Esplingerode (noble family)

The coat of arms of those of Esplingerode in Siebmacher's coat of arms book

The Lords of Esplingerode were an old noble family from Lower Saxony in Esplingerode near Duderstadt .

history

According to information from Johannes Letzner and Johann Georg Leuckfeld, the noble family von Esplingerode probably comes from the noble family Rieme and its branch von Bockelnhagen , they refer to the similarity of the coats of arms. Dietrich von Esplingerode was probably the first of his line to call himself Esplingerode after the place. As ministerials, you belonged to the lower nobility. The first mention is known for the year 1266, when Dietrich appears as a witness. A castle or fortified complex as a residence is not proven in the place.

In addition to their own property, they were fiefs of the Guelphs , the Archbishops of Mainz, the Lords of Plesse , the Counts of Lauterberg, the Landgraves of Hesse, especially in places in the Untereichsfeld, and from the Counts of Beichlingen they owned the bailiwick of the Gerode Monastery from 1288 to 1343 . They appeared very frequently as witnesses to these gentlemen. In 1281 Adrian von Esplingerode was Vogt of the Brunswick dukes on the Harliburg .

In 1352 they are named as part owners of the Allerburg . Henning (1398) and Heinrich (1420) were castle men on the Allerburg. In 1424 Bruning sold his castle mansion in Gieboldehausen to Ludolf von Medenheim . In 1398 family members were named when they sold their goods in Langenhagen to the Teistungenburg monastery. The last time a gentleman was named von Esplingerode was in 1435 when he sold his Burgmannslehen on the Allerburg to Heinrich von Wintzingerode .

Representative of the noble family

When Johann Georg Leuckfeld following members of the family are listed Seulingen after generations (the figures for the period before 1266 are questionable):

Dietrich von Esplingerode (1209):
- Heine,
- Martin (1236) and
- Johann (1244) von Esplingerode
  - Burchardt (1303, 1310) several times at Lutterberg Castle with Count Otto
  - Dietrich (1274, 1302) is mentioned several times as a witness
    - Johann (1313, 1325), knight
      - Grubo (1345)
      - Henning (1345, 1373), is named in a complaint in 1363 and with those of Minningerode
    - Ehrenfried (1313), knight
    - Thilo (1325), squire
      - Daughter Hedwig (1370 in Osterode Monastery)

As further representatives of the noble family are proven:

Eckbert von Esplingerode (1286) in the Gerode monastery
the brothers Henning (the above?) and Johann (1369) are reconciled with the Archbishop of Mainz and the city of Duderstadt
Henrich (the aforementioned Henning?) Von Esplingerode (1396)

literature

Johann Georg Leuckfeld: Antiqvitates Poeldenses. Or historical description of the previous Stifft Voelde, Premonstratensian order, what names of this Closter, time of the foundation, country area… Compiled from rare archives and writings and… explained. Wolfenbüttel 1707; (About the noble families Sulingen, Rieme, Bockelnhagen, Esplingerode pp. 139–141) Bavarian State Library, Munich .
Otto Posse: The seal of the nobility of the Wettin region. Volume II, Verlag Wilhelm Baensch Dresden 1906, pages 49-54
Hans-Joachim Winzer: The Lords of Esplingerode - a knight family on the Eichsfeld. In: Eichsfeld-Jahrbuch 26th vol. (2018), Verlag Mecke Duderstadt, pp. 71-106

Web links

Commons : Esplingerode family - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Johann Wolf: Political History of the Eichsfeldes. Göttingen 1805, § 103, page 30.
↑ Hans-Joachim Winzer: The Lords of Esplingerode - a knight family on the Eichsfeld. In: Eichsfeld-Jahrbuch 26th vol. (2018), Verlag Mecke Duderstadt, p. 74
↑ Landgrave Regest online No. 1146. Regest of the Landgrave of Hesse. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
^ Johann Wolf: Eichsfeldisches Urkundenbuch together with the treatise of the Eichsfeldischen nobility. Göttingen 1819 ( Treatise on the Eichsfeld nobility, as a contribution to its history. ) Page 103 (XCIV)
↑ Levin von Wintzingeroda-Knorr : Die Wüstungen des Eichsfeldes: Directory of the desert areas, prehistoric ramparts, mines, courts of law and waiting areas within the districts of Duderstadt, Heiligenstadt, Mühlhausen and Worbis. O. Hendel, Göttingen 1903, p. 35
↑ RIplus Regg. EB Mainz 2,1 n.1660, in: Regesta Imperii Online (accessed on August 14, 2017)
^ Johann Wolf: Eichsfeldisches Urkundenbuch together with the treatise of the Eichsfeldischen nobility. Göttingen 1819 ( Treatise on the Eichsfeld nobility, as a contribution to its history. § 10, pages 15, 84, 12)

[1] Johann Wolf: Political History of the Eichsfeldes. Göttingen 1805, § 103, page 30.

[2] Hans-Joachim Winzer: The Lords of Esplingerode - a knight family on the Eichsfeld. In: Eichsfeld-Jahrbuch 26th vol. (2018), Verlag Mecke Duderstadt, p. 74

[3] Landgrave Regest online No. 1146. Regest of the Landgrave of Hesse. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[4] Johann Wolf: Eichsfeldisches Urkundenbuch together with the treatise of the Eichsfeldischen nobility. Göttingen 1819 ( Treatise on the Eichsfeld nobility, as a contribution to its history. ) Page 103 (XCIV)

[5] Levin von Wintzingeroda-Knorr : Die Wüstungen des Eichsfeldes: Directory of the desert areas, prehistoric ramparts, mines, courts of law and waiting areas within the districts of Duderstadt, Heiligenstadt, Mühlhausen and Worbis. O. Hendel, Göttingen 1903, p. 35

[6] RIplus Regg. EB Mainz 2,1 n.1660, in: Regesta Imperii Online (accessed on August 14, 2017)

[7] Johann Wolf: Eichsfeldisches Urkundenbuch together with the treatise of the Eichsfeldischen nobility. Göttingen 1819 ( Treatise on the Eichsfeld nobility, as a contribution to its history. § 10, pages 15, 84, 12)