Eynatten (noble family)
Eynatten is the name of an old noble family from the Lower Rhine . The lords of Eynatten belonged to the Limburg nobility. Eynatten , the family seat of the same name, is now a village in the municipality of Raeren in Belgium . Branches of the family still exist today.
history
origin
The family first appeared in a document in 1213 with Heldricus de Einatten , as benefactor of the St. Nicolaus Chapel in Eupen . The uninterrupted line of tribes begins with the knight Johann von Eynatten , who took part in the Battle of Baesweiler in 1371 in the Brabant contingent . The headquarters, Eynatten Castle , between Aachen and Eupen, was given up in 1410.
Lines and possessions
Johann's son of the same name, Johann von Eynatten , married Johanna von Neuerburg and moved into Neuerburg Castle (Neubourg) in 1410 . His four sons founded the lines to Obsinnich , Lichtenberg, Neuerburg and Reimersbeek. In the course of time the first three became extinct, from the last line all other branches of the family descend.
Members of the family came to Brabant, Geldern , Liège , Jülich and Berg from the 15th century and gained property and reputation. They were accepted into the knightly estates of the Lower Rhine regions and obtained influential offices. In the first half of the 16th century, Johann von Eynatten zu Obsinnich was a privy councilor to Emperor Charles V and governor in the Duchy of Limburg. Adolf von Eynatten died in 1654 as an imperial field marshal and Nicolaus von Eynatten was at the beginning of the 18th century Pensionary of lions .
Stephan Freiherr von Eynatten († 1633) acquired the rule Nüth and Johann Ulrich Freiherr von Eynatten by marrying Ferdinanda Salome Bergh von Trips in 1658 the rule and castle Trips . Trips was incorporated into the Jülich knighthood in 1764 , into which Carl Theodor Freiherr von Eynatten , son of the last Lord von Trips, was accepted in 1783. He died in 1842 as a former Palatine-Bavarian court chamber councilor and senior magistrate in Euskirchen .
Status surveys
Stephan von Eynatten , Lord of Nüth, was elevated to the status of imperial baron in 1632 and Nicolaus von Eynatten, Lord of Terheyen and Terhaegen, received from Emperor Charles VI on October 25, 1712 . the title of baron. In 1817, his descendants were recognized as barons by diploma in the Kingdom of Prussia . The Rhenish branch of the family was registered on July 4, 1829 with the baron class of nobility in the Prussian Rhine Province . A line based in Austria carried the baron title without objection.
coat of arms
The family coat of arms shows a red diagonal right bar in silver, accompanied on both sides by three mutilated red ducks ( merlette ). On the helmet a mutilated red duck between two buffalo horns divided by silver and red across the corner . The helmet covers are red-silver.
Known family members
- Carola von Eynatten (1857–1917), German writer
- Karl Edmund von Eynatten (1806–1886), first lieutenant and later (1847) district administrator of the Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg district, Aachen district, Rhine province
- Ludwig von Eynatten (1847–1929), German lieutenant general
- Maximilian von Eynatten (1827-1894), Prussian lieutenant general
literature
- The von Eynatten family on trips; Frank Korfer; 2016 published in Kreis Heinsberg (Ed.) Yearbook of the District Heinsberg ISBN 978-3-925620-37-9
- Anton Fahne : History of the Cologne, Jülich and Bergisch families in family tables, coats of arms, seals and certificates. ( Reprint d. A. from 1848/1853) Wagner Edition, Melle 2007; ISBN 9783937283159 .
- Otto Hupp : Munich calendar 1927. Book a. Art Print AG, Munich / Regensburg 1927.
- Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 3, Friedrich Voigt's Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1861, pp. 180-181. ( Digitized version )
- Genealogical manual of the nobility , Adelslexikon Volume III, Volume 61 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag , Limburg (Lahn) 1975, ISSN 0435-2408 .
Web link
Individual evidence
- ^ Ernst: Histoire du Limbourg, VI; Codex diploma. Limburg. p. 180