Mengden (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of those of Mengden
Coat of arms of the Counts of Mengden

Mengden , originally Mengede , is the name of a Westphalian and later also a Baltic nobility family . Branches of the family persist to this day.

history

The family takes its name from the parent company of the same name at Mengede and appears first with Ernestus de Mengede on June 25, 1249, after Steinen as early as 1230 with Ludolfus de Mengede , Senator of Dortmund, and in 1257 with the knight Wilhelm de Mengede .

Two tribes are known from the beginning, the genealogical connection of which is uncertain.

Westphalian tribe

In the 13th century, the Mengede were ministerials in the knighthood of the Counts of Berg , but at the same time they were fiefs of the Counts of Arnsberg , Counts of Limburg-Isenburg , Counts of Tecklenburg and noblemen of Ardey .

The secured line of trunks , which can be documented over five generations, begins with the knight Everhardus de Mengede († 1306), who appeared in a document between 1275 and 1295. On May 8, 1306, his sons Ernst and Johann shared their paternal property, so that the elder, who was also chairman of the Mengede free court , received the castle . The family held at least part of the hereditary property at the Freigericht until the 15th century. After various residences, the Westphalian Mengde sometimes had nicknames like Osthof or Dunowe and a few more in the Middle Ages . Gisebert and Hermann Mengede signed the treaty of the Brandenburg knighthood in 1419 and 1426 . In 1499, Johann von Mengede first sealed his helmet with the two ostrich feathers .

With Albert von Mengden († 1461), also Everhardus de Mengede († 1306), but uncertainly ascribed son, the continuous line of the Westphalian tribe, which has continued until recently, begins. His son Schotte von Mengden († after 1504) was the master of Westönnen , who stayed with the family until the 17th century. Siegmund von Mengden († before 1800) was President of the Chamber in Corvey . The family repeatedly provided officers in the Prussian army . The brothers Bruno (* 1891), Hans and Friedrich von Mengden (* 1895) matriculated on April 12, 1907 with the noble class of knighthood in the Kingdom of Bavaria . Friedrich von Mengden continued the tribe.

Baltic tribe

With Johann von Mengden called Osthof († 1469), who was Landmeister of the Teutonic Order in Livonia from 1450 , the family appears there for the first time. The continuous family line in Livonia begins with Engelbrecht van Mengden († after 1495), who on February 28, 1490 his property in the parishes of Lemsal and Ubbenorm against the Altenwoga farm, the later family property which is still today called Meņģele in Latvian , which can be traced back to the Mengden , exchanges. He was married to Kone Hastfer , his son Ernst († before 1549) continues the tribe. Under the latter sons Engelbrecht II of Mengden († after 1560) and Ernst II of Megden († after 1590), the family divided into the two main lines Altenwoga († 1714) and Kussen .

The Kussen line is subdivided in several ways , including a Russian branch and the Idsel - Sinohlen branch , which has flourished in the barons and counts to the present day .

In the 17th century, individual members had a decisive influence on the fate of Livonia, the fact that Mengden's epoch is written and that this time is also seen as the first heyday of the family.

The Mengden family has received various status surveys . On 12 July 1653 was Otto von Mengden (* 1596, † 1681), Lord of the Manor on Kussen, Ogershof and Lubey as Freiherr von Altenwoga in the Swedish lifted baron. In 1731 Baron Carl Johan von Mengden , heir to the Orgershof and royal Swedish chamberlain and cavalry master, was introduced to the baron class of Swedish knighthood (No. 198). His grandson, Ernst Reinhold von Mengden (* 1725; † 1798) heir to Zarnikau and Livonian district administrator, was raised to the rank of imperial count on June 22, 1774 in Vienna with the predicate high and well-born and improved coat of arms . He died without leaving a son. Ernst Burchard von Mengden (* 1738, † 1798), heir to the Idsel and Kaugershof as well as the Imperial Russian Legation Councilor , a great-grandson of Otto mentioned above , was raised to the rank of imperial count on July 27, 1779. His descendants still lived in France and Russia in the 20th century.

The Barons Mengden enrolled in 1742 (No. 39), the Lords of Mengden in 1745 and 1747 (No. 40) with the Livonian Knighthood . 1780 was also made enrollment in Courland knighthood for Count Johann von Mengden adH Zarnikau .

Waldemar Ernstowitsch von Mengden received the Russian confirmation of the baron title on September 20, 1848. Senatsukas (No. 100002) of December 7, 1854 for the Livonian line and an imperial ukase of January 22, 1868 for the Russian branch, gave them the right to lead granted the baron title. The Russian recognition of the title of count for the widow and son of Count Friedrich von Mengden , heir to Teilitz and Unniküll, took place on July 4, 1861.

In 1852, Baron Gustav Johann von Mengden made a donation to the Evangelical Church in Nieder-Ingelheim , consisting of an altar, two altar ceilings, a church chair and a church door, with a total value of 905 guilders . The Grand Duke Ludwig III. confirmed the donation.

possession

  • in Livonia:
    • Latvian district: Abgunst near Neuermühlen, Alt Laitzen, Altenwoga, Bebetzky, Berson, Dewen, Eckhof, Engelhardshof, Erkull, Fetheln, Helreichshof, Hessenhof, Idsel, Kadfer with Lindenhof and Ahlenhof, Kaugershof, Kippendorf, Kolzen with Eykasch, Kujen, Kussen, Lappier with Koskullshof, Laudon, Lubahn, Lubey, Mahlenhof, Maikendorf with Koperbeck, Metack, Nachtigall, Neuhof, Odensee, Odsen, Ogershof with corners, Planup, Praulen, Rüssel, Salzenau, Saussen, Sawensee, Segowsky, Stahlenhof, Stolben, Sunzel, Sussikas, Zarnau, Zarnikau and Zempen
    • Estonian district: Alt Köllitz, Carolen, Duckershof, Meyershof, Neu Suislep, Penniküll, Pölks, Saarahof, and Werrohof
At the time of the confiscation of the goods by the Latvians in 1919, Ballod, Eck, Sinohlen, Fistehlen, Golgowsky with Weißenhof and Stubbensee were still owned by the family.
  • in Westphalia: Gardbeck, Hiltrop, Steinhausen , Westhofen Westönnen and Wickede
  • in Prussia : Friedrichshuld

The Counts Mengden owned a. a. Kaugershof, Mohjan, Teilitz and Unniküll also owned Klopp Castle near Bingen am Rhein

Mengden coat of arms in the Westphalian coat of arms book

coat of arms

Relatives

  • Johann von Mengden called Osthof (* around 1400; † 1469), Landmeister of the Teutonic Order in Livonia from 1450 to 1469
  • Engelbrecht von Mengden (* 1587; † 1648), knight captain and district administrator in Livonia
  • Ernst von Mengden (* 1593; † 1655), knighthood captain in Livonia, district judge in Pernau
  • Otto von Mengden (* 1596; † 1681), Livonian diplomat in the Swedish service, district judge in Kokenhusen, Livonian land marshal, 1653 Swedish baron
  • Gustav von Mengden (* 1625; † 1688), knighthood captain and country marshal in Livonia, district judge and major of the Livonian aristocratic flag
  • Gustav Mengden (* 1627; † 1688), Swedish baroque composer
  • Georg von Mengden (* 1628; † 1702), Russian major general
  • Magnus Gustav von Mengden (* 1663; † 1726), land marshal in Livonia
  • Johann Albrecht von Mengden (* 1663; † 1720), Land Marshal and District Administrator in Livonia
  • Carl Friedrich von Mengden (* 1666; † 1784), district administrator in Livonia, Swedish lieutenant general
  • Karl Ludwig Mengden (* 1706; † 1759/60), Russian statesman, knight of the Alexander Nevsky Order , sentenced to death by Trubezkoi at the end of 1741 , exiled to Siberia at the beginning of 1742
  • Auguste Juliane von Mengden (* 1719, † 1760), first lady-in-waiting of the Empress Anna
  • Carl Gustav von Mengden (* 1723; † 1775), land marshal in Livonia, Swedish major
  • Johann Karl Friedrich von Mengden (* 1730; † 1796), Prussian lieutenant general
  • Burchard von Mengden (* 1738; † 1798), District Administrator and Governor of Livonia, 1779 Imperial Count
  • Gotthard Johann von Mengden (* 1752, † 1786), Polish major general and adjutant general
  • Siegmund von Mengden († before 1800), President of the Chamber in Corvey
  • Michael von Mengden (* 1777/81; † 1855), Russian major general, participant in the Wars of Liberation , Decembrist
  • Georg von Mengden (* 1861, † 1917), Russian general and commander of a cavalry regiment
  • Guido von Mengden (* 1896; † 1982), German sports official
  • Bruno von Mengden (* 1934), retired German major general D. the Bundeswehr
  • Dr. Lida von Mengden, (* 1947) German art historian
  • Fritz von Mengden, (* 1959) gentleman at Gut Suhns
  • Waltraut von Mengden (* 1954), German media manager

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Westphalian Document Book VII, No. 688a
  2. ↑ a b c d e Adelslexikon . 1997, Volume VIII, pp. 423-424
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Genealogical Handbook of Livonian Knights , 1943, pp. 1172–1218
  4. ↑ a b Kneschke: New general German nobility lexicon . 1865, pp. 229-230
  5. ↑ a b Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Noble Houses, 1928, pp. 340-350
  6. ↑ Hans Feldmann, Heinz von zur Mühlen (ed.): Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 2: Latvia (South Livland and Courland). Böhlau 1990, ISBN 3-412-06889-6 , p. 316.
  7. ↑ Anders Anton von Stiernman, Johan Adam Rehbinder, Carl Fredric Rothlieb and Carl Gustaf Kröningssvärd: Matrikel öfwer Swea rikes ridderskap och adel. Stockholm 1754, p. 182
  8. ^ Government Gazette of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, 1853
  9. ↑ Leopold von Ledebur : Adelslexikon der Prussischen Monarchy . Berlin 1856, p. 95
  10. ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke: German count houses of the present. Leipzig 1853, Volume 2, pp. 101-103