Linden (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the von Linden family

Linden (rarely also Lynden ) is the name of a noble family from the Principality of Liège , whose lineage begins with Adam van Linter.

history

In Hoeppertingen in what is now Limburg, Belgium, Adam van Linter was a landowner from 1604 to 1615, according to documents. Presumably due to religious and political unrest, his son Peter emigrated to Franconia and left the home of the Linter family. Around 1650 he bought a farm in Habitzheim in the Odenwald and took the family name "von Linden".

Several members of the Catholic von Linden family reached high offices in the Electorate of Mainz . Franz von Linden (1712–1798) served as court chamber councilor and upper cellar of the camera administration in the Vizedomamt Aschaffenburg . Johann Heinrich Freiherr von Linden (1719–1795) exercised the office of privy councilor and court chamber director in Kurmainz. It was Johann Heinrich who was raised to the imperial nobility on November 5, 1780 in Vienna by Emperor Joseph II . On September 7, 1790, the same was followed by the elevation to the imperial baron status by Elector Karl Theodor of the Palatinate and Bavaria in Munich.

Johann Heinrich's grandson, Franz Damian Freiherr von Linden (1745-1817) served as a privy councilor and later as director of the state government of the prince in Aschaffenburg. Another notable member of the von Linden family is Franz Joseph Ignaz. Franz Damian's second eldest son served in the Kingdom of Württemberg as a secret legation councilor and was lord of Nordstetten , Isenburg and Taberwasen.

Franz Freiherr von Linden (1760–1836), also a grandson of Johann Heinrich, served from 1796 to 1806 in the function of the Reich Chamber Court Assessor. After the Reich Chamber of Commerce was dissolved, he began his service for the Kingdom of Württemberg. In 1807 Franz Freiherr von Linden was appointed President of the newly created Catholic Church Council by King Friedrich I of Württemberg. In 1815 Franz Freiherr von Linden represented the Kingdom of Württemberg as an authorized representative at the Congress of Vienna . Subsequently, he was appointed envoy of Württemberg to the Bundestag in Frankfurt. Franz held the office of president for the Black Forest district from 1817 to 1831.

Heinrich Freiherr von Linden (1784–1866), first-born son of Damian Franz described above, and his cousin Edmund Freiherr von Linden (1798–1865), were raised to the papal count ( Comes Romanus ) in 1844 . In 1846 Heinrich's status was confirmed by the Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt. Edmund also received confirmation from Württemberg in 1846. The status of the papal count was also expanded in 1850 to include Franz a Paula and the II line he founded. In 1852 it was recognized with elevation to the count status of the Kingdom of Württemberg.

Karl Graf von Linden , the co-founder of the Linden Museum for Country and Ethnology named after him, is a son of Edmund Graf von Linden, ancestor of the first counts line. The first female student in Württemberg and later professor Maria Countess von Linden also comes from this line.

coat of arms

The coat of arms is emblazoned in the Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility as follows: "In red a golden cross; on the helmet with red and gold covers a sitting black greyhound with a golden collar." The South German noble hero also emblazoned the coat of arms.

Trunk lines

Franz Freiherr von Linden is the progenitor. The seven lines of the house descend from his seven sons named below:

  1. Franz Baron von Linden (1760–1836), lawyer and politician in the Kingdom of Württemberg
    1. Edmund Graf von Linden (1798–1865) the I. (Counts) line ( Burgberg ), first marriage: ⚭ Clementine Walburga Dorothea Schad von Mittelbiberach (1804–1824), second marriage: Wilhelmine Freiin Fuchs von Bimbach and Dornheim (1808 –1878), from second marriage:
      1. Wilhelm Otto (1827–1847)
      2. Heinrich Alexander (1829–1869)
      3. Edmund Heinrich (1833-1893)
        1. Wilhelm Edmund (1865–1915)
        2. Maria (1869–1936), zoologist and parasitologist, pioneer of women's studies
      4. Karl (1838–1910), co-founder and namesake of the Linden Museum in Stuttgart
    2. Franz a Paula Graf von Linden (1800–1888) the II. (Count's) line, ⚭ Marie Freiin von Hügel (1807–1886)
      1. Wilhelmine Pauline (Paula) (1833–1920), painter, poet and chief stewardess ⚭ Bernhard Vollrath von Bülow
      2. Franz Joseph Heinrich (1836–1903)
    3. Carl Freiherr von Linden (1801–1870), District President of the Neckar District , the III. Line ( Hausen ), first marriage: ⚭ Charlotte Freiin von Palm (1814–1844), second marriage: ⚭ Countess Mathilde Leutrum von Ertingen (1815–1892), from first marriage:
      1. Carl Franz Eberhard, (1836–1916) 1st branch (in the USA)
      2. Henriette Amalie (1844–1903), also from a second marriage:
      3. Hugo Edmund (1854–1936) 2nd branch (Hausen)
    4. Joseph Freiherr von Linden (1804–1895), lawyer and politician in the Kingdom of Württemberg, 4th line (Neunthausen), ⚭ Emma von König from the Warthausen family (1810–1893)
      1. Franz Joseph Friedrich (1831-1887)
      2. Emma (1833-1919)
      3. Henriette Franziska (1836-1914)
      4. Henriette Josephine (1838-1881)
    5. Ernst Freiherr von Linden (1806–1885), Württemberg equestrian officer and author of political writings, whose name Karl May served as a pseudonym, the V. Line ( Bühl ), ⚭ Amey Spurrier (1815–1894)
      1. Nathalie (1836-1906)
      2. Alfons (1841-1904)
      3. Adhémar (1845-1918)
      4. Virginie (1848-1916)
      5. Valerie (1850-1917)
    6. Ludwig Freiherr von Linden (1808–1889), German-Swiss military, the VI. (Swiss) lineage, ⚭ Henriette von Tscharner (1815–1892)
      1. Caroline Justine (1840-1903)
      2. Friedrich Rudolph (1841-1923)
      3. Justine Wilhelmine (1850-1923)
    7. Hugo Freiherr von Linden (1812–1895) the VII. Line, ⚭ Fanny Affleck from the house of the Baronets Affleck of Dalham (1815–1906)
      1. Bertha (1850-1920)
      2. Fanny (1853-1894)

The third line (Hausen) still exists today, whereas the other lines have all died out in the male line. The members of the third line are divided into a 1st branch, located in the USA, and a 2nd branch (Hausen).

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ JA Tyroff: Book of arms of the higher nobility of the German federal states . Ed .: JA Tyroff. tape 6 . Nuremberg 1852, p. 47 ( google.de ).
  2. ^ A b c Wilhelm Freiherr von Linden: Genealogical manual of the nobility . tape 68 of the entire series. CA Starke Verlag, Limburg ad Lahn 1978, p. 196, 212 .
  3. ^ Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg: Finding aid Q1 / 7. I. On the history of the von Linden family. Retrieved April 14, 2020 .
  4. ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility . 109 of the complete series, Freiherrliche Häuser Vol. XVIII. CA Starke, Limburg / Lahn 1995, p. 356-376 .
  5. ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility: The nobility matriculated in Bavaria . tape XXIII . Degener & Co, Neustadt / Aisch 2000, p. 351-365 .
  6. ^ Friedrich Cast: South German noble hero. First volume, first section: Historical and genealogical book of the nobility of the Kingdom of Württemberg , Gärtner, Stuttgart 1839, p. 268.
  7. ↑ Based on the Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility , see section Literature.
  8. ↑ Neunthausen residential space on leo-bw.de (last accessed on April 28, 2020).
  9. ^ Ueding, Gert: Karl May Handbook . Ed .: Ueding, Gert. tape 2 . Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2001, ISBN 3-8260-1813-3 , p. 628 .