Rode (noble family)

Rode von Weilburg coat of arms

Rode or Rode von Weilburg or Roth von Burgschwalbach , was the name of an old noble family that belonged to the Hessian nobility .

history

The noble family "Rode" was a branch of the noble family "von Dernbach" (see Burg Alt-Dernbach , Burg Neu-Dernbach and Dernbacher Fehde , Burg Vetzberg ). Members of the Rode family were u. a. Burgmannen of the landgraves in Marburg with castle seat. They had extensive possessions in the Marburg area and in the Hessian hinterland .

Members of the Rode family, who used to be called Rode von Dernbach or Rode von Vetzberg, belonged to the Dernbach / Vetzberger Ganerbschaft. For the first time a Johann Rufus is mentioned as a member of the inheritance in 1274 and in the atonement deed of 1333 Johann Rode's son and his brothers are listed among the inheritance. In 1347 Johann Royde von Dernbach becomes the Burgmann of Count von Wittgenstein. Kraft Rode is high school student in 1370 (i.e. representative of the Landgrave in the Land an der Lahn) in Marburg. In later documents they only call themselves "Rode" and thus emphasize their independence. In 1466 a Philipp Rode purchases a farmstead in Weilburg as a worms fief. In 1490, Landgrave Wilhelm von Hessen enfeoffed Johann Rode, son of Dietrich Rode and the brothers Friedrich and Johann Rode, sons of the late Philipp Rode, with two castle seats in Marburg including accessories. In 1599 the Rode died out. In his will, the last male descendant, Philipp Rode, named the Schweinsberg taverns as his heirs.

The Rode family also had property in and around Weilburg and Burgschwalbach , from which the respective surname is derived.

Drommershausen , where the Rode von Weilburg had their fiefdom from 1466 to 1599.

Schwalbach Castle , where the Rode von Burgschwalbach had their fief.

The Rode bought in 1466 by the Scharfenstein in Drommershausen and Hirschhausen in Weilburg the tithes that the Bishopric of Worms to feud went. After they had expired in the male line, these fiefs went to the von Rodenstein and from these to the von Greifenklau .

Johann Rode von Weilburg documented 1468. Johann Rode von Burgschwalbach documented 1489.

Although the male line died out in 1599, there are descendants to this day.

The original coat of arms of the noble family Rode

The original coat of arms, which identifies them as a branch of the Dernbach family, were sea leaves standing in a three pass (HJ v. Brockhusen suspects forest clover leaves) in gold on a blue background, like the coat of arms of those von Dernbach called Graul , only without shingles.

Coat of arms of the noble family Rode in Weilburg

The shield is square in black and silver ; on the helmet with black and silver covers a black and silver square open flight on both sides . Variants exist, for example the flight normally quartered and sprinkled with colored linden leaves.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bernhard Peter: Coat of arms of the von Scharf (f) enstein.
2. ^ Christian Daniel Vogel : Description of the Duchy of Nassau. Wiesbaden 1843, p. 806.
3. ↑ Wolf-Heino Struck: The St. Walpurgis monasteries in Weilburg and St. Martin in Idstein. Berlin 1990, p. 189.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Bernhard Peter: coat of arms of the Rode.
5. ↑ Helmuth Gensicke: Bourgeois and rural branches and descendants of Nassau noble families.  ( 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.  
6. ↑ H.-J. von Brockhusen: "Ritter vom Kleeblatt", local supplement no. 48 in the Marburg press , July 26, 1950
7. ↑ Wolf-Heino Struck: The St. Walpurgis monasteries in Weilburg and St. Martin in Idstein. Berlin 1990, p. 269.
8. ↑ Johann Siebmacher's Wappenbuch from 1605, Hessian Knighthood Department, p. 138.