Huyn

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Huyn is the name of a German noble family .

Branches

The family originally comes from the Belgian (Flemish) and Dutch area (area around Amstenrade , Geleen and around the city of Huy ), from where they withdrew to France in the course of denominational conflicts in the 15th and 16th centuries and moved to the Lorraine region settled around Metz . Another branch of the family emigrated from Lorraine to Hungary in the middle of the 17th century in the course of the Turkish wars and obtained a Hungarian and later an Austrian nobility patent due to military service . Since the 17th century there is a Lorraine (extinct) and an Austrian line (South Tyrol). Another branch of the family can be traced back to the Lorraine region since the early 14th century.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the Dutch branch

The noble family of the Huyn can essentially be divided into three main lines and several secondary lines, whereby the main lines each have their own coats of arms . The oldest coat of arms comes from the original Dutch branch.

The coat of arms of the family branch Huyn von Amstenraedt (also written Amstenrade or Anstenraidt) consisted of a white snake cross in red with a white heart shield, in which there are three red balls. A growing dragon is attached to the helmet on the shield.

Original coat of arms before 1300

The first version consists of a shield coat of arms highlighted in red, in the middle of which there is a silver snake cross with eight snake heads. The Huyn family coat of arms can still be found in its first form in the city arms of Geleen .

The family coat of arms is still used today in several Dutch municipalities and villages; it can be found in the coats of arms of the following municipalities, villages or cities: Amsternrade, Geleen, Oirsbeek, Schinnen, Bingelrade, Jabeek, Merkelbeek, Schinveld, Onderbanken and Spaubeek.

Municipal and city arms with integrated arms of the Huyn family
Jabeek coat of arms
Merkelbeek coat of arms
Coat of arms of Bingelrade
Oirsbeek coat of arms
Coat of arms of Onderbanken
Schinnen coat of arms
Schinveld coat of arms
Coat of arms of the municipality of Geleen

The coat of arms of the municipality of AmstenraedtAmsternrade is a two-part coat of arms: On the right, on a red background, a silver snake-head cross with a silver heart shield and three (2, 1) red balls, which originally goes back to the counts of the Printhagen family. Left: four-part coat of arms on a silver background, on which 2 red lions and 2 triangular harrows. The heraldic figure holding the shield is St. Gertrudis, the patron saint of Amstenraedt.

Amstenrade coat of arms

The coat of arms represents a combination of the previous owners, the Counts Huyn and de Marchant (right: Huyn von Amstenraedt; left: De Marchant d'Ansembourg).

The coat of arms of the municipality of Oirsbeek ...

Coat of arms of the French branch

Coat of arms of the French line

The French coat of arms is a four-part shield coat of arms, its last form dates from the 17th century.

Coat of arms of the Hungarian or Austrian branch

The coat of arms of the Hungarian line is a mirror-inverted version of the French coat of arms. The only addition is a red heart shield, which contains a silver gate. The fourth coat of arms is crowned with an old count's crown. The heart shield depicts a gray castle gate with silver roofs, red windows and shooting hatches as well as a black portcullis, on the two towers on each side there is a silver crescent moon. This picture shows the fortress Szigeth, it is the coat of arms of the Hungarian fortress town Szigetvár , and refers to the role played by the first representative of the Austrian line Johann Joseph Graf Huyn , as town commander and general during the Turkish wars in the 17th century.

Family branches

The Dutch line

The sources relating to the Dutch members of the House of Huyn are very sparse. The official title of the family was initially Comes ab Huyn . This name allows two interpretations, of which only one can be assumed as probable, the other must be referred to the realm of fantasy and myth-making. The rather fantastic assumption that the name is derived from the Germanic administrative structure of the Hundreds at the time can neither be considered historically nor linguistically secure. According to this reading, the name should be derived from the Germanic Hun (for hundred ).

The much more likely origin of the name is derived from the then Dutch town of Huy , where there was a representative of the noble family as early as the 10th century. It is about the influential Bishop Ansfridus Comes ab Huy (also Ansfried von Utrecht, 940-1010), who played an important political role in imperial events under the reign of Emperor Otto I. There are several sources in the Netherlands about Ansfridus von Huy, including a Latin vita from the 11th century. Whether Ansfridus is already a representative of the later Huyn von Amstenraedt and Gelen family cannot be documented, as the name did not appear again until the 13th century in a Lorraine spring.

Secured by sources, the Dutch branch of the family can be traced back to today's area around Valkenburg aan de Geul in the Dutch province of Limburg . The oldest written mention is from the 14th century. After the Battle of Baesweiler in 1371, a Johann the Elder and a Johann the Younger (father and son) as well as a Reiner Huyn von Anstenraidt (ancient spelling for the municipality Amstenraedt or Amstenrade) settled in Amstenrade after their release. Your coat of arms forms a silver anchor cross consisting of eight snake heads on a red background. The three family members were in the entourage of the Drossard ( Droste ) from Valkenburg.

A Nikolaus von Huyn became canon of the Marienstift in Aachen in 1472 . He was succeeded by his nephew Werner Huyn von Amstenraedt on February 14, 1500.

Probably the most important time of the Huyn in the Netherlands falls in the late 16th and 17th centuries. During this period, representatives of the family acquired the Dutch rulers of Amstenrade and Geleen . In the 17th century the official title was Count Huyn Baron von Geleen and Amstenrade.

In 1557/58 the family (Arnold II acquired it from the Spanish King Philip II , who transferred the rulership to him by means of a pledge) areas of Amstenraedt, Brunssum, Jabeek, Bingelrade and Merkelbeek as fiefdoms. In 1654 the areas around Geleen and Spaubeek belong to them (since then the Huyn von Amstenraedt and Geleen family call themselves) and form the Grafstaft Amstenraet-Geleen.

Godefridus Comes from Huyn Baro de Geleen († 1657), emperor. Field Marshal, Land Commander of the German Order (1634–1657)

A militarily important family member of this time was Gottfried Graf Huyn Baron von Geleen and Amstrade (approx. 1598–1657). In the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, he was Field Marshal in the service of the Catholic League during the Thirty Years' War . Gottfried (also: Godefridus or Godefroid Comes from Huyn Baro de Geleen) was born in Flanders , he was the imperial commander-in-chief of the Defense Army of the Lower Saxony Empire (including Münster and Osnabrück ). Due to his services during the defense of Wolfenbüttel in 1632, he first became a Bavarian field marshal and, from 1653, an imperial field marshal. He died in 1657 as Land Commander of the Teutonic Order at the Deutschordensballei Alden Biesen near Maastricht . As land commander (1634–1657), Gottfried was the direct successor of his great-uncle Edmond Count Huyn von Amstenraedt and Geleen (1605–1634). Gottfried's sister, Alexandrine (1594–1654), married the imperial field marshal of the Catholic League Baron Alexander II of Velen (later imperial count) in 1624 . The short marriage resulted in six children.

Monastery woman in Trans-Cedron to Venlo Agnes Maria Countess Huyn von Amstenraedt

Another family member of the Dutch line is the nun Agnes Maria Huyn d'Amstenraedt († 1641), who died at the age of 28. At the age of twelve she entered the Trans-Cedron monastery in Venlo (located in the Dutch province of Limburg ). There is a vita with the title: Het ryck-deughdigh leven van de hoogh-edele gheboren maghet suster Agnes Maria Huyn van Amstenraedt, ende van eenighe others, de welcke in eene uyt-nemende religieuse volmaecktheydt hebben uyt-gheschenen in de Kloosters van Venlo End Loven of the Orden van Onse Lieve-Vrouwe, ghenoemt Annuntiaten. Met vele ghedenck-weerdighe devote leeringhen, ende een korte aen-wysinghe van een jarelyksche exercitie, serving tot special troost van all goals, who have oprechte iever, ende oodtmoedigheydt Godt soecken te serve, seer nut ende profytigh voor alle staten (Brussels: Jacob van de Velde, 1673).

In this Catholic biography, written according to the spirit of the prevailing denominational disputes, the ordeal with all the associated temptations on the part of evil demons is described as well as the miraculous healings ("smell of holiness" / "geur van heiligheid") after prayers to the deceased nun, who in the 1914 led to a beatification . The veneration of the "Venlose saint" comes to an end after the end of the Second World War.

The last male offspring of the branch was named Arnold Wolfgang Count Huyn von Amstenraedt and Geleen. He died in 1669 and is buried in the Jesuit Church in Aachen, where the family had an inheritance funeral.

His daughter Godfredia Maria Anna Agnes Ignatia (* February 25, 1646, † September 29, 1667) died in 1667. The property of Count Huyn von Amstenraedt and Geleen passed to the family of her husband, Prince Salm-Kyrburg.

family members

  • Gerard of Huyn
  • Arnold Graf Huyn († 1553)
  • Arnold II. Count Huyn, Lord of Geleen († 1579)
  • Arnold III Count Huyn von Amstenraedt, Lord of Geleen
  • Arnold IV. Count Huyn von Amstenraedt († 1624), imperial general
  • Werner Count Huyn von Amstenraedt and Geleen, Lord von Wachtendonk , Marshal
  • Edmond Graf Huyn (1567–1637), Land Commander of the German Order (Ballei Biesen)
  • Gottfried Graf Huyn (1598–1657), Imperial Field Marshal and Land Commander of the German Order (Ballei Biesen)
  • Agnes Maria Countess Huyn, nun in Trans Cedron ( Venlo )
  • Arnold V. Wolfgang Count Huyn von Amstenraedt and Geleen († 1668)
  • Alexandrine Countess Amstenraet zu Huyn and Gelen (1594–1654), married to Alexander II von Velen , six children: Anna Margarethe, who died six months after giving birth, Ferdinand Gottfried, Paul Ernst, Alexandrine Marie, Isabella and Alexandra Elisabeth.

The French (Lorraine) line: Huyn de Vernéville

The French line of the Huyn settled in the Lorraine region around Metz . She is one of the Lorraine nobility. In the 17th century a property near Vernéville (approx. 10 km from Metz) was acquired by the family, since then the French line has been called Comte Huyn de Vernéville.

The family was raised to the rank of count (April 26, 1547) with Nicolas I. Huyn and received the office of "panétier" of Nicolaus of Lorraine (Nicolas de Mercœur), Comte de Vaudemont and Bishop of Metz . His son Claude I. Comte Huyn also received the title of "panétier" of the Comte de Vaudemont and was co-regent for the underage Duke Charles III. of Lorraine .

In the 19th century, the family emerged mainly as large landowners in the South Asian colony of Indochina . The influence in this area led to the two-time appointment (May 16, 1889 to January 24, 1894 and August 4, 1894 to May 14, 1897) of Albert Luis Comte Huyn de Vernéville (1845-1909) as governor (resident-superior) of Cambodia .

family members

  • Gerard Huyn, Esquire, took part in the Battle of Agincourt on the part of the English expedition under Henry V in the entourage of Sire John Burgh , he provided two other foot soldiers
  • Nicolas I. Comte Huyn, "panétier" of the Comte de Vaudemont
  • Claude I. Comte Huyn, "panétier" of the Comte de Vaudemont
  • Nicolas II. Comte Huyn, "panétier" of the Comte de Vaudemont
  • Claude II. Comte Huyn, "maître échevin" in the county of Vaudémont
  • Jean François Comte de Huyn, progenitor of the 1st line in Lorraine, Seigneur de Harancourt, "maître échevin" in the county of Vaudémont
  • Stephan Comte de Huyn
  • Nicolas François Comte de Huyn, Ecuyer, Seigneur de Ville sur Madon, President of the Nancy City Council .
  • Jean Joseph Comte Huyn, later Johann Josef Count Huyn (Hungarian count 1697)

The Austrian or Hungarian line

In the middle of the 17th century, after disputes with the French royal family, Jean Joseph Comte de Huyn fled. Due to his services during the Turkish wars and the fulfillment of his military tasks in Hungary, the kk Feldmarschall-Leutnant (later kk Feldmarschall) was elevated to the status of Hungarian count in Vienna on June 20, 1697. Since at that time he held the office of President and Commandant of the city including the Feste Szigeth , the city coat of arms was integrated into the count's coat of arms as a heart shield.

family members

Paul Graf Huyn, titular patriarch of Alexandria († 1946)

Hugo line (II. Trunk line)

  • Hugo Leopold Joseph Count Huyn (1814–1868), kk chamberlain, former chamberlain of Emperor Ferdinand
  • Vincenz Graf Huyn (1865–1933), kuk chamberlain, district captain, Knight of Honor of the Teutonic Order
  • Ludwig Josef Georg Count Huyn (1896–1946, died of the consequences of imprisonment in Buchenwald concentration camp ), author of Abyssinia together with Josef Kalmer . Unrest Hearth in Africa (1935)

Web links

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