Fahrensbach (noble family)

Coat of arms of the von Fahrensbach

The Fahrensbach family (Varresbeck, Varensbach, Farensbach, Fahrensbach, Францбеков) is a Baltic German aristocratic family that was originally part of the Rhenish nobility and which went from there with Wilhelm I of Varresbeck to the Diocese of Ösel ( Estonia ), but little in the Rhineland later went out. From there the family spread to Livonia , Courland , Poland , ( Saxony ), Bohemia and Russia .

history

Origin and Development

As the first representative of the family, Giso de Varnestbeke is mentioned in a document in 1229 as a witness for Heinrich IV., Duke of Limburg, Count von Berg . His family very likely owned the Varresbeck estate and / or house near Elberfeld , and in any case owned not inconsiderable land holdings in the region before 1400. In the Baltic States the Fahrensbach were counted among the castle-sitting families. In the Wiek in particular , the Fahrensbach owned extensive estates, such as Heimar , Walck , Udenküll , Waddemois and Pedua . Several times, representatives of the family were able to fill important administrative positions for the Teutonic Order , Russia, Denmark , Poland or Sweden , provide diplomats, but above all successfully master military challenges. In 1588 the family received the Polish Indigenous , and in 1627 they were accepted into the Russian nobility.

Going out

In the Baltic States we meet with Reinhold von Fahrensbach , son of District Administrator Heinrich , who is probably the last male representative of the family. His wife, one of Wrangel's , died before 1666, and he himself died before 1650.

In Poland and Volhynia , Jan Karol Farensbach , a grandson of Johann VI. , who was a gentleman on Korkwa and sword carrier from Owrucz and Kiew, was documented in 1674 when he received the king's electoral certificate from Johann III. Sobieskis signed. His sister Alexandra and his daughter Marianna were still alive in 1701.

The last representative in the Holy Roman Empire was Count Gustav Adolf von Varrensbach , who died in 1689.

In Russia, on the other hand, it is Ivan Francbekov ( Иван Францбеков ) who was colonel of the infantry in Tula in 1689 and died in 1725. His widow lived in Sloboda . Ivan seems to have been the last representative of the Fahrensbach family at all.

Aftermath

Before December 1650, Johann von Müller zu Kunda , major in the royal Swedish regiment Ludwig Taube , married the last living daughter of the von Fahrensbach family in the Baltic States. Probably in ignorance of living relatives in Volhynia, Bohemia and Russia, he was given permission to use the coat of arms and name of his father-in-law. The Müller von Fahrensbach family then called themselves . However, the family also went out in 1721 with Johann's grandson.

In Poland, the original Herb Farensbach coat of arms became a cooperative coat of arms . The first known adaptation to Herb Farensbach was made by Georg Wolmar for Marek Felinski , who was in his service and was supported by King Sigismund III. was raised to the nobility in July 1607. Among other belonged to Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński to this family. Other Polish aristocratic families who ran or lead Herb Farensbach are the Faszowicz , Federowski , Feleński , Feliński , Felkier and Teodorowski .

In Russia, too, two families can be traced back to the Fahrensbach. The respective progenitor is said to have come to Russia as early as the 15th century. On the one hand, these are the Koshin, which can be traced back to a Georg ( Юрия Фаренсбаха ) who came to Russia as a prisoner from fighting with the Teutonic Order. On the other hand, there are the Kolyubakin.

coat of arms

The tribe coat of arms of the Fahrensbach shows a red pinnacle bar in silver. On the crowned helmet - with red and silver covers - a growing, sideways, natural (flesh-colored) man with a cone-shaped, fur-colored red cap. In some cases, according to the Polish relatives, the crest is framed by an open black eagle flight. It can also be assumed that the elevation of Gustav Adolf von Fahrensbach's status was accompanied by an improvement in the coat of arms. It is also not unlikely that the ранцбеков branch in Russia had a different coat of arms.

Historical coats of arms

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  Coat of arms of the "Varesberch" in the Bellenville Armorial , approx. 1380

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  Coat of arms of the Fahrensbach family

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  Seal of Wynrik Farensbeck on Walk (et); 1529

Name bearer

• Wilhelm I of Fahrensbach († after 1443), Vogt of Arensburg († after 1443)
• Johann III. von Fahrensbach († after 1557), canon of the church of Ösel, knighthood captain in the Wiek
• Dietrich III. von Fahrensbach († after 1569), councilor and donor and bailiff of the Bishop of Ösel Johann V. von Münchhausen
• Wolmar von Fahrensbach († after 1554), diplomat of the Teutonic Order
• Jürgen von Fahrensbach (1551–1602), Polish voivode and Livonian general
• Arndt Heinrich von Fahrensbach († 1621), Swedish officer
• Johann VI. von Fahrensbach († approx. 1627), Starost von Lemsal
• Heinrich von Fahrensbach († approx. 1627), first district administrator elected in the Wiek
• Georg Wolmar von Fahrensbach (1586–1633), Polish governor of Livonia
• Thomas Wilhelm von Fahrensbach († after 1636), Colonel Sergeant in Electoral Saxony in the Vitzthumischen regiment
• Dmitri Andrejewitsch Fahrensbach († approx. 1658), Russian governor in Jaransk , Kirow and Jakutsk
• Ivan Andrejewitsch Fahrensbach († after 1658), Russian governor in Totma
• Count Gustav Adolf von Fahrensbach (1629–1689), member of the Fruit Bringing Society

Web links

Commons : Fahrensbach (noble family)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Heinrich Kelleter (edit.): Document book of the Kaiserswerth monastery ; Bonn 1904 (document books of the spiritual foundations of the Lower Rhine 1) Gräfrath, No. 38, 1229.
2. ^ Wilhelm Crecelius : The house of Varresbeck near Elberfeld . In: Journal of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein , Schmidt, 1867, pp. 241–245. Digital collection of the BSB. .
3. ↑ Kurt Niederau : The sex of those von Varresbeck. From the story of a local noble family . In: Our Bergische Heimat 10, June 1961.
4. ^ Anton F. Fahne : History of the Cologne, Jülich and Bergisch families in family tables, coats of arms, seals and certificates . 2 volumes, 1848 and 1853, vol. 2, p. 171.
5. ↑ Овруч in the Ukrainian language Wikipedia
6. ↑ Seweryn hr. Uruski (1814–1890), Rodzina, Herbarz szlachty polskiej, Warszawa 1904–1931, T. IV Fabecki – Groer. P. 10. poznan.pl  ( page can no longer be accessed , 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.  
7. ↑ Erik Amburger database at the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies
8. ^ Bernhard Schlegel, Carl Arvid Klingspor : Den med sköldebref förlänade men ej å Riddarhuset introducerade Svenska Adelns Ättar-taflor . Stockholm 1875, p. 71
9. ↑ Кожины in the Russian language Wikipedia
10. ↑ Pуммель-Голубцовь, Pобocловный cбopинкь. C. II. 1886 I, 380
11. ↑ Колюбакины in the Russian-language Wikipedia
12. ^ Armorial Général , Volumes I & II, Pl. CCXCVII; or Rietstap , Tome I., p. 643
13. ↑ Maximilian Gritzner : Neuer Siebmacher , Volume 3, Section 11, The Adel of the Russian Baltic Sea Provinces , T. 2, The Adel that is not matriculated , Nuremberg 1901
14. ^ Brotherhood book of the Jülich-Bergisch Hubertus Order - BSB Cod.icon. 318, [Sl] Niederrhein [around 1500], names and ancestral samples of the sworn Hubertus knights (Lower Rhine nobility), 53r.