Raesfeld (noble family)

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Coat of arms of those of Raesfeld
Gottfried von Raesfeld
(* 1522, † 1586), most important cathedral dean of the Duchy of Münster , official of Lüdinghausen

Raesfeld or Raesfeldt (also Rasveld (e), Raesfelde, Raesfelt, Räsfeld or Ra (e) ßfeld (t) , more rarely also Raisfeld (t) ) is the name of a Westphalian noble family , as its parent company Schloss Raesfeld in Raesfeld / Borken district applies. The still flourishing line Raesfeld derived their descent from Goswin von Raesfeld ago, the 1574 fürstbischöflich minster shear Hofmeister to Ahaus was. Johann IV. Von Raesfeld (* 1492, † 1551) was enfeoffed with the hereditary Drostenamt zu Ahaus since 1536 . All other lines, whose ancestry to the knight Adolfus de Raesfelde is documented until 1253 , are considered to have expired.

history

Raesfeld Castle

Origin and beginnings in Raesfeld

The Raesfeld family comes from the family of the noble lords of Gemen (from Burg Gemen ), who have been documented for the first time in Raesfeld in 1259, as Symon von Gemen (* around 1231, † before 1265) the Raboding-Hof called Raesfeld Castle , which he probably already managed to buy. This knight Simon then calls himself Symon von Rasvelde . The knight ( miles ) Adolfus de Raesfelde first documented in 1253. Matthias von Raesfeld , famulus , (* around 1245, † around 1318) is documented from 1265 to 1299 on Raesfeld.

Lordship of Raesfeld Castle

The descendants of Simon von Raesfeld remained lords of the castle on Raesfeld for around 300 years. His grandson, Johann I von Raesfeld, was summoned to the council of state estates by the Prince-Bishop of Münster in 1366 , where Johann swore allegiance to the bishop. Emperor Sigismund even grants Johann II von Raesfeld (* around 1375, † after 1443) the right to mint for loyal vassal service , but this is never used. In Overijssel , in Twente , the von Raesfeld family is entitled to rule Twickelo with Twickel Castle near Delden . In the Münsterland various lines, all of which emanate from Raesfeld Castle, were in possession of a number of manors suitable for the Landtag for centuries . a. House Ostendorf at Lippramsdorf , House Hameren in Billerbeck , House Lüttinghof , House coupling in Schöppingen , House Darfeld , House Lembeck , House Leythe with alder and house Woord .

End of the rule at Raesfeld Castle

After an inheritance dispute between Goswin von Raesfeld from the Ostendorf line (* 1494, † 1579/80) and the relatives of the lords von Velen , his widow and children had to leave Raesfeld Castle in 1585 . The Prince-Bishop of Munster, who was also related, Bernhard von Raesfeld , had taken the side of the lords of Velen who were entitled to inheritance and initiated a lawsuit before the Imperial Court of Justice in Speyer . In 1585 the court ruled in favor of those of Velen. Goswin von Raesfeld's widow, Irmgard geb. von Boyneburg , by the way, was the widowed wife Johann IV von Raesfeld zu Raesfeld (* 1492, † 1551), the former lord of the castle, before her marriage to Goswin . Irmgard's children, who have to leave Raesfeld Castle with her, do not come from her marriage to Johann, but from her marriage to Goswin. Irmgard's only son, whom she had with Johann, had died in 1559. The von Velen, on the other hand, come from a sister of the former lord of the castle, Johann IV von Raesfeld, to whom Irmgard's second husband Goswin von Raesfeld was not so closely related.

Aristocratic Archives differentiate between two sexes

The aristocratic lexicon of the Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility , published by the Stiftung Deutsches Adelsarchiv under the supervision of the German Aristocratic Law Committee , in contrast to earlier nobility lexicons (including Siebmacher , Kneschke , Zedlitz-Neukirch ; cf. also M. v. Spiessen and W. v. Raesfeld) this The noble family von Raesfeldt and the old noble family von Raesfeld as separate families. The original aristocratic Raesfeldt were able to document their line of roots until the 13th century, while the old aristocratic line only succeeded in the 16th century. However, by numerous indications it seems to be sufficiently certain that the noble family also descends from one of the noble lines.

Uradelige Raesfeld (t)

Confirmation of nobility and civil status

The primeval von Raesfeld (t) are considered extinct.

Old nobility Raesfeld

This line goes to Goswin von Raesfeld , Prince -Bishop of Munster in 1574 . Hofmeister zu Ahaus , back. In Ahaus, Johann IV. Von Raesfeld (* 1492, † 1551) had granted the hereditary office of Drosten since 1536 .

Status survey

  • On May 14, 1757, the electoral Cologne chancellor and secret state and conference minister Gottfried Joseph von Raeßfeld was elevated to the status of imperial baron in Vienna . This line is still blooming.
Coat of arms of those von Raesfeld in the "Wappenbuch des Westphalian nobility"

coat of arms

The coat of arms of all Raesfeld (t) shows a blue bar in gold. On the helmet with blue and gold covers, an open flight , as marked as the shield .

Well-known namesake

See also

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adelslexikon , Volume XI, page 146 f, Starke Verlag , Limburg / Lahn 2000
  2. ↑ Gene Wiki entry for the Lords of Gemen (connection to Raesfeld see also there), cf. there also the gender coat of arms Gemen with Raesfeld: the heraldic content is similar. Retrieved April 3, 2010
  3. ↑ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German Adels-Lexicon , Vol. 7, 1867, p. 323 ff.
  4. ↑ Hermann von Velen (* 1516), nephew of Johann IV. Von Raesfeld zu Raesfeld, inherits Raesfeld Castle. Gene wiki entry on the sex of Velen. See also the Velen family coat of arms there. Raesfeld later came into the possession of the Landsberg-Velen line of the Landsberg family, which descended from the last daughter of the Velen family. Retrieved April 3, 2010
  5. ^ Portrait of Canon Goddert (Gottfried) von Raesfeld (1522–1586), 1566, by Hermann tom Ring (1521–1596) and seal of Goddert's brother, Prince-Bishop Bernhard von Raesfeld zu Münster .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL), LWL-Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte (Westfälisches Landesmuseum), Münster 2009: Accessed March 30, 2010@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.lwl.org  
  6. ↑ Gottfried von Raesfeld HIS-Data. Retrieved March 30, 2010
  7. ^ Wilhelm Kohl: The cathedral monastery of St. Paul in Münster . Walter de Gruyter. Berlin, New York 1982, pp. 136–141 (Art. Gottfried von Raesfeld ). Retrieved March 30, 2010
  8. ^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : Neues Prussisches Adelslexicon , Vol. 4, 1887, p. 83.
  9. ↑ Website about Voltaire ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (see note 1 there). Retrieved April 21, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.heimat-kleve.de