Rechteren-Limpurg

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Family arms of those of Rechteren-Limpurg
Rechteren Castle in Dalfsen
House Almelo
Kasteel Enghuizen, Hummelo, Bronckhorst , destroyed in 1945
Sommerhausen Castle

Rechteren-Limpurg is the name of an old Geldern noble family that is still based in the Netherlands today.

In 1705 the family was raised to the rank of imperial count and received a share of the direct imperial Swabian county Limpurg - Speckfeld through inheritance in the further course of the 18th century . The Counts von Rechteren-Limpurg, who thereby belonged to the high nobility, lost their rights of rule in 1806 through mediatization and have since been among the class lords .

history

The family appears in a document in 1263 with Everhardus miles de Hekere and in 1279 with Friderikus de Hykere dictus de Hese , with whom the family line begins. Frederik van Hekeren († 1386) received around 1350 protection over Salland, Twenthe and Diepenheim for the help given to the Bishop of Utrecht . Frederik's wife, Lutgardis van Voorst called Rechteren , brought the Rechteren Castle into the family, after which this line was named, while that of his brothers was called Hekeren von der Eese. Frederik's grandson, Frederick van Hekeren called Rechteren († 1462), married Cunegonde van Polanen in 1432 . Her son Otto van Hekeren called Rechteren († 1478) inherited the Rechteren Castle and thus became the ancestor of today's Counts von Rechteren. The noble family van Voorst tot Voorst emerged from the descendants of Otto's brother, Zeger van Hekeren .

The first-born son of Johann Zeger von Rechteren zu Rechteren , Joachim Heinrich Adolf (1687–1719), was granted the imperial count status for himself and his descendants by Emperor Joseph I on October 25, 1705 , and a further imperial diploma in 1708 made him eligible for the Gräflich-Wolfsteinschen Reichslehen granted. Because of the Baden peace this expectation fell apart.

Count Johann Eberhard Adolf, born in 1714, inherited from his mother Amalie geb. Countess von Limpurg -Speckfeld took over the county of Limpurg-Speckfeld and thus seat and vote in the Franconian Imperial Count's College and thus also the Imperial estate . His second wife was the daughter of the Count von Rechteren-Almelo. After the death of her father in 1771, she inherited the Heerlijkheid Almelo and thus brought Huis Almelo to the Rechteren-Limpurg family. One of her sons, Count Friedrich Reinhard (1751–1842), took part in the American War of Independence , not on the side of the English, like many German mercenaries, but on the side of the allied Americans and French. In 1806 the county was mediatized and came under Bavarian sovereignty. The Counts of Rechteren-Limpurg had special rights as noblemen until the revolution of 1918 and thus belong to the high nobility .

In 1819 a family contract was signed by which the previously common possessions were divided. The descendants of Count Friedrich Ludwig Christian (1748–1814) (older line) sold their German possessions to the above. Count Friedrich Reinhard, after he had previously sold his shares in Almelo. This Dutch line bears the name Rechteren-Limpurg or Rechteren Limpurg van Almelo. Since then, Count Friedrich Reinhard has held the title of Count von Rechteren-Limpurg-Speckfeld, as have the younger line lords who followed him in Bavaria. His son and successor, Count Friedrich Ludwig , expanded the castle in Markt Einersheim in a neo-Gothic style in 1859 . In 1964, the Rechteren-Limpurg-Speckfeld line became extinct in the male line. In 1968 the heirs sold the palace in Sommerhausen and in 1969 Einersheim Palace . Countess Adolphine von Rechteren – Limpurg – Speckfeld, b. Countess von Rechteren-Limpurg, adopted her grandson Icho Freiherr von und zu Massenbach, who has been called Graf von Rechteren-Limpurg-Speckfeld ever since .

The Rechteren Castle near Dalfsen in Overijssel is still owned by the family, as is the Almelo house and the Enghuizen estate. After being sold in 1968, Sommerhausen Palace in Lower Franconia was bought back in 2016 and occupied by Icho Graf von Rechteren-Limpurg-Speckfeld and his family.

coat of arms

  • The family coat of arms (= Heeckerens) shows a red cross in gold. On the helmet with red and gold blankets, a red topped golden hat, which is tipped with a red ostrich feather .
  • Coat of arms 1706: Squared shield: 1 and 4 in gold a common red cross covering the whole field (= coat of arms of the Heerkeren vd Eese on the right); 2. and 3 squared, namely 1 and 4 of red and silver divided transversely by four ascending silver tips, in 2 and three but in blue five (3 and 2) silver army flasks (= Franconian-Limpurg coat of arms). Two helmets cover the shield. On the right there is a golden balaclava with the tip bent down towards the right side and a red cuff edged with a golden border, the latter with a red ostrich feather waving to the right (= helmet of the family coat of arms). The crowned helmet on the left wears two buffalo horns divided transversely by red and silver with points, in the mouths of which there is a flag with a silver rod, divided transversely by red and silver (= Limpurg helmet). The helmet covers are red and gold on the right, blue and silver on the left.

See also

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Baron Sloet's Geldr. Certificate No. 509
  2. ^ A b Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon , 2nd volume, LZ, Verlag TO Weigel, Leipzig 1853, p. 250
  3. ^ The adventures of Count Friedrich Reinhard von Rechteren-Limpurg in the Mediterranean Sea and in the American War of Independence 1770 to 1782 Website for the book
  4. ^ Wiki for Würzburg: Icho Graf von Rechteren-Limpurg-Speckfeld
  5. Right website for Schloss Rechteren (Dutch)
  6. Repurchase of Sommerhausen Castle by the Counts von Rechteren Limpurg Speckfeld