Malsen (noble family)

Coat of arms of those of Malsen

Malsen is the name of an old noble family from Geldern , who first appeared in a document with Roger de Malsen between the years 1076 and 1099 and whose family line began with Nicolaes (Claes) von Malsen , who appeared in a document as a knight from 1312 to 1333 .

origin

Well Castle (Huis van Malsen)

The name of the family was probably a Ritterhof in Buurmalsen (one kilometer north of Geldermalsen )

In 1326 Nicolaes (Claes) van Malsen was enfeoffed with Kasteel Well (municipality of Maasdriel ), which remained in the family's possession until 1611 Johanna van Vladeracken nee. sold by Malsen.

Through the marriage of Robrecht van Malsen to Margriet van Haastrecht, Kasteel Tilburg came into the possession of the family from 1507 to 1621 , which was then brought into her marriage to the general Anthonie Schetz by Maria van Malsen . From 1530 to 1612 Hongerenborgh Castle ( Heusden municipality ) was also owned by the family, Onsenoort Castle (near Nieuwkuijk, Heusden municipality ) from 1554 to 1672 and the imperial rule of Kessenich (Belgium) from 1618 to 1669 .

The family provided several abbots from the Premonstratensian Abbey of Berne (in Heeswijk): Arnoldus (1492–1515), Conradus (1528–1549) and Gerlacus (1728–1741).

Matriculation / coat of arms association

• Enrollment in the Kingdom of Bavaria with the Freiherrenklasse for Conrad Freiherr von Malsen in Bamberg , later royal Bavarian major general à la suite of the army and ducal Bavarian court marshal , due to the recognition of the noble class (baronate) granted to the noble family in Alsace in 1680 .
• Line Malsen-Waldkirch: Bavarian name and coat of arms association with those of the Counts of Waldkirch as Baron von Malsen-Waldkirch on April 25, 1909 in Munich for Konrad Freiherr von Malsen , royal Bavarian chamberlain, as Lord of the Counts of Waldkirch's Fideikommiss Schermau (today District of Dingolfing ) in Lower Bavaria .
• Line Malsen-Ponickau: Bavarian name and coat of arms association with those of the Barons of Ponickau as Baron von Malsen-Ponickau on April 12, 1913 in Leutstetten for Baron Theobald von Malsen (1867–1930), Bavarian chamberlain and major , married to Olga since 1893 Freiin von Ponickau , landlord on Osterberg and Niederraunau in Swabia .

coat of arms

• Family coat of arms : In red, a silver diagonal right bar . On the helmet with red and silver covers the head and neck of a silver peacock .
• Coat of arms from 1909 (Malsen-Waldkirch Wappenvereinigung): square , 1 and 4 main coats of arms, 2 and 3 in silver, a turned black tip, inside a gold ring (Count of Waldkirch). Two helmets, on the right the family coat of arms, on the left with a black and silver blanket a growing silver moor's trunk with a golden forehead band (Count of Waldkirch).
• Coat of arms from 1913 (Malsen-Ponickau Wappenvereinigung): Divided, family coat of arms above, split below and divided into four rows alternately by red and silver (from Ponickau). Two helmets with red and silver covers, on the right a trunk helmet, on the left a golden double cup decorated with three green laurel leaves (from Ponickau).

Well-known namesake

Tomb of Ludwig Freiherr von Malsen in Nonn

• Erasmus Freiherr von Malsen-Ponickau (1895–1956), police chief in Posen and Halle
• Konrad Freiherr von Malsen-Waldkirch (1869–1913), landowner and member of the German Reichstag
• Ludwig Freiherr von Malsen (1828–1895), Bavarian Obersthofmarschall under King Ludwig II.

literature

• J. Anspach: De voormalige heerschap Malsen en het geslacht van Malsen. Leerdam 1894.
• Genealogical manual of the nobility . Nobility Lexicon. Volume VIII. Volume 113 of the complete series. Pp. 202-203. CA Starke Publishing House . Limburg (Lahn) 1997. ISSN  0435-2408 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Reichsarchiv Utrecht, Liber donationum ecclesiae maioris Traiectensis , fol. 40 verso to 41 recto; printed by Ludolph Baron Sloet: Oorkondenboek der Graafschappen Gelre en Zutfen , The Hague 1872, pages 183-184
2. ↑ The wealthy in Geldermalsen (probably as a feudal man of the Bishop of Utrecht) nl: Herman van Malsen (approx. 1030 - after 1080) was Count von Teisterbant and before 1096 Lord of Cuijk and progenitor of the Lords of Cuijk ; it is probably not related to the von Malsen family discussed here.
3. ↑ The Slot Well of the Huis van Malsen  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.