Ense (noble family)
The Lords of Ense (later also called Kegeler , Varnhagen and Schneidewind ) were an aristocratic family from the Lower Rhine-Westphalia region . The main strain died out in the early modern period. In contrast, the initially bourgeois line of Varnhagen continued.
history
The gender has been documented since the end of the 12th century. The family originally lived in Waldeck near Korbach . There are the places Oberense and Niederense . In the middle of the 13th century, the first members of the family were known as knights (miles). After the middle of the 14th century, the Waldeck family had died out. From the beginning of the 13th century, the Ense were resident in the Grafschaft Werl and the Grafschaft Arnsberg . There is no evidence that the two branches are the same family. But this is likely.
There were references to the local towns of Ense and Bremen . A Konrad von Ense handed over his goods near Niederense to the Himmelpforten monastery in 1285 . They were feudal men of the Counts of Werl-Arnsberg and later the Archbishops of Cologne as dukes of Westphalia . After the family expanded, they also served the Counts of the Mark , the Bishops of Paderborn and other sovereigns.
The sex was divided into different lines. One from Ense, called Varnhagen, later called Varnhagen von Ense , the other from Ense, called Schneidewind . A third line was mostly not considered in the older literature. This had no further name affixes and was especially wealthy in western cottages. At times there was also an Ense line called Kegeler.
Line Ense called Kegeler and Varnhagen
Two of the three main lines probably go back to children of the knight Konrad von Ense. Anton von Ense held the office of cupbearer for the Counts of Arnsberg in the 1290s. He was also the bailiff at Arnsberg Castle . Its seal is the first representation of the coat of arms of the von Ense family. His son Konrad was the progenitor of von Ense gt. Kegeler. At the beginning of the 15th century, descendants of the family began to use the name Varnhagen. This line flourished at Iserlohn until the beginning of the 16th century. One of the last members of the family was a priest named Konrad von Ense. This had offspring and a son Johann founded the still thriving middle-class Varnhagen family. This also continues the coat of arms of the Ense gt. Varnhagen.
Line Ense called Schneidewind
The Ense line called Schneidewind can only be consistently proven from around 1400 onwards. However, the name Schneidewind appears as early as 1285. It is possible that the Schneidewinds also belonged to Ense's, but this cannot be proven with certainty. The branch of the Ense, called Schneidewind, which flourished in the 15th century, died out in the mid-16th century.
Gentlemen from Ense zu Anröchte and Westernkotten
The third main line did not have a nickname. It goes back to Heinrich (II.) Von Ense. This is called in the 1290s as the Burgmann of the Counts of Arnsberg. He is called a knight. Remarkably, he and his son Wichard were married to women from the higher sex of the Rüdenberger . The family branch had its main holdings at Erwitte and Anröchte from the 14th century and owned salt rights in Salzkotten . The headquarters were Westernkotten . The line died out in 1681. Their possessions came through von Schade to von Papen . In addition to the main lines mentioned, there were other subsidiary lines and splits.
This line initially focused on Salzkotten . They received the castle house there as a fief from the bishops of Paderborn. The family leased Burglehnen after they had settled in Anröchte and Westernkotten.
- Wichard was canon in Paderborn (see below) and later became secular. His son was Heinrich von Ense.
- Gerd married to Pernette von Plettenbracht. In addition to various goods, he also acquired the Cologne fiefdom of the castle in Anröchte, as well as rights to the church there. He acquired further possessions and rights. Including the lease of the Burgmühle in Lippstadt for life, the Erwitte office was also pledged to him.
- Heinrich was bailiff in Brilon , which had been pledged to him in 1441, and the castle and the Anröchte office were also pledged to him.
- Godert was bailiff in Brilon around 1470 together with a Dietrich von Erwitte.
- Adrian was Drost in Anröchte and was enfeoffed in 1479 with the castle fief in Salzkotten.
- Adrian was initially canon in Münster. Later he was Drost von Stromberg . The request to return house and office Anröchte to the elector of Cologne led to problems and was accepted through a settlement in 1568 after a trial before the Reich Chamber of Commerce.
Possessions
In the area of the Duchy of Westphalia, they owned Ense between 1394 and 1350 . They owned the Oberbergstrasse estate from 1394 to 1516. They also sat in Westbüderich between 1441 and 1511. The family owned Westernkotten between 1425 and 1700. In Niederberge they sat from 1475 to 1530 and in Anröchte they owned between 1395 and 1529.
The family owned the Balkinghof estate near Erwitte as early as 1333. In the 15th century, Gerkendael and Schermbeck were among their possessions . In the 16th century they also had estates in Bredenol , Ense and Erleburg . There was also a branch of the family in Iserlohn .
Members of the family after stones
Namely, Steinen u. a .:
- Georg de Ense (Famulus (Knappe) mentioned 1253)
- Anthony (1279)
- Hermann (1282)
- Wichard (1287)
- Heinrich (Nobilis dictus Ense, Miles 1308)
- Conrad (1321)
- Henricus (called Schneidewind, Famulus 1322)
- Cort (1332)
- Wigand (Famulus, 1334)
- Wichardus (Miles called Freseken)
- Jan (called dey Kögeler)
- Cort (called Kegeler, Miles 1393)
- Goddert (Miles 1398)
- Gert (called Schneidewind, bailiff of Rüthen 1401)
- Wichard (1405)
- Device from Ense (1408)
- Cort (1411/15 bought an estate in Sümmern )
- Gert (Council of the Duchy of Cleves 1416/19/22)
- Heinrich (bailiff in Brilon)
- Johann (called Varnhagen, Drost in Iserlohn 1424)
- Wichard (called Schneidewind, bailiff in Werl )
- Hermann (1434, receives a Klevian fiefdom in Schermbeck)
- Henrich (at Anröchte 1445 fought in the Soest feud )
- Henrich (first canon in Paderborn, later again in secular status in 1446)
- Henrich (Drost in Brilon, 1452)
- Wichard (called Schneidewind, Miles, 1454)
- Henrich (Wichard's son, 1458)
- Cort (called Varnhagen, pledged the Altena office , 1463)
- Gerd (called Schneidewind, Ritter, 1464)
- Wichard (bailiff of Balve )
- Henrich (knight, 1468)
- Cort (called Varnhagen, 1474)
- Adrian (chairman of the Oberfreistuhl in Arnsberg 1490)
- Adrian (bailiff 1502)
- Johann (called Varnhagen, 1502)
- Device (1504)
- Henrich (Marshal of the Dukes of Geldern, 1508)
- Adrian (Drost in Erwitte, 1515)
coat of arms
The first line had a black brake or cutting pliers in gold and the second line the same in silver.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Armin Scholz-Behlau: On the genealogy of the Westphalian family of Ense . In: Westfälische Zeitschrift vol. 157/2007 p. 38
- ↑ Armin Scholz-Behlau: On the genealogy of the Westphalian family of Ense . In: Westfälische Zeitschrift Vol. 157/2007 p. 37
- ↑ Armin Scholz-Behlau: On the genealogy of the Westphalian family of Ense . In: Westfälische Zeitschrift vol. 157/2007 p. 40
- ↑ Armin Scholz-Behlau: On the genealogy of the Westphalian family of Ense . In: Westfälische Zeitschrift Vol. 157/2007 p. 41f.
- ↑ Armin Scholz-Behlau: On the genealogy of the Westphalian family of Ense . In: Westfälische Zeitschrift vol. 157/2007 p. 42f.
- ↑ Seats of the nobility in the Duchy of Westphalia ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF for download)
literature
- Johann Strange: Contributions to the genealogy of the noble families. Issue 4. Cologne, 1867 pp. 26-25 digitized
- Johann Dietrich von Steinen: Westphalian history. Part 1 Lemgo, 1755 pp. 1142-1150
- Ernst Heinrich Kneschke: New General Adelslexikon. Vol. 3. Leipzig, 1861 123f.
- Armin Scholz-Behlau: On the genealogy of the Westphalian family of Ense . In: Westfälische Zeitschrift Vol. 157/2007 pp. 37–44 PDF file
