Glaubitz (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of those from Glaubitz to Altengabel and to Brieg according to Siebmacher (1605)

Glaubitz is the name of a Meißnian nobility family with the headquarters of the same name, Glaubitz near Langenberg on the Elbe, who first appeared with Berthold von Glaubitz on March 18, 1275 and was already resident in the County of Glatz before 1343 . King John of Bohemia enfeoffed the Silesian branch of the family on Mittelwalde on February 14, 1346 with the rule of Karpenstein in the County of Glatz. In the 16th century the family owned the royal Bohemian fief Casell in Lower Lusatia . Werner and Heintze von Glaubitz were royal Bohemian hereditary bailiffs from Beuthen in 1468 and 1473 respectively . The genealogical connections of the four baronial lines of those von Glaubitz in the Bohemian gentry that died out in the 18th century have not been adequately researched and were often incorrectly presented or not kept apart in the older specialist literature. What they all have in common is the family coat of arms with the fish placed at an angle.

history

origin

The family with Berthold von Glaubitz was first mentioned in a document dated March 18, 1275. The parent company of the same name in Glaubitz is now part of the Nünchritz administrative association in Saxony . The place is first documented under the West Slavic name Glubotsk in 1271. Presumably a moated castle originally stood on this manor . The knight Berthold von Glaubitz , who appeared in 1275, is named as the oldest owner . The government of Glaubitz remained in the von Glaubitz family until the beginning of the 14th century. In 1303 it was bought by the knight Bernhard von Kamenz.

Legend of the origin of the name Glaubitz

The ancestor of those von Glaubitz is said to have accompanied his emperor to war as a squire. He has watched over the safety of his master with care. When the latter exposed himself too much to the enemy danger in a battle, the servant warned him. But his admonitions found only a smile in response. Then the squire asked him with the words "Glaubitz" (Glaubitz now ) again to heed his well-intentioned advice, just as a war captain was killed by a crossbow shot at his side.

After the battle, the loyal servant received the knighthood from the emperor's hand and, as a permanent memory of that hour, the name Glaubitz, which can still be found today.

Expansion and possessions

From the margraviate of Meißen , the Glaubitz came to the Silesian Duchy of Glogau at the end of the 13th century , where Heinrich von Guboczk was first documented on March 5, 1302 . In the County of Glatz , which belongs directly to Bohemia , the knight Otto von Glubos was first mentioned in a document on January 5, 1316.

The family divided into the houses at Alt [en] gabel (today Stara Jabłona , district of Waltersdorf ) and Brieg (today Brzeg Głogowski district of Herrndorf , both in the Duchy of Glogau) and named themselves after their coat of arms . The ones at Altengabel had a right-facing lying carp in their coat of arms, those at Brieg the carp with a red ribbon. The former called themselves the unbound and the latter the bound.

The line of the Altengabel tribe begins with Balthasar von Glaubitz, who is documented from 1356. The progenitor of the Brieg tribe is Georg von Glaubitz, who is mentioned in documents from 1446 to 1475. The lines to Groß- and Kleinwalditz and to Großkrausche belonged to the Altengabel house. The Brieg house established the lines to Kuttlau , Baunau, Dalkau, Langhermsdorf and Seppau. In addition to these traditional estates, the family owned extensive property in many parts of Silesia, but they could not be held. As early as the 14th century, they owned considerable goods in the County of Glatz, which they sold to Archbishop Ernst von Pardubitz in 1343 . The first known owner of Karpenstein Castle , first mentioned as Carpenstein, near Landeck in the County of Glatz, was Thamo von Glaubitz (also Glubos ), who died in 1337. Of King John of Bohemia , the brothers Otto, Reinczko and Nicholas received from Glubos the castle with the Erbgerichten in Landeck to fief . According to tradition, the name of the castle goes back to the coat of arms of Glaubitz, a fish or carp. The property was sold to Mersan von Pachowitz in 1352.

Members of the Alsatian line of the Altengabel tribe were accepted on July 13, 1660 in Oberkirch into the imperial knighthood in the knightly canton of Ortenau in the Swabian knight circle . On February 22, 1759 in Strasbourg , she was accepted into the imperial knighthood of Lower Alsace. They had been there since 1680.

Gender has produced important members. Wolf von Glaubitz auf Kasel (Casel) in today's Kasel-Golzig , was in 1635/36 as colonel of the cavalry (his regiment still comprised eight companies in September 1635) under Banérs , in 1637 under Alexander Leslie's command in Swedish service. Oxenstierna had promised to reinforce Sperreuter with two regiments under Glaubitz. Oswald von Glaubitz (* 1607 in Klein-Wangen in Silesia, † 1671 in Strasbourg) became a colonel in the Electoral Palatinate . Johann Gottfried von Glaubitz died in 1726 as a royal Prussian lieutenant colonel . His son from his marriage to Helene von Uslar , Christian Gottfried von Glaubitz, became a lieutenant colonel in Braunschweig .

Christoph Franz von Glaubitz came from the Brieg tribe and owned or partially owned the city of Dyhernfurth on the Oder. A major von Glaubitz from the Brieg tribe served in the Voss Dragoon Regiment in 1806 and later became a colonel and brigadier in the rural gendarmerie. A son of his, who took part in the campaigns during the wars of liberation with honors , died as a judicial councilor in Wroclaw .

August Siegmund von Glaubitz came from the Altengabel tribe and entered French royal service. He died in Versailles in 1727 as a colonel in the royal French regiment of Alsace. From his marriage to Marie Jacobe Wurmser von Vendenheim (* 1689; † 1771), which he entered into in 1711, came Baron Christian Sigismund (* 1711; † 1765), who became a royal French lieutenant general . As a French general , he fought in the Seven Years War in Hesse in 1760 in the battle near Emsdorf with his French and German regiments against an alliance of Hesse, British and Hanoverians. Even after his situation became hopeless, he refused to surrender and was eventually captured. In 1749 he married Octavie Friederike Franziska von Landsperg (* 1725; † 1804). The couple had four daughters and one son. In 1841 the daughters founded a religious order for impoverished girls and orphans in Strasbourg ( Cross Sisters from Rochusberg ). Son Christian Friedrich (* 1759, † 1845) became an officer in the French army. With his sons Gallus (* 1799) and Franz Theodor (* 1802) the family came to the Grand Duchy of Baden . Gallus von Glaubitz died in 1871 as chamberlain for the Grand Duke of Baden . His son Gallus von Glaubitz (1852-1924) became royal Prussian lieutenant in the Cuirassier Regiment No. 8 and later Colonel in the Cuirassier Regiment Seydlitz . Franz Theodor von Glaubitz died in 1865 as a grand-ducal colonel of Baden. His son Alfons von Glaubitz († 1877) became an officer in the Imperial Austrian Army. From February 20, 1850, the Grand Ducal Baden 3rd Cavalry Regiment with its four squadrons in Bruchsal under its first regiment chief, Major Freiherr von Glaubitz and Altengabel, was considered to have been established. He remained its commander until 1855. Georg Rudolph von Glaubitz (1673–1740), royal Prussian lieutenant general and knight of the Order de la Générosité , also came from the Altengabel tribe . On September 21, 1731, as colonel, he became chief of the Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 4 established in 1672 , which he remained until September 7, 1740. He died in Kolberg on October 1, 1740 .

Status surveys

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The entire Alsatian line from the Altengabel tribe received French recognition of the baronate in Compiègne on August 6, 1773 . Ferdinand Freiherr von Glaubitz, a royal Prussian lieutenant in the 1st Badischer Leibgrenadierregiment 109, who came from this line, received Baden recognition on August 8, 1896 in Karlsruhe for holding the title of baron.

The brothers Balthasar Abraham, Christoph Ferdinand and Carl Sigmund von Glaubitz from the Silesian line of the Altengabel tribe received the Bohemian gentry in Laxenburg on May 12, 1728 . The brothers Franz Erdmann and Caspar Friederich von Glaubitz, who came from this line, were elevated to the status of Bohemian barons in Vienna on April 14, 1736 .

Tribe Brieg

From the Langhermsdorf line of the Brieg tribe, Christoph Franz von Glaubitz received the Bohemian lordship in Vienna on April 13, 1699.

Johann Georg von Glaubitz from the Baunau line of the Brieg tribe was raised to the status of Bohemian baron in Vienna on November 26, 1700.

coat of arms

Family coat of arms tribe Altengabel

The family coat of arms shows in blue a right-facing, crosswise, silver carp. On the helmet with blue-silver blankets, the carp in front of three (color sequence red, silver, blue) ostrich feathers (originally seven alternating silver and blue cock feathers).

Family coat of arms tribe Brieg

The family coat of arms shows a right-facing, crosswise silver carp around the body with a red band. On the helmet with blue-silver covers , the carp in front of three (color sequence red, silver, blue) ostrich feathers.

Baron coat of arms

The baronial coat of arms of the Altengabel tribe, awarded in 1736, shows a right-facing silver carp in blue. The coat of arms has two helmets with blue and silver helmet covers, each with a silver carp turned inwards. On the right in front of three (color sequence blue, silver, red), on the left in front of three (color sequence red, silver, blue) cock feathers.

The baronial coat of arms of the Brieg tribe, awarded in 1700, is quartered and covered with a blue center shield , inside a right-facing, crosswise, silver carp with a red band. 1 and 4 in black a crowned golden lion , 2 and 3 in gold a green oak wreath. The coat of arms has two helmets. On the right, with the black and gold helmet covers, the carp in front of three ostrich feathers (color sequence red, silver, blue). On the left a sword arm with a blue and silver helmet cover.

Coat of arms history

The oldest depiction of the coat of arms, a right-facing fish on the shield , appears on February 21, 1323 and on February 23, 1326 on a seal .

Coat of arms of the older, so-called "bound" baronial tribe

  • 1699: in blue a silver carp placed diagonally to the right with red fins and a yellow band around the body, on the helmet with blue-silver covers the carp in front of three red-silver-blue ostrich feathers.
  • 1700: quartered and covered with a heart shield, in it the silver carp placed diagonally to the right with a red band in blue. 1 and 4 in black a crowned golden lion, 2 and 3 in gold a green wreath of oak leaves. two helmets, on the right with black and gold covers three carp in front of three red, silver and blue ostrich feathers, on the left with blue and silver covers an armored sword arm.

Coat of arms of the younger, so-called "unbound" baronial tribe

  • 1728: within a golden border of the shield in blue a silver carp with red fins placed at an angle to the left, two helmets with blue-silver blankets, each with a left-facing silver carp in front of three blue-silver-red ostrich feathers.
  • 1736: in blue a silver carp placed diagonally to the right with red fins (without a belly band), two helmets with blue-silver blankets, each with an inward-facing silver carp in front of the silver-blue-lukewarm ostrich feathers on the right and red-silver-blue on the left.

Name bearer

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Original No. 850 in the Saxon Main State Archives in Dresden
  2. ↑ a b c Konrad Wutke / August Meitzen (ed.): Codex diplomaticus Silesiae . 16, Reg. 2700 or 18, Reg. 3551
  3. ↑ There are well-founded assumptions according to which (also because of the same heraldic animal) the believers of a tribe should be the same as the von Seydlitz family . This thesis is represented by Rudolf von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, on Klein-Wilkau in Silesia, in his treatise Further contributions to the history of Seydlitz-Kurzbach and this and that , Part VIII, Klein-Wilkau 1928, pp. 9-11: “The Lords of Glaubitz in the county of Glatz and the Lords of Sommerfeld in the Principality of Breslau with their one or three fish in their coat of arms certainly belong to the family of Seydlitz and Kurzbach, i.e. to the family with one or more fish in the coat of arms, whose branching is documented but no longer can be proven. " (PDF; 292 kB)
  4. ^ Procházka novel : Genealogical handbook of extinct Bohemian gentry families. Supplementary volume, edited by the board of the Collegium Carolinum (Institute) Research Center for the Bohemian Countries, R. Oldenbourg Verlag Munich, 1990, ISBN 3 486 54051 3 , p. 61.
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume IV, Volume 67 of the complete series, pages 144–145
  6. ↑ www.gemeinde-glaubitz.de ( Memento from January 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Glaubitz: Glaubitz Castle. In: Sachsens-Schlösser.de. Retrieved January 11, 2014 .
  8. ↑ Georg Pilk , Geschichtliche Nachrichten about Glaubitz b. Riesa 1275-1910. Collected from archival sources and edited with drawings by Max Eckard; Richard Naumann, self-published by the Rittergutsbibliothek, Theodor Bienert (ed.): Glaubitz 1910, Georg Pilk
  9. ^ A b New General German Adels Lexicon Volume 3, Pages 536-537
  10. ↑ The history of Karpenstein Castle ( Memento from December 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ^ Gerhard Köbler : Historical Lexicon of the German Lands. The German territories from the Middle Ages to the present. 7th, completely revised edition. CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1 . P. 221.
  12. ↑ Claus Dietrich Sperreuter / von Sperreuth (* 1600; † 1653) was first Swedish, then Lüneburg, then Hessian, and finally Imperial Major General
  13. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20141103122746/http://www.30jaehrigerkrieg.de/tag/g/page/2/
  14. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20141103122126/http://www.30jaehrigerkrieg.de/personen-g/
  15. ↑ Eike Erdel, The battle near Emsdorf on July 16, 1760. In: Journal of the Association for Hessian History (ZHG), Vol. 109 (2004), pp. 115-140 (PDF; 212 kB)
  16. ↑ http://www.kavallerie-regiment18.de/b_drag_reg_22.html
  17. ↑ http://www.preussenweb.de/regiment1.htm

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