Mecklenburg (Danish-Norwegian family)
Mecklenburg , Mechlenborg and Mikkel Borg is in Denmark and in Norway living and from Flensburg arising patrician family . Among the members are bailiffs , soldiers and merchants.
Name and coat of arms
Numerous spellings of the name have survived, among which Mecklenburg , Mechlenborg and, in what is now northern Norway, Mikkelborg are the most common.
The coat of arms can be described as follows: From a forest [three trees] a running wild dog. Helmzeichen is a wild dog rampant. The coat of arms has a natural color.
General story
Oluf Jensen (* around 1487 in Flensburg ) came to Hadersleben as a young man . There he became a merchant, and soon he was very wealthy. He was married to Margrethe Meckelborch, sister of Henrick Meckelborch, mayor of Flensburg . Jensen later became mayor of this city himself. Jensen took the name of his first wife and called himself Oluf Meckelburg. His children were also given this name.
Oluf the Elder was followed by Oluf the Younger (born 1540), Oluf Meckelburg's son from his later marriage to Marina Oldendorph, daughter of Jacob Pedersen Oldendorph, mayor of Hadersleben , and Elisabeth Hansdatter Holst. Just like his father, Oluf the Elder was born . J. Kaufmann, - not in his native city, but in that of his father, Flensburg. Then he became one of the city's greatest merchants. He traded in goods from the royal fiefs ( Schleswig and Holstein ), and he had good trade relations with Norway. He was married to Margrethe Carstensdatter, who was from the Schleswig-Holstein landed gentry on both his father's and mother's side. Her parents were Carsten Rickertsen, Mayor of Flensburg, and Marina Friis von Arlewatt .
Her sons Jacob and Oluf Mechlenborg went to Norway, where they were Vogt of Nordmøre and Vogt of Helgeland , respectively. Her third son, Carsten Mechlenborg, stayed in Hadersleben, where he became a merchant and mayor. Many of his children went to Eastern Norway.
Mecklenburg in Eastern Norway
Customs clerk Oluf Carstensen Mechlenburg had the sons Niels Mechlenburg, landowner, and Willum Mecklenburg, liege lord von Eiker . The descendants of the two brothers were married to members of noble families in Denmark and Norway, including Werenskiold , von Rømer, de Tonsberg , Huitfeldt , von Hausmann and the Counts of Wedel-Jarlsberg .
Mecklenburg in western Norway
Jacob Olufsen Mechlenborg (around 1565-1619) became Vogt of Nordmøre. His wife was Maren Mikkelsdatter and they had three known sons: Oluf Jacobsen Mechlenborg, Vogt von Nordmøre and Zöllner, Niels Jacobsen Mechlenborg and Johan Jacobsen Mechlenborg.
Mecklenburg in Northern Norway
Jens Olufsen Mechlenborg (around 1566–1626) came to Trondheim in Norway in 1601 or 1602 . It is not known what he did during the first few years. He probably worked for or with merchants with whom his father and grandfather had trade relations. Between 1606 and 1619 he was Vogt of Nordhelgeland .
His son Oluf Jensen Mechlenborg became the governor of Lofoten and Vesterålen . Between 1640 and 1644 he was Vogt of Helgeland. In 1665 he lived at the Lurøy farm in Helgeland. Since 1629 he was married to Adelus Christensdatter (Schanche), daughter of Christen Olufsen (Schanche), parish priest of Brønnøy .
Only the son Christen Olufsen Mechlenborg (around 1640 – around 1710) is known, who stayed in Lurøy. His daughter Eva Christensdatter Mechlenborg (around 1680–1762), who took over Lurøy, was married to the shipowner Kristen Hansen at Hestmannøy (Hestmona). Their children took the name Mechlenborg and thus founded the young line. Since they no longer held public offices, they continued as merchants and shipowners.
literature
- Mørkvig, Svend Aage (1986): Mechlenburg - Patricierslægt gennem 500 år
- Norsk biografisk leksikon: Mats de Tonsberg