Deym (noble family)

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Deym , also Dem ("dumb Y") (Czech Deymové ze Stříteže ), is the name of an old, originally Bohemian noble family. The family, some of which still exist today, belongs to the South Bohemian nobility .

history

Friedrich von Deym
(* 1801; † 1853)
Vlastimil Deym ze Stříteže
(* 1812; † 1863)
Franz Deym
(* 1838; † 1903)

origin

The family was first mentioned in a document in 1385 with Ulricus dictus Dym de Dobrzemilic . The uninterrupted line of trunks begins with Johann Deym von Střítež , who appears in a document from 1459.

Střítež (also Stritetz), the ancestral seat of the family, belonged to the district administration of Mühlhausen and is now a district of Vlksice in Okres Písek in the Czech Republic . Ulrich, who appeared in 1385, took over the parent company as the son and heir of Bohunko de Střítež . It was still owned by the family in 1496.

Spread and personalities

During the 17th century the family spread throughout Bohemia and was elevated to the status of barons in 1708 and counts in 1730 . Wenzel Ignaz Deym Freiherr von Střítež owned 13 estates in the Kingdom of Bohemia . From his marriage to Maria Rosa Freiin von Vernier there were 16 children, of whom three sons continued the tribe. They were the founders of the three lines of the family.

Adauet Wilhelm Graf Deym von Střítež (* 1699, † 1761), the founder of the first line , married Maria Rosalia Freiin Woracziczky von Pabienitz . This line settled in Bavaria at the beginning of the 19th century . From the line came, among other things, the royal Bavarian major general and district commander of the Landwehr of Lower Bavaria Joseph Johann Nepomuk Wenzel Graf von Deym (* 1788; † 1844). In 1812 he married Countess Josepha von Königsfeld († 1844). In addition to three daughters, the couple had three sons. Son Otto Deym Graf von Střítež (* 1815), royal Bavarian lieutenant à la suite , married Emma Freiin von Berchem in 1840 and left two sons and daughters. His brothers, Counts Arnulf (* 1817, † 1882) and Hugo (* 1818), also became officers in the Bavarian army .

The second line , founded by Anton Joseph Deym Count von Střítež (* 1700, † 1727), owned the allodial rule Arnau with the Ober- and Untertschermna estate in Bohemia in the old Bohemian district of Bidschow . From this line came Franz Deym Count von Střítež († 1832), imperial chamberlain and major . He married Gabriele Countess von Schaffgotsch . Her son Count Franz de Paula (* 1804) became Imperial Chamberlain and Lieutenant Field Marshal . From his 1836 marriage with Ludmilla Countess Waldstein-Wartenberg († 1847) came the two sons Franz Deym von Střítež , who became an Austrian diplomat, and Ferdinand.

The founder of the third line was Bernhard Wenzel Carl Deym Count von Střítež (* 1704). The line owned in Bohemia, among other things, the gentlemen Lieblitz with the goods Bossin, Schemanswitz and Nemisch. Count Joseph Deym von Střítež (* 1752, † 1804) came from this line . At times, after a duel affair, he had the real name of Müller. Artistically gifted, he made a name for himself with the production of wax portraits, including making Mozart's death mask . He traveled to Naples , where, with the help of Queen Caroline , he was allowed to make wax casts of the most important ancient statues and busts. He set them up in an art museum in Vienna, which was very popular. Joseph died in 1804. He had been married to Josephine Brunsvik , a sister of Theresia Brunswik von Korompas , from 1799 and had four children. A good family friend was Ludwig van Beethoven , who gave piano lessons to both his wife and daughters. Joseph's son Friedrich Deym Count von Střítež (* 1801; † 1858) became imperial chamberlain. He was active in the Bohemian state parliament from 1838 and became leader of the estates opposition in the 1840s. Shortly before the outbreak of the March Revolution , he advocated a reform of the state parliament and freedom of municipalities. He published his ideas in three memoranda, including What should happen in Austria? . Friedrich married Catharina Vicomtesse de Casteras († 1825) in his first marriage and in 1829 Caroline Countess von Buquoy in his second marriage . From the last marriage there were seven daughters and four sons.

Of the members of the family living today, Leonhard Graf Deym is currently the administrator of the Kommende Mailberg of the Order of Malta and Joseph Graf von Deym is the owner of the Graf von Deym'sche Schlossbrauerei Arnstorf . He was President of the Federal Association of Private Breweries in Germany and received the Bavarian Beer Order in 1995.

Status surveys

The brothers Wenzel and Přibik Deym von Střítež received on October 20, 1708 in Vienna the old Bohemian gentry as Deym Freiherr von Střítež . The first-mentioned Wenzel Deym Freiherr von Střítež was raised to the bohemian count status on July 10, 1730 in Vienna as Deym Count von Střítež .

Joseph Graf von Deym, Freiherr von Střítež, royal Bavarian chamberlain and lieutenant colonel , was registered on January 25, 1813 with the count's class of nobility in the Kingdom of Bavaria.

coat of arms

Family coat of arms

The family coat of arms shows a red- armored silver goose with a feather tip on its head in red shields on a green hill . On the helmet with the red and silver helmet covers the goose without the hill.

Count's coat of arms

The Count's coat of arms from 1730 shows the family coat of arms, plus two silver greyhounds as a shield holder .

Name bearer

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bohemian court armor, Desky dworské XIII, 136
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume II, Volume 58 of the complete series, pages 468–469
  3. ↑ a b c New General German Adels Lexicon Volume 2, pp. 470–472
  4. ↑ [1]
  5. ↑ Gabriele Hatwagner: The pleasure in the illusion. (PDF; 10.0 MB) Diploma thesis.