540, had several owners,
  • The Kieckel estate was founded in the 17th century and belonged to the von Rosen and von Dehn families,
  • The Kono estate was first mentioned in 1547 and belonged to the von Dehn family for almost 200 years.

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Registration of Arnoldus Dehne. Entry on University of Rostock matrikel.uni-rostock.de ; accessed March 23, 2019
  2. ↑ Note: The Revaler race that has become particularly known for the two mintmaster Urban Deene, and perhaps related to the Dene, who are mentioned in the 14th and 15th centuries in the Revaler heritage books, the father has the current Estonian and Livländischen Dehn nothing to do: Genealogical manual of the Baltic knighthoods, Görlitz 1929, p. 352 ff. Personen.digitale-sammlungen.de
  3. ^ Contributions to the history of the von Dehn family, compiled by August von Dehn, Dorpat , 1868 digar.ee (PDF); accessed May 22, 2018
  4. ^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Joachim 1722-1795. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
  5. ↑ The Lehowa manor, founded in the 17th century, belonged to the noble family von Stryk mois.ee for a long time
  6. ↑ Estonian manors mois.ee
  7. ↑ Weltz mois.ee
  8. ↑ Raggafer mois.ee
  9. ↑ Kieckel mois.ee
  10. ↑ Kono mois.ee