Cape stallion (noble family)

Coat of arms of those of Kaphengst

Kaphengst is the name of a middle-market nobility family .

history

The family first appears in a document in 1321 with the duobus Capehingest . Gericke Cappehengest appears on June 6, 1356 with the enfeoffment of Cumlose in the Prignitz and was also based on Bresch. The safe trunk line begins with Gerecke Caphengst, documented in 1486–1511 on Bresch .

From then on, until the 19th century, the family was mainly based in Westprignitz , with the Bresch, Reetz and Gülitz estates belonging to their ancestral domains for centuries: Bresch since the 15th century, Reetz since the 16th and Gülitz since the 17th century .

coat of arms

In silver a leaping black horse, bridled and saddled red, with gold stirrups. The steed growing on the helmet with red and silver covers .

Well-known namesake

• Christian Ludwig von Kaphengst (1740–1800), the favorite of Prince Heinrich of Prussia
• Wilhelm Gottfried Christian von Kaphengst (1751–1818), Prussian lieutenant colonel, knight of the order Pour le Mérite
• Ferdinand von Kaphengst (1795–1854), Prussian major general
• Karl von Kaphengst (1806–1880), Prussian lieutenant general
• Alfred von Kaphengst (1828–1887), Prussian major general
• Axel von Kaphengst (1870–1913), Prussian manor owner, member of the German Reichstag
• Christian von Kaphengst (* 1966), German producer, composer, arranger, and electric and double bass player

literature

• Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the German nobility . Volume 2, 1898, published by WT Bruer, p. 222. Digitized
• Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume VI, Volume 91 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1987. ISSN  0435-2408
• Heinz W. Linke: Rittergutsdörfer - Kohlow, Zerbow, Schmagorei, Lieben . Verlag BoD, Norderstedt 2013, ISBN 978-3-8482-6786-6 , pp. 129–140 (limited preview) .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Adolph Friedrich Riedel : Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis , 2nd main part, Volume I, p. 474. No. 69
2. ↑ ^{a b} Genealogical manual of the nobility . Volume A XVIII, pp. 149ff. CA Starke Verlag, Limburg 1985.