Reign of Broich

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Coat of arms of the Lords of Broich / de Brouch

In the late Middle Ages and the early modern period, the Broich rule was a subordinate rule of the Duchy of Berg . It was abolished in 1806. The Lords of Broich had their residence at Broich Castle . There is no tribal relationship to the Jülich family of von Broich .

location

The rule around 1790
Broich Castle in Broich (Mülheim an der Ruhr), seat of the Broich rule

The rule coincided with the parish and the Mülheim office and roughly comprised the present-day districts of Alstaden , Styrum , Dümpten , Heißen , Speldorf , Broich , Altstadt I , Altstadt II , Menden and Holthausen , Fulerum , Haarzopf and Saarn , with the latter being Mintard and Selbeck are to be excluded, which belonged to the ducal office of Angermund .

The rule bordered on the Duchy of Kleve , the territories of the Imperial Monastery of Essen and the Imperial Abbey of Werden, as well as the Duchy of Berg itself. Within the rule was the Cistercian monastery of Saarn and, as an enclave, the imperial rule of Styrum , located in southern Styrum and northern Speldorf and Broich and had Styrum Castle as their residence .

coat of arms

The family coat of arms shows a golden shield in red. On the helmet with red and gold covers a red flight (or a flight like the shield)

The coat of arms is preserved in the coat of arms of the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr .

The Lords of Broich

Line of noblemen and knights von Broich
   0001093000 1 Burkhard I.
   0001140000 1 Dietrich I.
1140-1150 1 Burkhard II ⚭ Uda
1166-1190 1 Dietrich III.
1241-1272 1 Burkhard III. ⚭ 1243 Countess Agnes von Isenberg, daughter of Count Friedrich von Isenberg
1250-1310 1 Dietrich IV. ⚭ Lysa von Mörs
1310-1317 1 Adolf
1320-1366 1 Burkhard V. ⚭ Lukardis
1348-1372 1 Dietrich V. ⚭ Katharina von Steinfurt

Apparently, Clarisse de Brouch married a daughter of Dietrich III. von Broich in the Luxembourg family Meysembourg. Clarisse and her husband Wauthier de Meysembourg had a son named Thierry sire de Brouch , knight, approx. 1270-1304, who carried the coat of arms of the noble lords of Broich.

Line of the Counts of Limburg-Broich
1372-1397 2 Dietrich IV. ⚭ July 3, 1371 with Lukardis, heir daughter of Dietrich V. von Broich
1397-1437 2 Wilhelm I. ⚭ April 24, 1403 with Countess Mechthild von Reifferscheidt
1400-1439 2 Dietrich V. ⚭ March 3, 1415 with Henrika von Wisch
1439-1446 2 Heinrich ⚭ 1450 with Countess Irmgard von Boineburg
1446-1473 2 Wilhelm II. ⚭ 1463 with Jutta von Runkel
1473-1508 2 Johann ⚭ 1492 with Elisabeth von Neuenahr

Line of the Counts of Daun-Falkenstein
1508-1546 2 Wirich V. ⚭ November 14, 1505 with Countess Irmgard von Sayn , niece and adopted daughter of Count Johann von Limburg-Broich
1546-1554 2 Philip ⚭ September 28, 1552 with Maria Caspara von Holtey
1554-1598 2 Wirich VI. ⚭ December 18, 1578 with Countess Elisabeth von Manderscheid- Blankenheim-Gerolstein
1598-1613 2 Johann Adolf ⚭ 1611 with Countess Anna Maria von Nassau-Siegen
1613-1682 2 Wilhelm Wirich ⚭ 1634 with Countess Elisabeth von Waldeck

Line of the Counts of Leiningen-Dagsburg
1682-1686 2 Emich Christian ⚭ 1664 with Christine Luise, daughter of Count Wilhelm Wirich von Daun-Falkenstein
1686-1698 2 Johann Carl August ⚭ December 5, 1685 with Countess Johanna Magdalena von Hanau
1698-1766 2 Christian Carl Reinhard ⚭ November 27, 1726 Countess Katharina Polyxena von Solms-Rödelheim
1766-1806 2 Marie Luise Albertine ⚭ March 16, 1748 with Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt

1 - documentary mention
2 - government dates

literature

  • Otto Redlich : Mülheim ad Ruhr. Its history from the beginning to the transition to Prussia in 1815. City of Mülheim an der Ruhr self-published, Mülheim an der Ruhr 1939.
  • Günther Binding : Broich Castle in Mülheim / Ruhr (= art and antiquity on the Rhine. No. 23, ISSN  0075-725X ). Rheinland-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1970.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bernhard Peter: Art and culture of the coat of arms
  2. ↑ Armorial-Loutsch and [1]