Reventlow

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Coat of arms of those of Reventlow

Reventlow is the name of a Holstein and Mecklenburg prehistoric noble family that belongs to the Equites Originarii Schleswig-Holstein. The Lords and Counts of Reventlow are one of the most important families in the western Baltic region and also branched out to Denmark. The spelling changed between Revetlo, Reventlo, Reventlau, Reventlou, Reventlow, Refendtlof and Reffentloff.

history

According to tradition , the family from Dithmarschen appears almost simultaneously with the same coat of arms in Holstein and Mecklenburg. In Holstein, Godescalcus de Revetlo was first mentioned in a document in 1223. He was a vassal of Count Albrecht von Orlamünde and Holstein . 1236 and 1258 appeared Thitlevus de Revetlow in Mecklenburg in the wake of Prince Johann I . In both countries members of the family could occupy important class and economic positions over time. The Dithmarsch family of the Vogdemannen, resident on the Geest zu Windbergen , is probably of the same origin as the Reventlow and had the same coat of arms. It provided the local bailiffs of the Archbishop of Bremen .

The old Holstein line, also located on Funen from the 14th to the 16th century , became extinct in 1752. When the Gallentin branch became extinct in 1772, the Mecklenburg branch also became extinct. However, relatives of this branch had previously settled in the Duchy of Schleswig . Detlef Reventlow came from the Ziesendorf branch (in Mecklenburg) and was appointed Chancellor of Christian IV of Denmark in 1632 . He was the progenitor of two new branches, both of which became very influential.

The older branch obtained the Danish liege count in 1767 .

Count Conrad von Reventlow (1644–1708), Danish Prime Minister

The younger branch acquired the Danish count as early as 1673 and the imperial count in Vienna on July 23, 1706 . Conrad von Reventlow (1644–1708), Grand Chancellor and Prime Minister of Christian V of Denmark , received the higher feudal rank and was enfeoffed with the feudal county Reventlou- Sandbjerg in Schleswig. His son acquired the feudal county Christianssæde on Laaland and the feudal barony Brahetrolleborg on Funen.

The younger daughter of Conrad von Reventlow, Anna Sophie von Reventlow (1693–1743), was raised in 1712 to the wife of King Friedrich IV of Denmark and Duchess of Schleswig. In 1721 she was crowned Queen of Denmark . Other Reventlow were related by marriage to the Dukes of Holstein. The family of Reventlow counts important personalities of the European high nobility, among them also the last German Empress Auguste Victoria , among his descendants.

Detlev von Reventlow (1712–1783) , heir to the Altenhof and Glasau estates , bought Gut Emkendorf in 1764 , in 1767 from Detlef von Reventlow Gut Wittenberg and in 1782 the neighboring Gut Aschau estate .

The counts of Reventlow-Criminil with a Danish diploma from 1815 belonged to the male line of the French Marquis Le Merchier de Criminil. Joseph and Heinrich were the sons of a niece of Julia von Reventlow , whom she and her husband Friedrich Karl Reventlow adopted. Joseph inherited the Emkendorf estate in 1828 ; his descendants sold it in 1929.

Possessions

The Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg estates that were temporarily owned by the Reventlow included Gut Bülk (around 1350), Gut Kaden (15th century), Gut Waterneverstorf (1592–1662), Gut Dobersdorf (in the 17th century) Century, from 1625), Gut Altenhof (1691–1960, inherited by the von Bethmann-Hollweg family ) with Wittenberg and Gut Jersbek (1840–1960), Quarnbek and Schmoel (around 1700), Hohenfelde with Kollmar (around 1700– 1739), Gut Rantzau (1728–1740), Gut Emkendorf (1764–1929), Gut Kaltenhof (1780–1910), Gut Falkenberg (approx. 1790–1848), Gut Testorf (18th century), Gut Farve (19th century) Century to 1926).

In Schleswig-Holstein, the family is still based today at Gut Damp (since the end of the 16th century), Gut Wittenberg (since 1584), Gut Wulfshagen (near Tüttendorf , since 1903) and Gut Eckhof (since 1972).

In Denmark, Gram Castle was taken over or built by the Reventlow as early as 1470 and remained in the family's possession until 1664. In 1673, Prime Minister Conrad Reventlow acquired Sandbjerg Castle (owned by the family from 1673 to 1930) with Ballegård Manor and built Clausholm Castle (owned by 1690–1743). His son Christian Detlev Reventlow acquired Brahetrolleborg on Funen (1722-1960), Pederstrup on Lolland (1725-1935) and Christianssæde on Laaland (1728-1934). His son Conrad Detlev Reventlow (1704–1750) married Wilhelmine Auguste, the sister of Duke Friedrich Karl of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön , in 1731 ; In 1739 he bought Krenkerup Castle near Radsted Sogn with Nørregård and Rosenlund (1739–1793). In 1900 the Agerupgård estate in Våbensted Sogn came to the hands of the Reventlow counts, who still live there.

Civil descendants in the female line, who, however, carry the name Reventlow (without title of nobility) are the Reventlow-Mourier families on Brahetrolleborg and Reventlow-Grinling on Krenkerup, as well as some descendants in the cognatic line in Sweden.

coat of arms

The family coat of arms is split from silver to red in tin cut. On the helmet with its red and silver blankets , on a short red pole, there is a golden ring set with silver feathers (spring game).

  • Coat of arms in Danmarks nobility Aarbog 1893

  • Coat of arms of the Counts of Reventlow

Derived local coats of arms

Elements and colors from the coat of arms of the Reventlow family still appear today in some Schleswig-Holstein municipal coats of arms.

Name bearer

⚭ Friederike Juliane von Reventlow b. Schimmelmann (1762–1816), center of the Emkendorfer literary circle

literature

See also

Web links

Commons : Reventlow family  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein's municipal coat of arms