Khuen from Belasy

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Ancestral coat of arms of the Khuen of Belasi

The khuen von belasi are an old, from Tirol derived Adelsgeschlecht that in the 16th century in Lower Austria and Bohemia was established and was branched into multiple lines. In 1640 the family was raised to the rank of imperial count . The family is still based in South Tyrol to this day.

history

Castle (Castel) Belasi near Campodenno

The Khuen (also Khuon, Khun etc.) descend from Egno or Egino in the Grube de Tramino ( Tramin ), which appeared in Bozen on July 13th and 14th, 1111. The line of trunks begins with Egeno in the Tramin pit, who was documented from 1209 to 1229. As a knightly family , it appears for the first time in 1311 in the military service of the Traminer village community. The great-grandson of Egeno, Dominus Chuonradus von Tramin, documented from 1342 to 1372, was called "Chuon" (the bold one), which later passed on to his descendants as Khuen. Around 1380 Arnold, son of Cuanus von Tramin, acquired the eponymous castle Belasi in the Trentino Nonsberg by marrying Elisabeth von Belasi, the last of her tribe.

Hans Jakob became governor of the Adige and married Margarethe von Niederthor in 1422, also an heiress from a Bozen family who u. a. resided at Neuhaus Castle . This brought extensive holdings to the family, who combined their coat of arms (standing lion) with that of the Niederthor (tower with an open gate). The Khuen only emerged more clearly in the 16th century: Pankraz Khuen became councilor of the later Emperor Maximilian in 1496 and in 1513 he enfeoffed Lichtenberg Castle in the upper Vinschgau, which Khuen had acquired from the Lords of Spaur .

Blasius Khuen became Lower Austrian regimental councilor in 1541, then imperial secret council and from 1560 to around 1568 he was Upper Austrian Chamber President in Tyrol. Rudolf Khuen was admitted to the Lower Austrian gentry in 1573 with the title Belasy von Gandeck, also Liechtenberg and Aur, Freiherr zu Neu-Lembach . Around 1537 he bought the Gandegg estate (in Eppan ), where he had today's castle built in 1550, and in 1565 the Lower Austrian estate and castle Neulengbach , which remained in the family until 1646. In 1571 the Thurn (Bozen) residence also came to the Khuen (until 1637). In 1621, directly above Gandegg, Englar Castle was acquired, which had been leased since 1530 and has remained in the family to this day. It is used as a residence and hotel. The Kallmünz residence in Merano is also family-owned today, and the Festenstein castle ruins since 2008 .

In 1378 Charles IV pledged part of the South Bohemian Frauenberg rule with the town of Lišov and Oselno and other surrounding villages to Johann Khuen. The family later also came to South Moravia , where they acquired Swidnitz in 1621 and Teinitz in 1633 . It was distributed with various lines throughout the Habsburg Monarchy , such as the Khuen-Lützow in Moravia, the Khuen-Nuštar in Slovenia / Croatia and the Khuen-Héderváry (from 1873 as heirs of the Viczay-Héderváry family) in Hungary. In 1880 the castle and the manor of Grusbach in South Moravia were married to the family. Hédervár and Grusbach remained in the possession of the Khuen until they were expropriated in 1945.

  • Nuštar, Croatia

  • Hédervár, Hungary

  • Grusbach, Moravia

Through the Salzburg Archbishop Johann Jakob Khuen von Belasi and his brother, the family came into possession at times in this region (1568–1626 at Schloss Gartenau , 1587–1717 at Burg Weißpriach and 1610–1722 at Schloss Kammer ).

coat of arms

Family coat of arms

Blazon : shield of silver and red divided with an erect double-tailed lion of confused color. Crest : the lion from the shield sitting on a silver, comfortable red cushion. The helmet covers are red-silver.

Count's coat of arms

Blazon: quarter shield, 1 and 4 the family coat of arms; 2 and 3 in red a silver tin tower with an open gate (coat of arms of the Niederthor). Three crowned helmets: right helmet ornament as in the family coat of arms (there are two variants of the lion: with raised front paws and all four paws on the upholstery); middle helmet with a golden crown (the tips are described differently) on top of it a red (also red-black) closed eagle flight turned to the right of the Saxons covered with the pinnacle tower of 2 and 3; on the left helmet on a pointed crown a growing , red-clad torso of a man with a red cap, the lapel of which is cut out in silver and crenellated, the tip with a silver tassel turns left and downwards. (The design of the cap and the cloak lapel differ). The helmet covers are red-silver.

  • Coat of arms of the Niedertor

  • Coat of arms in the sieve maker from 1605

  • Coat of arms of Counts Khuen von Belasi and Gandegg 1640

  • Coat of arms of Count Khuen in the Siebmacher from 1918

Personalities

Bearer of the name from the baronial line that died out in the male line in 1622
Johann Jakob Khuen von Belasi (around 1515–1586), Prince Archbishop of Salzburg
Johann Franz Khuen von Belasi (1649–1702), Prince-Bishop of Brixen
  • Rudolf Khuen von Belasy and Liechtenberg, Freiherr zu Neu-Lengbach (Lembach) († 1581 Vienna ), Ferdinand I's precutter in 1559 , later secret councilor and chief stableman of Emperors Maximilian II and Rudolf II , elevated to the baron status on May 8, 1573 ; buried in the family crypt he donated to St. Dorothea.
  • His son Johann Eusebius Khuen von Belasi , von Liechtenberg, Gandegg, Freiherr zu Neu-Lengbach, Lord zu Baumgarten, Raipoltenbach , Waasen and Judenau († November 6, 1622 Swietla , Bohemia ), appears as a knight of the Order of Sansago, imperial chamberlain and Colonel, 1596 royal governor's council in Bohemia, royal court war council, 1605–1610 decreed of the Lower Austrian gentry, 1612 real secret imperial council, fortress commander of Komorn, 1613 imperial envoy at the Sublime Porte , 1620 imperial army commissioner in Bohemia. His heiress became the only daughter from his marriage to Maria Freiin von Berka auf Duba: Maria Franziska; she married Count Paul Pálffy von Erdöd
  • Johann Jakob Khuen von Belasi (around 1515 - May 15, 1586), Archbishop of Salzburg .
Bearers of the name from the younger count's line

Bearers of the name from the counts , wealthy in Lower Austria and Bohemia, which Hanns Khuen, Rudolf's younger brother, founded:

  • Jakob Freiherr Khuen von Belasy zu Liechtenberg and Gandeck († September 21, 1639), since 1623 also lord of the confiscated Landstein lordship in Bohemia and since 1636 the Baumgarten lordship in Lower Austria , first Upper Austrian regimental councilor in Innsbruck, then imperial chamberlain and royal councilor in Prague , finally royal secret council and imperial envoy to the Bavarian court in Munich. His three sons: Matthias, Karl Balthasar and Leopold, along with their cousin Jakob, were raised to the rank of imperial count on July 27, 1640 .
  • Mathias Khuen von Belasy († 1659), imperial count, firstborn of the aforementioned, imperial councilor and chamberlain, envoy to electoral courts, married to Arma Susanna, countess of Meggaus.
  • Johann Franz Khuen von Belasi (born August 12, 1649 in Hall in Tirol , † April 3, 1702 in Brixen ), Prince-Bishop of Brixen
More family members

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tiroler Urkundenbuch , I. Abt., Vol. I, Innsbruck 1937, No. 138 u. 139
  2. ↑ Tiroler Urkundenbuch, I. Abt., Vol. II, Innsbruck 1949, No. 587, 842, 857 a. 913
  3. ↑ Otto Brunner : On the older history of the Khuen of Belasi. In: Festschrift in honor of Emil von Ottenthal. Innsbruck 1925, pp. 228-234.
  4. ^ Hannes Obermair : Tirolensia in the National Museum in Prague. In: Preservation of monuments in South Tyrol 1991–1995. Published by the Bolzano Regional Monuments Office. Folio-Verlag, Vienna-Bozen 1997, pp. 277–290, here: p. 277.
  5. ↑ GHdA - Lexikon, Volume 91, 1987, p. 215
  6. ↑ Coat of arms in Wissgrill

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