Ketteler (noble family)

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Coat of arms of those of Ketteler

Ketteler later also Kettler is the name of an old Westphalian noble family . They belonged to the ministerial nobility . Their headquarters in Hüsten is today a district of Arnsberg in the Hochsauerland district . The family first appears in a document in 1210 with the castle man Lambertus de Hustene . His descendant Conrad von Hüsten appears since 1318 with the nickname dictus Keteler or de Keteler , which translates as Kesselmacher . Until 1368 the Kettelers were vassals of the then powerful Counts of Arnsberg . From 1561 to 1711 the family provided the ruling dukes , with Ferdinand Kettler formally even until 1737 the dukes of Courland and Zemgale .

history

Trunk line

House huts

In 1233 Conrad von Hüsten was mentioned as a castle man at Haus Hüsten .

Conrad II von Hüsten (around 1220 – before 1295), his son, was also Burgmann von Hüsten and married to Heilwig.

Rotger I. von Hüsten (approx. 1245 – after 1300), Burgmann, was married to Kunigunde and lived at Hachen Castle .

Conrad III. von Hüsten called Ketteler (1285–1364) was a knight and castle man in Rüthen . He was married twice and died in Bruchhausen near Arnsberg.

Rotger II. Ketteler (around 1312 – before 1378) came from the first marriage of Conrad III. He lived on Hachen and was married to Elisabeth Vollenspit . Their sons were called Conrad Munking and Rotger.

Conrad Munking Ketteler (around 1342 – before 1420), his son, was the master of Borghausen near Stocklarn (today the municipality of Welver ) on the Ahse and Drost at Hovestadt Castle . He had two sons with his wife Sophie.

Conrad Munking Ketteler (* around 1370) inherited Borghausen, where he died after 1423. His younger brother Friedrich (* around 1380, † before 1462) took over the Kettelburg built between Hüsten and Herdringen in 1411 from his uncle Dietrich Ketteler, a cousin of his father , after disputes about inheritance . Around 1419 he married Hilleke von Melschede .

Cord Ketteler (1418–1499), her son, inherited the Kettelburg. He married Adelheid von Cobbenrode , with whom he had a daughter.

Elisabeth Ketteler (1480 – after 1510) married Volpert von Fürstenberg's first marriage in 1496 and Johann von Hanxleden's second marriage around 1502 . This ended the line of the Kettelers zu Hüsten and the Kettelburg became the property of the von Hanxleden family. Elisabeth died in Hanxleden's castle in Körtlinghausen .

Kettler to Neu-Assen and Hovestadt

Coat of arms of those of Ketteler zu Neu-Assen and Hovestadt

Rotger Ketteler III. (1346–1418), the second son from Rotger's II. Marriage to Elisabeth Vollenspit, married Friderana (Friderun) von Altena in 1378 and acquired Hovestadt Castle and Office in 1382 and the Free County of Haus Assen in Lippborg , Lippetal in 1384 .

Cordt Ketteler zu Assen (1372–1446), their son, married Elisabeth von Gemen , called Pröbsting, and had 5 children with her.

Goswin Ketteler zu Assen (around 1400 – around 1471) shared his father's property with his younger brother Röttger in 1440, and in 1564 had Laurenz von Brachum build a new house on his share of Assen, the Neu-Assen house south of the old castle ; his brother lived in the old castle. The buildings were later joined together. He also changed the family coat of arms for himself and his descendants so that the silver background was replaced by a gold one. He also changed the spelling of the name to "Kettler zu Neu-Assen". He was married to Elisabeth von Hatzfeld zu Wildenburg.

Gotthardt I. Kettler to New Assen (1450-1518), her son married Margaretha von Bronckhorst and Batenburg with whom he had several children, including Franz von Ketteler , who later became Abbot of Corvey , and Gisbert , provost in Paderborn and canon in Munster .

Gotthardt II. Kettler zu Neu-Assen (1480–1556), the older son, married Sybilla Sophie von Nesselrode and had four children with her, including Wilhelm Ketteler , later Prince-Bishop of Münster, and Gotthard Kettler , the founder of the Kettler dynasty in Courland and Zemgals . Goswin von Ketteler had Hovestadt Castle converted into a Renaissance castle between 1563 and 1572.

Ottilie von Ketteler finally inherited the estates at Assen and Hovestadt and brought them into the marriage to her husband Gottfried von der Heyden from the line at Haus Bruch in 1653/68 . After inheritance disputes could not be settled, Heinrich von Galen bought Haus Assen in 1653, and it remained in his family until 1997. Ottilie's son was the Prussian general Johann Sigismund von der Heyden , who sold Hovestadt Castle in 1710 to Friedrich Bernhard Graf von Plettenberg-Lenhausen , whose descendants still own it.

Kettler as the dukes of Courland

Gotthard Kettler (1517–1587), from 1559 the last Landmeister of the Teutonic Order in Livonia and from 1561 first Duke of Courland and Semigallia

Gotthard Kettler (1517–1587) entered the Teutonic Order , became Commander of Daugavpils in 1554 and Landmeister of Livonia in 1569 . After Livonia was ceded to Poland , in 1561 he was enfeoffed with Zemgale and Courland as hereditary duchy with the stipulation that after his tribe died out, the land should fall to Poland.

Friedrich Kettler (1569–1642) and Wilhelm Kettler (1574–1640), Gotthard's sons, ruled the duchy together until 1615; after Wilhelm's deposition, Friedrich ruled alone until 1642.

Jakob Kettler (1610–1682), Wilhelm's eldest son, ruled until 1682.

Friedrich Kasimir Kettler (1650–1698), son of Jacob, ruled until 1698.

Friedrich Wilhelm Kettler (1692–1711) son of Friedrich Kasimir, ruled until 1711. His widow Anna Ivanovna , who later became Tsarina, took over the reign of Courland after his death.

Ferdinand Kettler (1655–1737), Jacob's youngest son and uncle of Friedrich Wilhelm, was therefore only formally Duke of Courland and resided in Danzig. Since he died childless, the Kurland Kettler dynasty died out with him. Tsarina Anna ensured that her favorite Ernst Johann von Biron was chosen as his successor as the ruling duke.

Ketteler to Alt-Assen

Rotger Ketteler, the younger son of Cordt Ketteler zu Assen (see above) married Pernette von Meschede for the first time and continued to live at Alt-Assen Castle near Lippborg.

Gerd Ketteler († around 1502), her son, inherited Alt-Assen and from 1477 married Leneke Korff called Schmising. Her sons were named Hermann, Rotger and Diederich.

Hermann Ketteler († 1512) became the owner of Alt-Assen Castle with his brothers after an inheritance was divided up in 1507. He married Leneke von Hatzfeld. After his death, his widow received Alt-Assen.

Hermann II. Ketteler zu Alt-Assen was enfeoffed in 1553 by the Archbishop of Cologne with three castle fiefs in Hovestadt .

Hermann III. Ketteler zu Alt-Assen and Sythen was canon in Münster and married Adelheid von Diepenbrock in 1577. In 1589 he asked for permission to emancipate . The marriage brought the sons Johann Vollrath (* 1590, State Secretary and Mayor of Pewsum) and the Münster canons Hermann , Rembert , Wilhelm , Dietrich and Konrad († 1625), who was appointed canon in Münster in 1590 and Odilia von Ketteler to Neu in 1598 -Assen got married. The marriage apparently remained childless, because around 1630 the Assen Castle and the Assen's estates fell to the Ketteler zu Hovestadt.

Ketteler to Middelburg

Rotger Ketteler, († 1523), the younger son of Gerd Kettelers zu Alt-Assen, was initially given a right of use and residence in Alt-Assen in 1507, as well as the assurance that he would be appropriately furnished. After the death of his brother Hermann in 1512, he received goods between Assen and Hovestadt. His first marriage was to Margarethe von Wischel , the second to Anna von Böckenförde called Schüngel and the third to Margarete von Galen , heiress of Bockhövel .

Jasper (Casper) Ketteler, his son, built the Middelburg. In 1541 he and his brothers were enfeoffed with three castle fiefs at Hovestadt. In 1556 he was Droste zu Stromberg.

Conrad Ketteler zu Middelburg and Bockenhövel married the Protestant Berta von Raesfeld zu Romberg in 1554. He renewed the Middelburg.

Rötger Ketteler zu Middelburg and Bockhövel married Ursula von Meschede zu Alme. In 1594 he was enfeoffed by the Cologne bishop with the three castle fiefs in Hovestadt.

Goswin Ketteler zu Middelburg and Bockhövel married Anna Elisabeth von Neuhoff called Ley in 1632 .

Moritz Philipp Ketteler zu Middelburg married Margareta von und zu Niehausen . In 1684 the Bockhövel house was sold to Johann Ernst von Krane in Soest.

Heinrich Dietrich von Ketteler zu Middelburg lived his first marriage with Anna Francisca von Hörde zu Schwarzenraben and his second marriage with Maria von Droste zu Erwitte (1674–1707). In 1724, Elector Clemens August enfeoffed him with the three fiefdoms in Hovestadt.

Wilhelm Theodor von Ketteler zu Middelburg married Sophie von Boeselager in 1762 , but died without leaving any children. His widow bequeathed the estate to her brother Friedrich Joseph von Boeselager zu Höllinghofen in Heessen near Hamm on February 1, 1770 . In 1798 the Middelburg was demolished.

Ketteler to Harkotten

Epitaph of the coat of arms of the Worms Canon and Wimpfen monastery dean Christoph Jodocus von Ketteler zu Harkotten († 1735), in Worms Cathedral

Goswin von Ketteler zu Middelburg married Christina von Korff- Schmising, whose branch of the male line had died out in 1615. The couple received their share of the property Harkotten , which was divided in 1334 , so that two families, von Korff and von Ketteler zu Harkotten, lived there. The two neighboring castles still belong to these families to this day.

Caspar Heidenreich von Ketteler zu Harkotten, her son, married Anna von Schade zu Salwey.

Goswin Caspar von Ketteler zu Harkotten, her son, married Anna Dorothea von Korff zu Harkotten. In 1755 he had the wing of his castle part torn down and replaced with a new baroque building.

Alexander Diedrich Anton von Ketteler (* 1689), their son, married Maria Sophie Elisabeth von der Tinnen .

Goswin Lubbert Anton von Ketteler (* 1719), their son, married Bernhardine von Korff zu Harkotten in 1719.

Clemens August von Ketteler (* 1715), their son, married Maria Freiin von Galen .

Maximilian von Ketteler (1779–1832) married Clementine von der Wenge on March 10, 1801 in Münster . Their children were August Joseph, the later politician Wilderich and the later Bishop of Mainz Wilhelm Emmanuel .

Friedrich Clemens von Ketteler married Marie Kunigunde Freifrau von der Betten , widowed von Hoerde, born in 1863 . Freiin von Asbeck, the heiress of the Hoerde estates Schwarzenraben and Eringerfeld . Eringerfeld was sold in 1964 and Schwarzenraben in 1998.

Since 2008 Schloss Linnep has passed from the possession of the Counts of Spee to Isabella and Wilderich Freiherr von Ketteler.

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a right-toothed red boiler hook on a silver background. On the helmet with the red and silver covers a silver label with the kettle hook between a silver and red feather. The Neu-Assen line replaced the silver background with a gold one.

Name bearer

Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler (1811–1877), Bishop of Mainz

literature

Web links

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