Ekesparre (noble family)

Coat of arms of the noble family Ekesparre

Ekesparre is the family name of a Baltic - Swedish noble family . It comes from the Eck or Ecke family, who lived in Riga in the 17th century . From there, the Eck (e) spread to Sweden, Russia and Germany . Between the 17th and 18th centuries , the Ekessparre family line grew out of outstanding politicians , engineers and senior officers .

history

Half-length portrait with the inscription Nicolaus Ecke aet. 60

Based on a preserved family tree from Livonian history, the mayor and burgrave of Riga Nicolaus Ecke (* 1541 in Riga; † August 28, 1623 ibid) was named for the first time in 1582 . This is depicted on a medal that he had struck on the occasion of his 60th birthday in 1601. Other documents also contain name forms such as Eck, Eke or Eichen. Whether this Nicolaus Ecke is the real ancestor of all members of the Ekesparres cannot be proven historically and genealogically without any doubt .

coat of arms

The divided coat of arms shows a golden rafter in blue above , a natural uprooted green oak tree below in silver. On the blue-gold-green-silver puffed helmet with blue-gold and green-silver helmet covers two silver armored arms, holding a blue ball.

Male lineage of the Eck / Ecke family

In the family tradition, Nicolaus Matthias Ecke (1620–1690), a descendant of the burgrave, is the progenitor. His father Bernhard Ecke († 1629) was the tenant of Schultzenhof, postmaster , commissioner and license administrator in Arensburg on Ösel . He was followed by:

• Nicolaus Ecke (* around 1630; † 1652 in Danzig )
• Nicolaus Matthias Ecke (* around 1620; † 1690), progenitor, married to Catharina Unonia († 1713 in Sweden)
• Benjamin Eck (* around 1677; † 1748 in Arensburg), clerk , estate administrator, married to Maria Stamm
• Karl Johann von Ekesparre (born December 25, 1683 at Schultzenhof; † April 16, 1761 in Euküll ), Swedish major , married to Magdalena Charlotta von Nolcken (1695–1773). He was ennobled by the Swedish Queen Ulrika Eleonora , for his services during the Northern War , on December 10, 1719 under the name Eckesparre and introduced in 1720 in the knight's house in Stockholm (No. 1705).

Male line of Ekesparre

Karl Johann von Ekesparre was thus the first Swedish baron , followed by:

• Karl Gustav von Ekesparre (born October 30, 1721 in Stockholm; † August 18, 1800 in Arensburg), major, court assessor , married to Christine von Osten-Sacken
  • Karl Johann Gustav von Ekesparre (born August 16, 1746 in Würtzen , † July 15, 1806 in Katwel ) captain , country marshal and district administrator , married to Margarethe Elisabeth Guillemot de Villebois
  • Reinhold Matthias (* December 2, 1750 - October 18, 1804), Finland , Finnish Prime Major , postal inspector in Fredrikshamn , State Councilor, married to Juliane Govenia
    • Karl Matthias (1790-?)
    • Alexander (1797–1869)
  • Friedrich Magnus von Ekesparre, Herr auf Zerell (born June 3, 1759 in Alt-Löwel ; † May 18, 1834 in Arensburg), Major General , married to Juliane Louise von Tunzelmann († 1793 in Germany)
  • Peter Alexander von Ekesparre (* December 21, 1762 - † February 8, 1813 in Memel ), married to Ottilie Charlotte Weissmann von Weissenstein (1774–1794)
  • Otto Jakob von Ekesparre (born February 24, 1763 - † May 8, 1809 in Arensberg), assessor, married to Juliane Lovisa von Lingen (1764–1821)
• Johann Reinhold von Eckesparre (1725–1798) Hofrat , district judge , received the öselsches Indigenat on March 12, 1766, married to Margarethe Louise von Weymarn
  • Karl Johann (1766–?)
  • Karl Adam (1772–1825), Herr auf Zerell, Major
  • Reinhold Gustav Magnus I (1776–1807), magistrate
    • Leopold Friedrich Carl (1799–1888), Lord of Hoch-Nempa, Colonel
    • Reinhold Ludwig Eduard (1803-1817), cadet
    • Arkadius Peter Wilhelm (1804-1835)
    • Alexander Gustav Magnus II. (1806-1807)
    • Reinhold Gustav Magnus (1807–1876)
      • Arthur Peter Leopold (1838–1909)
        • Axel Reinhold Gotthard Oskar von Ekesparre (1868–?) And his descendants received the Estonian indigenous community
          • Erik Arthur von Ekesparre (1897–1944)
        • Armin Oskar (1869–1919) landlord and treasurer
          • Siegfried Arthur von Ekesparre (1908–1941 in Germany)
          • Rudolf Gotthard Ludwig von Ekesparre (1909–1997), captain , later merchant
          • Arthur Carl Johann von Ekesparre (1912–1945) Lieutenant Colonel in the General Staff (Ia 13th Panzer Division) Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross January 15, 1945 († February 12, 1945 Budapest)
          • Werner Armin von Ekesparre (1919–1998 in Hamburg), pediatric surgeon
      • Oskar Akardius Ekesparre-Olbrück (1839–1925), Land Marshal
        • Reinhold Peter (1880-1915)
      • Eugen Georg Alexander von Ekesparre (1845–1917 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) engineer and State Councilor
      • Bruno (1850–1898), Russian colonel
      • Eduard Peter Joseph (1849–1876)
      • Guido (1852-1904)
  • Johann Matthias (1779–1786)
• Nikolaus Adolf (1729–1778 in Leominster , England )

Hotel Ekesparre am Burggraben in Arensburg

The family of Ekesparre has for öselschen knighthood made two Landmarschälle she belonged since 1741 öselschen and since 1727 the Livonian (229 sub no.) Adelsmatrikel on. The most important properties on Ösel were: Euküll, Zerell, Kandel, Würzen, Jerwemetz, Mento, Rangern, Pichtendahl, Leo and Stahlenberg. In Arensburg, the hotel "Ekesparre Residence" was named after them.

See also

• Ekesparre-Olbrück

Web links

• August Wilhelm Hupel Nordic Miscellanees , volumes 20–21, Verlag Hartknoch, 1790, original from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, digitized July 18, 2011, page 48 ff.
• Ekesparre. Entry on Adelsvapen - Wiki (Swedish)
• Astaf von Transehe-Roseneck, Genealogisches Handbuch der Livländischen Ritterschaft, Vol .: 2, Görlitz, approx. 1935, pp. 666–671
• Nicolai von Essen, Genealogical Manual of the Knighthood of Ösel, Tartu, 1935

Individual evidence

1. ↑ downside: his coat of arms with the inscription oderint dum bene faciam Ao 1601
2. ↑ Friedrich Konrad Gadebusch , Livonian Yearbooks for this very year, page 246
3. ↑ Mullat and Schultzenhof. In: Baltic historical local dictionary: Estonia (including Northern Livonia) p. 367.
4. ↑ Licent administrator. In: The latest basic laws of the state constitution in Pomerania and Rügen Königl. Swedish Antheils from 1720 to 1756, Verlag Struck, 1757, original from the Austrian National Library, digitized April 10, 2014, accessed on December 11, 2016 (page 159) online
5. ^ High Nempa. In: The goods of today's Saaremaa district
6. ↑ Treasury deputy: In Livonia two knightly electoral officers elected for three years, assistants of the land marshal in the administration of the knight's treasury. With him, the cash deputies had to ensure that the cash desk was not burdened with unnecessary expenses. In: Baltic Legal Dictionary
7. ↑ Welcome to the Ekesparre Boutique Hotel!