Igelström (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of the von Igelström family

Igelström is the family name of a Swedish aristocratic family that has lived in Livonia since the beginning of the 17th century . In 1645 they were accepted into the Swedish aristocracy and in 1647 registered in the Riddarhuset . In 1739 five family members received the Polish baron status and in 1792 they were raised to the Roman imperial count status. In the Baltic States they received the Livonian indigenous population in 1747 and the Estonian indigenous population in 1806 .

history

The ancestors of the Igelström family came from the old Scandinavian house of Wanga. This included the Swedish-Livonian governorate treasurer Harald Bengtson (1604 - 1678), he was enfeoffed in 1632 by King Gustav II Adolph of Sweden with the Ropkoy estate near Dorpat . Harald Bengtson settled there and became the progenitor of the new sex. His father, the Swedish Colonel Bengt Haraldson, was ennobled by Queen Christine in 1645 and received the name Igelström for himself and his descendants with the Swedish nobility predicate "von". He was followed by his son Harald († 1678) and his grandson Harald († 1710). His five sons Harald Wilhelm († 1760), Otto Reinhold († 1751), Leonhard Johann, Gustav Heinrich (1695 - 1771) and Georg (* 1698) were born in 1739 by the Polish King August III. raised to the Polish baron class, they were now recognized as barons.

Imperial Counts

Coat of arms of the Counts of Igelström

On June 29, 1792, Chamberlain Harald Gustav von Igelström (1733 - 1804) and his brothers Otto Heinrich von Igelström (1737 - 1823) and Jakob Johann Freiherr von Igelström (1735 - 1804) were elected by the Saxon Elector Friedrich August III. who was appointed as imperial vicar , raised to the rank of Roman imperial count. For Alexander Graf von Igelström (1770 - 1855) this was confirmed on October 30, 1845 by Tsar Nicholas I (Russian Emperor 1825 - 1855) and the princely coat of arms was recognized with an addition. The imperial announcement states:

“On October 30, BC, His Majesty the Lord and Emperor deigned to confirm the opinion of the Reichsraths All Highest, according to which the son of Baron Harald Gustav, who was elected Count of Saxony by the Vicar of the Holy Roman Empire, in 1792, was made Count von Igelström, Royal Polish Chamberlain, Major General Alexander Igelström is supposed to have permission to continue the title of Count, solely in accordance with the most highly confirmed Ministerial Committee resolution of June 4, 1840, regarding the analogous dispute over the title of Count it esthländ. Landowner von Rehbinder, not from the Russian but from the Roman Empire, and that it is left to the Senate to enter the count's coat of arms with the addition in the general register of the nobles of the empire. This family has the title of Count of the Roman Empire. "

- Senate session No. 102

He and his descendants were named Counts of Igelström.

Naming

In the 17th century it was in Sweden in the ennoblement customary to give the ennobled a completely new name, which leaned on its natural environment, or in their professional activities. In the coat of arms of the Igelström family, the basic figures are wavy bars , swans and leeches. This results in the flowing water running from bottom right to top left on the coat of arms , the Swedish word "Ström", in which five leeches, in the Swedish short form "hedgehog", swim and the swan emerging in the helmet ornament , which has a " Igel ”holds in its beak, the combination“ Igelström ”.

Lineage

Harald Bengtson (1604 - 1677), treasurer in Livonia , 1645 Swedish nobility "Igelström" ⚭ 1) Christine Leyonspira, 2) Elisabeth Wederhorn

  • Harald von Igelström († 1678), Rittmeister ⚭ Anna von Bock
    • Harald (like † 1710 at the Igelström of Daugava ), Mr. on Kerrefer, Swedish and later Polish Major ⚭ Maia of Klot
      • Harald Wilhelm von Igelström († 1760), older line expired in 1814
      • Otto Reinhold von Igelström († 1751), Lord of Selsau (see below), younger line expired in 1799
      • Leonard Johann von Igelström, founder of the Courland line, expired in 1804
      • Gustav Heinrich Baron von Igelström (1695 - 1771), Lord of Kerrafer and Laiwa, Land Marshal and District Administrator in Livonia ⚭ Margarethe von Albedyll (1705 - 1765)
        • Harald Gustav Graf von Igelström (1733-1804), Polish Chamberlain ⚭ Anna Freiin Münnich (1732-1760)
          • Alexander Graf Igelström (* 1770 in Kerrefer, † 1855 in Reval), Imperial Russian Major General ⚭ Juliane Eleonore Countess Douglas (1781 - 1833)
            • Harald Otto Robert Graf Igelström (1800 - 1876), Russian lieutenant colonel and State Councilor ⚭ Sophie Storch (1800 - 1874)
            • Alexander Archibald Graf Igelström (* 1807 in Kerrafer; † 1875 in Dorpat), Herr auf Rüggen ⚭ Marie Countess Bose (* 1817 in Dresden ; † 1858 in Baden-Baden )
            • Georg Graf Igelström (1810 - 1890 in Reval), Russian major general ⚭ Catherine Countess Mussin-Pushkin (1823 1886)
            • Peter Hermann Nikolai Graf Igelström (* 1815 in Kerrafer; † 1895 in Pillupönen ), District Deputy ⚭ Emilie Bergien
            • Paul Emil Graf Igelström (* 1816 in Kerrafer, † 1840 in Saint Petersburg )
            • Gustav Burchard Christopher Graf von Igelström (* 1819 in Jewe ; † 1865 in Rotenburg near Riga) ⚭ Julie von Baumgarten (1827 - 1904), abbess of the noble convent of Fellin
              • August Emil Paul Graf von Igelström (1856-1906), District Administrator
                • Friedrich August Bengt Graf von Igelström (* 1889 in Reval, † 1946 in Nauen )
          • Gustav Otto Andreas Graf von Igelström (1775 - 1845), Imperial Russian Major General
            • Konstantin Graf von Igelström (1799-1851), Decembrist
            • Arthur Graf von Igelström (1820 - 1883), Imperial Russian Lieutenant General
            • Victor Graf von Igelström (1823-1880), Imperial Russian Major General
              • Andrej Victor Graf von Igelström (1860-1927), writer
            • Heinrich Graf von Igelström (1825 - 1899), Imperial Russian General of the Infantry
        • Jakob Johann Graf von Igelström (1735-1804 in Saint Petersburg), lieutenant colonel and chamberlain
          • Gustav Otto Graf von Igelström (1777-1801), major
        • Otto Heinrich Graf von Igelström (1737 - 1823), Russian infantry general, envoy and governor general of Simbirsk ⚭ Honorata Stempkowska († 1819)

Possessions

Kerrafer

Manor on Kerrafer (2009)

The estate in Kerrafer was lent to a Hans Rasp in 1637 and later returned to the Swedish Crown. In 1671 Colonel Harald Igelström was given this property together with the Laiwa estate. The succession passed in 1810 to Major General Count Alexander von Igelström. He pledged the goods to Alexander von Schwebs, who in turn sold the entire property to Alexander Guillemot de Villebois . Ultimately, the estate came into the possession of Adolph von Wulff

Selsau

Castle at Gut Selsau (2013)

The former estate was owned by Jacob Weinecken in 1594 and was called Weineckenhof. In 1600 it was sold to Wilhelm Friedrich Taube . After a few further changes of ownership, Otto Reinhold von Igelström acquired in 1724, his son Reinhold Johann sold the estate in 1765 to his brother-in-law Otto Johann von Transehe . The new owner began with far-reaching restructuring measures, 1767 was a castle built in the Baroque style. In 1905 a fire destroyed the castle, its owner A. von Transehe-Roseneck had it completely restored.

In 1920 the estate was divided into several small parcels, the manor house was used by the military and the local government. In 1940 it served as a primary school and was occupied by the German Wehrmacht during World War II. After the end of the war it was used as a school again and in 2003 the building was renovated.

Meiershof or Moiseküll

The first owners of the Moiseküll estate were the canons in Dorpat and received its name from the later owner, councilor Johann Meyer in Dorpat. He received the estate in 1591 from King Sigismund III. , In 1629 ownership was confirmed to the Meyers. It then returned to the Crown and was transferred to Colonel Ebert Gustav Boye by Anna of Russia in 1731 . In 1739 he exchanged it for other goods with Carl Gustav von Mengden . His last son Carl Ludwig von Mengden sold the Meyershof in 1764 to Reinhold Johann Baron von Igelström († 1799), who sold it in 1764 to his relative Otto Heinrich Graf von Igelström. In October 1808 he left it to his wife, a born Countess Stempowska, for 250,000 rubles.

Not good

The Unipicht estate came as a gift from Empress Elisabeth of Russia in 1759 to the State Councilor Johann Daniel Schumacher, who bequeathed it to his children and widow. His daughter sold the estate in 1777 to Otto Heinrich Graf von Igelström, who also owned the Meierhof and united the goods.

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Family of the Wanga = sv: Stora Vånga
  2. ↑ Gut Ropkoy / Ropka. In: Baltic historical local lexicon: Estonia (including Northern Livonia) , Volume 1 of Baltic historical local lexicon, Gertrud Westermann , sources and studies on Baltic history, Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 1985, p. 512.
  3. ↑ Introd. in Sweden 1647, sub no, 320. In: Stackelberg, Otto Magnus from : Genealogisches Handbuch der Estländischen Ritterschaft , Bd .: 1, Görlitz, [1931] [1] , page 67, footnote 1) on Igelstrom, accessed November 11th 2018
  4. ↑ von Igelstrom (Igelström), zum Freiherr, by August III., King of Poland March 23, 1739 from Igelström [2] , accessed on November 12, 2018
  5. ↑ In:  Noble coat of arms in the Estonian Historical Archive : from Igelstrom (Igelström), zum Graf, by Friedrich August III., Elector of Saxony, as imperial vicar June 29, 1792 [3] , accessed November 12, 2018.
  6. ↑ Friedrich Georg von Bunge , Das Inland. A weekly journal for Liv, Esth and Curland history, geography, statistics and literature, Volume 10, Verlag Kluge, 1845, original from the Austrian National Library , digitized February 4 , 2014 [4] , column 30/31, accessed November 11 2018
  7. ↑ Compare this: Swedish nobility # Adelsprädikat
  8. ↑ from Igelstrom (Igelström). In: Coat of Arms in the Estonian Historical Archives [5] , accessed November 12, 2018
  9. ↑ Brief description of the name. In: Genealogical paperback of the German count's houses : 1843, Perthes publishing house, 1843, original from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, digitized November 14, 2011 [6] , accessed November 12, 2018
  10. ↑ Ström means: " sv: Ström - sv: Vattendrag " = see flowing waters
  11. ↑ Leech (heraldic animal) in: Heraldik-Wiki [7]
  12. ↑ sv: Blodigel
  13. ↑ Heinrich von Hagemeister , materials for a history of the country estates of Livonia , Volume 2, Verlag Frantzen, 1837, original from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek , digitized July 28, 2011 [8] page 109
  14. ↑ Selau - Dzelzava. Entry on: Lost Places & Unlost Places Baltic States, Livonia (Latvia, Estonia) R - S [9]
  15. ↑ Heinrich Hagemeister, Materials for a History of Livonia's Estates , Volume 2, Pages 20-21 [10]
  16. ↑ Heinrich Hagemeister, Materials for a History of Livonia's Estates , Volume 2, Pages 20–21 [11]