Kalff (noble family)
Kalff is the name of an extinct Estonian noble family that originally came from Sümmern in Westphalia .
The family is not to be confused with other families of the same name Kalff , as they occurred several times in the empire , especially not with the Rigian Kalff, who were also different in tribal and coat of arms.
history
origin
The origin of the family of the Estonian Kalff can be found in the Westphalian rule Sümmern , where a family named after the rule with Johann von Sümmern gt. Stockebrant, documented 1394-1414, found its presumed origin in the male line. His daughter, Sophia (Fya) von Sümmern, wore the rule to her husband Adolf von der Recke († 1430/1431).
The noble Hembrock court was the ancestral seat of the Calf von Hembroke family, who were mentioned in a document in the years 1257-1410. Hembrock was always closely associated with Sümmern and reunited with it at the latest in 1528.
Both families lived in close proximity, had a coat of arms related to each other and to the Estonian Kalff , often gave the first names Arnold and Gottfried and provided parts of the name of the later Estonian Kalff. Because in the beginning these appeared in the Baltic States under the name Summern gt. Kalff . The guiding name of the Estonian Kalff, Dietrich, also appeared several times in the 14th and 15th centuries with the von Sümmern family.
Spread and relatives
In 1394 the above mentioned Johann von Summeren gt. Stockbrant registered as guardian of the children of his cousin, his nephews Johann and Helwig von Summern. This nephew Johann was to be identical to the one who acted as guarantor for Hinrich Schlippenbach in 1404 , who was documented again in 1409 as Vogt of Narva .
Johann von Summern, in his Westphalian homeland, had little prospect of the future, like many of his compatriots went to Livonia or Estonia during this time. Since his presumed son Dietrich († before 1483) inherited the Saage estate in Harrien from his brother and father in 1467 , Johann von Sümmern should have already owned it there.
Mertin Kalff had already sold the farm and the village of Koik from Gut Sellie in the parish of Rappel to Godeke Dönhoff in 1433 . With its putative brother, the above Dietrich († before 1483) which begins regular series of Kalff . In 1447 he sold the village of Sontacke to the Mariendal monastery, in 1453 and 1470 he became an assessor at the Commander-in-Law in Reval and in 1463 he also sold the land at Soentacken, but to Heinrich Junge.
Of his two alleged sons, Hans was a man judge in Harrien in 1479 and a believer in Hans Slyppenbeke's 1492 before the Harrischen man court in Reval. In 1476 Ludwig sold the former Fahrensbach estates Waddemois , Korwentak, Heymel and the village of Kocker to Hermann Lode († before 1516).
The next generation belonged to Dietrich II († before 1551). He was the most outstanding person in his family. As early as 1489 he was master of Poll, in 1528 owner of all three shares in Pöddes and still owner of the village of Urdias in 1546. In 1529 he appeared as a bailiff in the diocese of Ösel-Wiek and in 1534 he received a feudal letter from the master of the order Wolter von Plettenberg about his estate Pöddes and the village of Aszeryn. In 1539 he had to go to court with Harmen Lode over Pöddes. He was an influential and respected man of his time. Even today the Estonians call Pöddes Kalvi after him . Although he had two sons who had lost their lives, the gender found its real end in their generation.
Jürgen Kalff must have died uninherited before 1581, his older brother Dietrich III. (1581/1586) carried his paternal inheritance in his will to his nephew Reinhold Engdes . Regardless of this, Pöddes was given to Hermann Flemingh by the Swedes while Dietrich was still alive .
Filiation
- Dietrich I. Kalff († before 1483), until 1447 lord of the village of Sontacke, until 1463 of the country Sontacke, 1467 lord of Saage, ⚭ Elisabeth Fahrensbach , daughter of Dietrich Fahrensbach, lord of Heimar and Alheit
- Else Kalff, ⚭ Bertram Tepel († after 1498), judge
- Hans Kalff († after 1492), 1479 judge in Harrien
- Ludwig Kalff, until 1476 lord of Waddemois, Korwentak, Heymel and village of Kocker
- Anna Kalff († after 1551), ⚭ Johann Hastfer († before 1537), Herr auf Arknal
- Helena Kalff, ⚭ Jürgen Hastfer, 1516 and 1555 Mr on Kandel
- Dietrich II. Kalff († before 1551), 1489 lord of Poll, 1528–1550 lord of Pöddes, 1529 bailiff of Oesel, 1546 lord of Urdias village, ⚭ Margaretha von Ungern , daughter of Otto von Ungern, lord of Pürkel and Anna Fircks
- Dietrich III. Kalff († 1581/1586), 1551–1581 lord of Pöddes
- Dorothea Kalff, ⚭ Reinhold Engdes († before 1558), Herr auf Wissust
- Maria Kalff, ⚭ Engelbrecht von Tiesenhausen († 1548), Lord of Dewen
- Jürgen Kalff († before 1581)
coat of arms
The coat of arms of the noble Estonian Kalff shows a divided shield, above red and single or covered with two stakes, below in silver three (2: 1) black roses . On the ( crowned ) helmet with red-silver-black covers an open red-silver flight , each covered with the three roses.
It is related to the coat of arms with the also extinct Westphalian families of Sümmern and Calf of Hembroke .
literature
- Lars Severin: Contribution to the genealogy of the von Kalff family. In: Baltic pedigree and family tables. 51st year, Darmstadt 2009, pp. 135–144
Individual evidence
- ^ Albert K. Hömberg : Historical news about noble seats and manors in the Duchy of Westphalia and their owners. Menden and Sümmern parishes, volume 2, p. 1 (Menden) and P. 121ff (Sümmern). In: Publications of the Historical Commission for Westphalia XXXIII, 2, Münster 1970
- ^ Oskar Stavenhagen : Genealogical Handbook of the Courland Knighthood, Vol .: 1, Görlitz, undated, p. 462
- ^ Sonja Neitmann: From the county of Mark to Livonia. Knight brothers from Westphalia in the Livonian Teutonic Order. Böhlau Verlag Cologne-Weimar-Vienna, 1993
- ↑ Paul Johansen : The Estonia List of Liber Census Daniae . Copenhagen u. Reval, 1933, p. 439
- ↑ In the representation in the Stichhorst family tree
- ↑ J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms, III. Volume, 11th section, 2nd part; The nobility of the Russian Baltic provinces: The non-enrolled nobility; Author: M. Gritzner; Publication: Nuremberg: Bauer & Raspe, 1901