List of noble families named Essen

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Family coat of arms of those of Essen (1643)

Essen is the name of several noble families who own goods in the Baltic States and thus belong to the Baltic Germans . Only one of the families has its origin in Greifswald in the Duchy of Pomerania , all the others are probably originally from Westphalia . The family spread to Sweden and Russia .

The one from Essen in the Oldenburger Land

The progenitor of all the von Essen families residing on the Rasteder Geest is the squire Garlich von Essen , who in 1492 bought a part of the Loy farm from the von Reeken family, where the family resided until 1886. Ancestral seat of this noble family was probably Essen (called Assini around 975) near Cloppenburg. A seal in the Osnabrück cathedral archive from 1355 (Eberhard, son of the deceased Andreas de Essene) shows three flowers (2: 1 posed) in the heraldic books referred to as roses. In the Oldenburg family they are listed as cornflowers in side view (after the Garlich von Essen seal was found on January 15, 1689 with a complete coat of arms). Pastor Siebrand Meyer (around 1750) passed down the colors as blue on gold. The current headquarters of the family is Gut Essen in the center of Rastede in the immediate vicinity of the Oldenburg castle .

The von Essen in the Duchy of Westphalia

Family coat of arms of those of Essen from Arnsberg

There are isolated documentary messages about the von Essen in the Duchy of Westphalia:

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  • The Essen (1643) first appear in 1584 with Thomas von Essen , house owner in Leal. In 1717 the family was raised to the status of Swedish barons and in 1745 to the status of Swedish counts. In 1833 the Russian count was awarded.
  • The Essen (1663) first appeared with Dietrich von Essen , who in 1572 was enfeoffed with Sellie on Oesel . In 1663 the family received the Swedish introduction, in 1818 they were introduced to the Finnish knighthood.
  • The Essen (1681) first appear with Paul von Essen , first documented from 1611–1652, who was a Swedish major and fortress commander in Kalmar . In 1681 his sons were awarded the Swedish nobility.
  • The Essen (1706, 1782) first appear with Johann von Essen , a wine tavern who was a citizen of Greifswald in 1588. His descendants in Vienna in 1706 and 1782 received the imperial knighthood with the improvement of the coat of arms and the designation Edler . This family was also in the service of Sweden and was well off in Livonia .

coat of arms

Family coat of arms of those of Essen (1663)
  • Family coat of arms (1355): In gold 3 (2: 1 set) blue cornflowers with green stalked ovaries . On the helmet with blue and gold covers, the three cornflowers between two gold buffalo horns .
  • Family coat of arms (1643): The shield in blue, a natural owl sitting on a brown branch, on the helmet with blue-silver covers the owl between an open flight , blue on the right and red on the left .
  • Family coat of arms (1663): The shield in red, a black spangenhelm , covered with four (2, 2) blue balls, on the helmet with blue-gold-red covers six (3.3) natural peacock feathers between a red and a blue flag .
  • Family coat of arms (1681): The shield in blue, a golden paw cross , covered with a red shield, on it a silver-bordered black rafter , covered with four golden diamonds , covered with three (1, 2) silver balls at the bottom. On the helmet with blue-gold covers on the right and red-silver covers of the rafters with rhombuses and balls between two buffalo horns, the right of which is divided by red and silver, the left by gold and blue.
  • Family coat of arms (1706): the shield split, on the right in gold a red cornucopia with natural fruits and green leaves, on the left a vine with three grapes on a green hill. On the helmet on the right red and gold and on the left blue and silver blankets, a left-facing black eagle with a bunch of grapes in its beak.
  • Family coat of arms (1782): the shield split, on the right in red a golden cornucopia with flowers, on the left in silver on a green lawn a vine with two green grapes. Two helmets, on the left a red silver blanket, on the right the vine.

Name bearer

  • Henneke von Essen (Henricus von Essen; * around 1561, † 1631), land pfennig master of the Duchy of Westphalia
  • Johann von Essen (1610–1676), professor of history in Greifswald and later provost in Demmin
  • Franz von Essen († 1714), Councilor in Greifswald, son of Johann von Essen
Relatives of the von Essen (1643)

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Remarks

  1. ^ Book of arms of the Westphalian nobility - blazon in volume 1, page 49
  2. ^ Finding aid from Plettenberg zu Bamenohl, Dr. Diestelkamp, ​​85, 75.
  3. ^ Finding aid from Plettenberg zu Bamenohl, Dr. Diestelkamp, ​​136. 124a.
  4. ↑ As early as 1394, a Herm. van Essen listed in the memorabilia book (after Hugo Nüske: The Greifswald family names of the 13th and 14th centuries . Greifswald 1929, p. 107).