Oldenburg (noble family)

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Coat of arms of those of Oldenburg

Oldenburg is the name of an old Bremen aristocratic family that was able to spread to Mecklenburg , Prussia , Livonia and Denmark , where each achieved a certain reputation. The family should not be confused with the Oldenburg dynasty of the same name , with whom there is no tribal relationship.

history

Coat of arms of Oldenburg on a grave slab in the village church of Woosten

Bremen

With Gerhardus and Conradus de Oldenborg the family first appears in a document in 1247. Helmsen near Lüneburg was with the family from 1657 to 1708, and in 1704 the family owned the Altluneberg estate in Bremen .

Mecklenburg

Since May 1, 1262, the family, which with Johannes and Wulvinghus von Oldenburg as witnesses among the knights of Duke Borwin III. is mentioned in Rostock , can be documented in Mecklenburg. In 1478 the family was on Schwaan and also in Vietgest in the 15th century . Further patrons of Oldenburg Gremmelin (1449) and Wattmannshagen in the Güstrow office . They also owned Eickhorst , Glave (1635–1881), Federow (1698–1768), Knorrendorf (1760), Kötelln, Lehmhorst (Federow) (1758), Mierendorf , Schwartzendorf (probably today's Schwarzenhof, Neukalen ) (1758), Teschow , Tolzien (presumably today Tolzin, Lalendorf) (1658), Woldzegarten and Zierhagen as well as Möllenstorf (1755–1756) as a deposit .

In 1305 the knights Luderus and Hartmann testify to the privileges of the city of Güstrow . The family co-signed the Union of Estates in 1523 .

From 1455 to 1490 Adele Ermigard (von) Oldenburg was named as prioress in the Dobbertin nunnery. Joachim von Oldenburg (* 1551; † 1622) was Mecklenburg-Güstrower Privy Councilor, Oberhofmarschall, from 1610 provisional and from 1612 to 1622 monastery captain in the Dobbertin monastery . In the registration book of the Dobbertin monastery there are 13 entries by daughters of the von Oldenburg family from 1696 to 1907 from Glave, Vietgest, Federow and Gremmelin for inclusion in the aristocratic women's monastery there . A picture coat of arms of Oldenburg is on the southern prayer box on the nun gallery and several coats of arms with attached stars of the conventuals and alliance coats of arms hang on the south wall in the monastery church . The Mecklenburg line, which still exists today, has produced a Prussian major general in Bernhard Vollrad Dietrich von Oldenburg (* 1744, † 1805). The family also came from Mecklenburg in the 17th century to East Frisia and the Duchy of Bremen .

The brothers Sergej Fedorowitsch von Oldenburg (* 1863; † 1934) and Fedor Fedorowitsch von Oldenburg (* 1861; † 1914)

Prussia

In Pomerania , the Oldenburg zu Stüdnitz settled on the Neumark border in 1694. Later also owned the Saranzig estate (1745), also located in the Dramburg district , and the Kessin estate near Demmin (1730). The Prussian major general and knight of the order Pour le Mérite Georg Friedrich von Oldenburg (* 1694; † 1758) also came from the House of Stüdnitz .

In the 18th century the family transplanted to East Prussia and bought some land there. Astrawischken, Backelfeld , Beisleiden (1801–1945), Beydritten, Bokellen , Georgenthal, Glomslack, Kaltfließ, Katreynen, Mixing , Molwitten, Neustowischken, Perguschen , Perkuiken , Petrellen , Remerischken, Sandlauken , Strittkeim , Sudau, Wilhelminenhof, Wolla , Wolla , were counted and numbers to own that line. Around 1815, the family was able to provide a landscape councilor for both afflictions and thirds. General Landschaftsrat and hereditary lord on both sides, Ludwig von Oldenburg (* 1778, † 1843), was the first district administrator of the Prussian Eylau district . In 1857 Botho von Oldenburg combined both goods in one hand.

Livonia

Hans von Oldenburg , in command of the Padis Fortress, had to hand it over to the Russians in the Livonian War in 1576 .

The Russian major and hereditary lord of Selting in the parish of Smilten , Friedrich Ernst von Oldenburg (* 1742, † after 1800), whose affiliation with the family is not yet known, but his affiliation to that point is undoubted, became part of the Livonian knighthood on January 12, 1797 (No. 276) enrolled. His youngest son Friedrich Gustav von Oldenburg (* 1791) was a Russian lieutenant general, his son Friedrich Otto von Oldenburg (* 1827) was a Russian major general. Fedor Fedorowitsch von Oldenburg (* 1861; † 1914), the latter son, was a well-known educator in Tver , his younger brother Sergej Fedorowitsch von Oldenburg (* 1863; † 1934), a Russian real councilor and orientalist. His granddaughter Zoé von Oldenburg (* 1916; † 2002) became a painter, historian and award-winning writer in France. With her this line is extinguished.

Denmark

The family first came to Denmark with Lieutenant Colonel Adam Christopher Oldenburg, who entered Danish service in 1718. His grandson was the royal Danish major general Adam Christopher Oldenburg (* 1736; † 1803). His son, the Chamberlain and Collegiate Deputy in the General Customs Chamber and Commerce College Frederik Oldenburg (* 1767; † 1848), after admission to the Danish nobility on July 22, 1822, donated the Danish line of the family, which still flourishes in Denmark today.

coat of arms

The tribe coat of arms shows a growing silver deer hull in blue . The deer trunk growing on the crowned helmet with blue-silver covers .

Relatives

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Nobligen Häuser (A) Gotha, 6th year 1905, p. 584 ff
  2. ↑ a b c d Leopold von Ledebur : Adelslexikon der Prussischen Monarchy . Volume 2, Berlin 1856, p. 165
  3. ^ A b c d e Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 6, Leipzig 1865, pp. 596-597
  4. ↑ Original in the Schwerin State Archives , cf. Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch 947
  5. ↑ GHdA A XXI (1990).
  6. ↑ Luneberg Mushard: Bremisch- und Verdischer Ritter-Sahl, or Denckmahl of the ancient, famous noble families, especially the highly commendable knighthood in which Hertzogthümern Bremen and Verden: now to be found with some supplements and improvements , Grimm, 1720, p. 416
  7. ↑ Danmarks Adels Aarbog (1946)