Gohr (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the von Gohr family

Gohr is the name of a noble family from Courland , whose origins go back to the Dutch-Belgian noble family Horn . The family was widely ramified and served as officers and land tenants under several rulers . Oskar Johann von Gohr (1834–1904) was an outstanding figure in Imperial Russian service and went down in history as Vice Admiral and Consul General .

origin

The main line of the Dutch-Belgian noble family Horn was in the 1450 count conditions raised and went out 1540th in from the main line grew the lords of Baucignies, the later Earl Houtekerke, it was extinguished in 1741. Another line 1509 to the French Count of Baucignies and 1677 raised to the Spanish-Dutch prince status. In 1736 this line was raised to the rank of imperial prince and existed until 1826. The castle north of Horn and the Goor rule (Ghoor, Goer, Ghore or Gohr) had received a fiefdom . This branch was headed by Daniel I, Ritter and Herr von Gohr from 1285 to 1294 . His son Daniel II. Was from 1306 to 1311 Mr. von Gohr and steward the Duke of Brabant John II. The family distributed to various Lehngüter in Limburg and upper funds and has been resident in Weyer and Einrath, the line of of Wissersheim in Düren the lasted the longest. A descendant of the Weyer and Einrath line, namely Johann von Gohr, is registered in Old Livonia from 1532 to 1550 as the house commander of the German Order of Reval . But he returned to his homeland and in 1672 was appointed Landkomtur of the Teutonic Order at Alden Biesen Castle . The von Gohrs family line was widespread and not always settled, the verifiable series of descendants in Kurland begins again with Wilhelm I von Gohr, who was named as a witness in 1563 . Wilhelm II.-IV. followed, the son Wilhelm IV. Otto Johann now led the descendants without a break.

Lineage

Otto Johann von Gohr († 1703), lord of Sahten , tenant of Groß-Autz , lieutenant colonel in Courland ⚭ Louisa von Korff

  • Christoph Ferdinand von Gohr (* around 1697, † 1774 in the parish of Sackenhausen), Hesse-Kassel major , Lord of Allmahlen and Münde ⚭ Margarethe Emerentia von Hahn (1712–1781)
    • Christoph Heinrich von Gohr (* 1740, ⚭ 1811 in Goldingen ), French captain , lord of Ullmahlen, Strandhof and Sernaten, secretary of the (1778) Piltschen Landtag
      • Georg Wilhelm Ernst von Gohr (* 1793 in Mitau ; † 1854 in Talsen ), master of Sernaten and Subern ⚭ Henriette Hoyer (1804-1858)
        • Alexander Heinrich Wilhelm von Gohr (1827–1870)
        • Robert Ferdinand von Gohr (1830–1901), gentleman at Groß-Satticken and Subern
          • Edgar von Gohr (* 1862)
          • Leon von Gohr (* 1868)
        • Oscar Johann von Gohr (* 1834 in Windau ; † 1904 in Reval ), Vice Admiral, Consul General in Copenhagen, Privy Councilor ⚭ Marie von der Fuhr (1845–1926)
          • Oskar Christian von Gohr (* 1871 in Nikolajew; † 1909 in Reval), Chamberlain , Councilor of the Estonian Government ⚭ Alexandrine Baroness von Korff (* 1872)
        • Hermann Magnus Nikolai von Gohr (1845–1917)
    • Philipp Magnus von Gohr (* 1733; † 1805 in Mitau), judge , gentleman in the castle courtyard, Münde, Allmahlen, Sutten and Kuckschen ⚭ Benigna von Hahn (1743-1821)
      • Eberhard Ferdinand von Gohr (1763–1794), Lord of the Cuckoo
      • Carl Hermann von Gohr (* 1764–1835), gentleman on Engelzeem ⚭ Johanna Gottlieb von Brunnow (1765–1812)
        • Friedrich Hermann Christoph von Gohr (1790–1810)
        • Magnus Wilhelm Heinrich von Gohr (1778–1881), Russian lieutenant
      • Georg Wilhelm von Gohr (1766–1823), gentleman on Subern, Kuckschen, Laidsen and Rothfelden

Johannes Friedrich Oskar von Gohr

Johann Friedrich Oskar von Gohr (born May 17, 1834 in Windau; † August 3, 1904 in Reval) was the third son of Georg Wilhelm Ernst von Gohr (1793-1854) and Henriette Hoyer. He married Marie von der Fuhr in 1869. Johann FO von Gohr completed his officer training in the naval cadet corp in Saint Petersburg . In 1852 he was accepted as a naval officer in the Imperial Russian Navy . From 1859 to 1860 he was adjutant to the Commander-in-Chief in Arkhangelsk and from 1860 to 1861 in Nikolaevsk . He then commanded several steam warships and in 1878 became captain of the first rank . In 1885 he was honored as Vice Admiral . As a Real Councilor of State he now entered the service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs . From 1888 to 1903 he was consul general in Copenhagen with the rank of a privy councilor .

coat of arms

Coat of arms of those of Horn
Coat of arms of the von Gohr (No. 7)

In the silver shield there are three red horns with gold fittings. On the crest is the horn in front of three ostrich feathers . Red-silver helmet covers .

The family coat of arms of the von Gohr family is based on the coat of arms of the ducal-Brabant noble family Horn. The oldest known Horn seal with the three horns dates from 1282.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Oskar Johann von Gohr, entry on DNB .
  2. ^ A b Oskar Stavenhagen (edit.): Genealogical manual of the Courland knighthood , Volume 1, Görlitz, [1939], p. 294.
  3. ^ The Sackenhaussche parish. In: August Wilhelm Hupel : Courland's old nobility and their estates, or Courland's nobility matriculation and land role. Along with other shorter articles, etc. , Verlag Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, Riga 1781, p. 61.
  4. ^ Johann Friedrich Oscar von Gohr, entry on finnholbek.dk.
  5. ^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Gohr. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
  6. ↑ Düsseldorf City Archives, Werden Abbey n.57.