Neersen (noble family)

The house Neersen (full name of the Neersen ) is the name of a knight dynasty from the Lower Rhine with the headquarters at Castle Neersen , which is documented from 1250 and held the bailiwicks of Neersen , Anrath and Uerdingen until 1487 .

The Latin spelling de Nersa or de Nyrsa can also be found in documents .

history

The family was first mentioned in a document with Heinrich (I) von der Neersen , who was named Henricus de Nersa in a document from the Gladbach Abbey in 1250 . In 1263 he is mentioned in a document as Vogt von Neersen ( vait van der Nersin ).

All ancestors of the family had the lead name Heinrich, which makes it difficult to differentiate them in old documents. They bore the hereditary title of bailiff (also Latinized as advocate ).

With Heinrich (VI.), Bailiff von der Neersen, the male line died out around 1487. Neersen Castle and the associated bailiwicks inherited from his brother-in-law Thonis von Palant , who married his sister Agnes von der Neersen († before 1488). Their only daughter Agnes von Palant († 1524) finally brought the inheritance through marriage to Ambrosius von Viermund in 1502 , who with her founded a Neersen line of the Viermund family .

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the Knights of Neersen

The coat of arms of the Ritter von der Neersen showed a cross-sectioned shield, the lower field red, the upper gold, on the helmet a golden dog with a red collar. Her successors as Lords von Neersen from the Viermund family included this coat of arms in theirs.

Tribe list

1. Heinrich I, around 1250–1279 Vogt von Neersen, ⚭ Agnes
   1. Heinrich II., Around 1327 Vogt von Neersen, ⚭ Eva († May 7, 1334)
      1. Henry III. , around 1340–1370 Vogt von Neersen
         1. Heinrich IV. The old , 1370–1414 Vogt von Neersen, ⚭ I) around 1372 Adelheid von Holzbüttgen, ⚭ II) 1397 Agnes von Homoir (Hoemen)
            1. I) Heinrich V the young († before 1439), 1402 lord of the castle of Holzbüttgen, 1414–1438 Vogt von Neersen, ⚭ I) 1398 Johanna von Hochsteden († before 1419), ⚭ II) 1419 Jutta von Hüls
               1. I) Henry VI. († 1487 at the latest), 1438–1487 Vogt von Neersen, ⚭ I) Wilhelmine von Wachtendonk, ⚭ II) Eva Grüters
                  1. I) Katharina, ⚭ Lutter von Stammheim zu Berg († 1514)
                  2. II) 3 daughters
               2. I) Johann (1422 documented, † before 1468), bailiff of Kempen, 1456 lender of Oedt
               3. II) Agnes († before 1488), ⚭ around 1476 Thonis von Palant , 1487 Vogt von Neersen
                  1. Agnes von Palant († 1524), ⚭ 1499 Ambrosius von Viermund , 1502 Vogt von Neersen
            2. II) Kunigunde, ⚭ before 1417 Johann von Baerle
            3. II) Adelheid (* 1403; † after 1452), ⚭ Friedrich von der Leiten († before 1452)
         2. Friedrich (* before 1352; † after 1393), from 1393 Mr. von Haus Neuerberg
      2. Greta, 1334 nun in Neuwerk
      3. Aleidis, 1334 nun in Neuwerk
      4. Conrad, 1357 monk in Gladbach
   2. Arnold (* before 1279, † after 1318), Klevian vassal, later prior of Gladbach

literature

• Johann Peter Lentzen, Franz Verres: History of glory Neersen and Anrath. With special consideration of the old parish of Anrath with the villages and localities Neersen, Schiefbahn, Kehn and Clörath as well as the castle and the Lords of Neersen. Lentzen, Fischeln 1883, p. 265 ff. ( Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf )