Harpe (noble family)

Coat of arms of those of Harpe

Harpe is the name of an Estonian noble family .

overview

The Harpe were in Estonia resident and were supposedly in 1785 from Russia ennobled . The brothers Karl , Wilhelm and August von Harpe (sons of the upper pastor William Harpe and Catherine of Schonert ) received in 1790 from the Saxon kingdom Vicariate the Empire Knights - and nobility with "noble of". Karl and Wilhelm von Harpe were entered in the Estonian nobility register in 1809 .

coat of arms

The blazon is as follows: Shield: quartered.

• I. In the field, which is divided from black to red, a slanting green olive branch, crossed by a slanting left gold-edged silver sword .
• II. Erected in gold (the resonance box turned to the right) a blue-stringed harp .
• III. In silver, an uprooted green tree. IV. From red to silver with crooked tips (teeth) divided obliquely to the left. Two helmets rest on the shield.
• Helmet I (crowned): sword and olive branch as in field I between two buffalo horns divided from black to red .
• Helm II (uncrowned): the harp from field II between open golden flight .
• Covers : red-silver-blue-gold.

Name bearer

• Alexander von Harpe (1802–1869), German-Baltic judge and gentleman in Engdes , ∞ Juliane Baroness von Stackelberg (1804–1865).
• August von Harpe (1767–1814), Russian major general , ∞ Henriette von Brevern (1779–1853); Granddaughter of Hermann von Brevern (1663–1721) and Katharina von Reutern (1669–1746).
• Karl Johann von Harpe (* 1752), Russian college assessor with infantry major rank, ∞ Wilhelmine Krafft (1755–1825).
• Reinhold von Harpe (* 1885), German-Baltic manor owner on Pöddrang, ∞ Selma Hefftler (1899–1979); Daughter of Dr. med. Hugo Hefftler (1871–1959) and Hilda Drögemüller (1872–1948).
• Wilhelm von Harpe (1754–1836), Russian councilor , owner of the Kaulep estate.

swell

• Hans Friedrich von Ehrenkrook (1964): Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility , Volume 32. CA Starke , p. 174.

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Maximilian Gritzner : The nobility of the Russ. Baltic provinces. First part: The knighthood , Bauer & Raspe, Neustadt an der Aisch 1898, pp. 312–313.