Keyserlingk (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of the von Keyserlingk family

Keyserlingk (also Keyserling ) is the name of an old Westphalian noble family that first appeared in a document with councilor Hermann Keselinch on November 16, 1300 in Bielefeld .

history

Direct regular series begins with the mayor in Herford Albert Keserlink , documented from 1443 to 1467.

In 1492 his son Hermann von Keyserlingk fought in Livonia for the Teutonic Order , for which Wolter von Plettenberg enfeoffed him with goods in Courland . Of his descendants who were successful in the Prussian , Russian and Saxon civil service, four achieved the dignity of count in the 18th century . Of these four counts lines, there are still two, and there is also a baronial line.

Johann Gebhard von Keyserlingk was a Prussian minister and was elevated to the Prussian nobility by Friedrich II in 1744 . The Keyserlingk family granted Immanuel Kant a job at their Waldburg-Capustigall castle and gave him access to higher society in East Prussia . On February 8, 1777, the family received the Prussian count.

After 1945 all goods in the Baltic States and East Prussia had to be left, since then the approximately 180 living von Keyserlingks have been scattered around the world, mainly in Germany , the USA , Canada and Australia .

coat of arms

The family coat of arms shows a natural palm tree in silver on a green ground . There are three palm branches on the helmet with its green and silver covers .

  • Coat of arms of the Counts of Keyserlingk

  • Increased coat of arms of the Counts of Keyserlingk with shield holders

Famous pepole

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Westfälisches Urkundenbuch , Volume IV, No. 2632.

literature

Web links

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