Oelsen (noble family)

Coat of arms of the von Oelsen family

Oelsen is the name of a Prussian - Baltic noble family whose origins go back to the 13th century.

history

In contemporary documents the name was mainly found written as Ulsen , now and then also Olsen , Ulsen or Uelsen . The geographical classification ranges from Uelzen to Lübeck to Schwerin . The family appeared in Estonia earlier than in Prussia : for the first time in 1259 with the Danish vassal Christianus de Olsen. He was followed in 1275 by the knight Henricus de Ulsen and in 1287 by Odwardus de Ulsen. In 1325, Henricus de Ulse ( Henricus de Ulcen ), a vassal in the Livonian Wierland , sealed with an armored arm holding a ring.

Livonian noble family

Once again in Prussia, the knight Theodoricus de Ulsen was the first to appear in 1296 as a vassal of Bishop Eberhard von Neisse of Ermland . In the diocese of Warmia , the family was wealthy in the 14th and 15th centuries and quickly expanded. In 1538, Dionysius Oelsen made himself a landowner from this branch of the family in the Schuyschen district of the Livonian order area, he bought a servant Duxten and a meadow. Ownership was confirmed in 1539 and expanded from 1540. The property was inherited by Dionysius' son Barthold, who acquired the adjacent Kayenhof in 1571, while his sons Johannes and Dionysius II received the property from Warsaw in 1599 .

Member of the Courland Knighthood

Dionysius II, the electoral Brandenburg captain at Ortelsburg in Prussia, made his way to Courland through his second marriage to Margaretha von Tiesenhausen , widow of the Kurland Chancellor Georg von Tiesenhausen . He bought Gut Gemauerthof with Schwethof from the Medem family , which was to become the family seat. As Land Marshal he became a member of the Courland government and on October 17, 1620 he was entered into the Courland knighthood . The brick courtyard was given to Dionysius III. transferred, from his sons Ernst Bernhard continued the Courland tribe on brick courtyard, while Dionysius IV Albrecht inherited the Prussian estates.

Lineage and relatives

Baltic states

Dionysius I (1538–1564), Lord of Duxten and Germus (Livonia) ⚭ Margaretha von Schwarzkopf
- Barthold († 1577), gentleman at Kayenhof ⚭ Gertrud Gutzleff (1550–1602)
  - Dionysius II. (1592–1627), lord of Germus and Kayenhof, as well as brick courtyard ⚭ Margarethe von Königeck , Verw . from Tiesenhausen
  - Dionysius III. (1619–1663), lord of a brick courtyard, governor of Ortelsburg ⚭ Maria von Schlieben (1621–1682)
    
    Dionysius IV. Albrecht (1677-1724), captain , continued the Prussian line.
    
    Ernst Bernhard (1677-1725), Lord of Gemauerthof, Danish Colonel , Zemgale Obereinnehmer ⚭ Anna Catharina Wigandt † 1710 or 1717
    
    Ernst Dionysius († 1753), lord of the brick courtyard ⚭ Dorothea Johanna von Brucken-Fock
    
    Friedrich Johann (1686–1763), captain of the Hessian-Kassel region, master of a brick courtyard ⚭ Agnesa Juliana von Grotthus (1707–1783)
    Christian Ernst von Oelsen (1729–1787), gentleman in a brick courtyard, country steward ⚭ Elisabeth Charlotte von Nettelhorst (1747–1803)
    
    Ernst Peter von Oelsen (1768–1804) Line A House Gemauerthof (Courland) ⚭ Elisabeth Catharina von Buttlar (* 1778)
    
    Otto Christian Friedrich von Oelsen (1770–1837) family line B House Pahzen-Feldhof (Latvia) ⚭ Henriette Friedericke von Drachenfels
    
    Baron Johann Christian Magnus (1775–1848) family line C House Vietnitz in Neumark ( Königsberg district in Prussia ) ⚭ Charlotte Friedericke von Sydow
    
    Carl Ludwig Dionysius (1783–1836) ⚭ Anna Amalie von Grotthus, extinct in the male line.

Prussia

Johann Christian Magnus von Oelsen (1775–1848), 1816–1819 Prussian envoy to the Kingdom of Saxony

literature

Genealogical manual of the Baltic knighthoods , Görlitz o. J. ( digitized version )

Individual evidence

↑ Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knights, Görlitz o. J., p. 446.
↑ Parish Schujen: Schujen Castle was built in 1255 by the order master Andreas von Stuckland and belonged to the land marshal's possessions . In: Heinrich von Hagemeister , materials for a history of the country estates of Livonia , Volume 1, Verlag Frantzen, Riga 1836, p. 204 , accessed June 16, 2016.
↑ Germus and Kayenhof: In 1533, the master of the order Plettenberg awarded Wolff Brüggenschädel various properties around Schujenschen, which he sold to Dionysius von Oelsen in 1539. Bartolomaeus von Oelsen also acquired some land for this ... The brothers Johann and Dionysius von Oelsen received from King Sigismund III in 1592. the confirmation of their right of ownership (...) In: Materials for a history of the country estates of Livonia , Volume 1, Verlag Frantzen, 1836, pp. 206–207.
↑ ^a ^b Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knighthoods, Görlitz o. J., pp. 445–447.

[1] Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knights, Görlitz o. J., p. 446.

[2] Parish Schujen: Schujen Castle was built in 1255 by the order master Andreas von Stuckland and belonged to the land marshal's possessions . In: Heinrich von Hagemeister , materials for a history of the country estates of Livonia , Volume 1, Verlag Frantzen, Riga 1836, p. 204 , accessed June 16, 2016.

[3] Germus and Kayenhof: In 1533, the master of the order Plettenberg awarded Wolff Brüggenschädel various properties around Schujenschen, which he sold to Dionysius von Oelsen in 1539. Bartolomaeus von Oelsen also acquired some land for this ... The brothers Johann and Dionysius von Oelsen received from King Sigismund III in 1592. the confirmation of their right of ownership (...) In: Materials for a history of the country estates of Livonia , Volume 1, Verlag Frantzen, 1836, pp. 206–207.

[personen.digitale-sammlungen.de-4] Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knighthoods, Görlitz o. J., pp. 445–447.