Van Haren

The gender name Van Haren describes a noble patrician family, which originally came from the former rule of Valkenburg . The family's name goes back to their ancestral castle Haren near Voerendaal near the town of Heerlen . Whether there is a relationship between the van Haren family and the Westphalian noble von Haren family is unknown and is considered rather unlikely.

With Gerhard von Haren († before 1422) End twisted the 14th century, a branch of this family in the free imperial city of Aachen , where his descendants under the German nomination of Haren became known and various family members a high position as alderman and mayor of the imperial city of Aachen acquired . From this branch a further developed in the 16th century, which moved to the province of Friesland and whose members also held high public offices.

history

The first mentions of the sex go back to the beginning of the 13th century, according to which there were two main lines of the family at that time. On the one hand, a certain Adam van Haren, lord of Borgharen Castle near Maastricht , was the progenitor of the Borgharen line , which, however, died out around 1360. At the same time, knight Ogier van Haren, a descendant of Adam van Haren from Borgharen, sat at Haren Castle and founded the Haren-Voerendaal line . This line finally came from Gerhard von Haren († before 1422), a son of the married couple Adam van Haren, knight and gentleman on Voerendaal , and Mechtildis von Cortenbach . He was married to Mette Holzappel and in 1411 appeared as the first member of the family as aldermen and mayor of the imperial city of Aachen.

After Gerhard von Haren, his sons Gerhard von Haren, the younger († around 1458) and Adam von Haren, the elder († 1454) as well as his son of the same name Adam von Haren, the younger († around 1511) and finally Everhard von Haren († before 1530), son of the last Adam, held the office of mayor for several terms. In addition, members of the family were notarized as feudal men of the Aachen Münsterstift and at times owned such important goods as the Große Neuenhof (also known as Gut Baenlä ), the Hanbruch goods, Kalkofen , Margraten im Roderland and Schurzelt as well as other houses and properties in the city Aachen.

After the von Haren family had joined the Reformation at the beginning of the 16th century , they were hit by stalkings as part of the beginning Aachen religious unrest and so the descendants of Everhard preferred to stay permanently on their estates in Maasland . One of Everhard's sons was evidently also called Everhard, because Adam van Haren (1540–1589), who was born in Valkenburger Land in some sources and listed below, must, in contrast to some sources and due to his life data, be a grandson of the older Everhard von Haren and his second wife Alvarade von Schwartzenberg, since this Everhard was last mentioned as a lay judge in Aachen in 1529 and Alvarade remarried in 1536. Thus Adam was the son of the younger Everhard and his wife Margit Hagen and grandson of the older Everhard.

This branch of the family, which was now expanding into the Duchy of Limburg and later also to Friesland, was now called "van Haren" again, as in the early years, and some members received the Jonkheer title in their name. In the course of the 17th century, the family became an elegant Frisian family, which were loyal to the Frisian governors. From 1673 until 1795, members of the family held all Grietmannen (judges / mayors ) in the Frisian community of Weststellingwerf . In 1850 the last male member of this branch of the family died.

Known family members (selection)

Aachen branch (from Haren)

Gerhard von Haren, the elder († 1422), aldermen and mayor of Aachen; Owner u. a. the goods Baenlä, Hanbruch and Kalkofen as well as House Lewenberg
1. Gerhard von Haren, the Younger († 1458), aldermen and mayor of the city of Aachen; Heir to House Lewenberg
2. Adam von Haren, the elder (1409–1454), aldermen and mayor of Aachen; Heir to the Baenlä, Hanbruch and Lime Kiln, owner of Gut Margraten; signed Gut Baenlä over to the Benedictine convent of St. Mauritius in Cologne as a dowry on the occasion of the profession of his daughter Mettel (Mechtildis)
  1. Gerhard von Haren († 1474), aldermen and Jülichscher Vogt and Meier in Aachen; Legacy of Gut Kalkofen
    1. Agnes von Haren, married the mayor Fetschin Colyn and inherited the Kalkofen estate, which passed through her daughter Anna to her husband Werner Freiherr von Merode-Houffalize.
  2. Adam von Haren, the Younger (1435–1517), aldermen and mayor of Aachen; Heir to the Margraten and Hanbruch estates and the old mill from Gut Schurzelt from the estate of his brother Frambach; also assigned the Hanbruch estate to the monastery in Cologne as a dowry on the occasion of the profession of his two daughters
    1. Everhard von Haren (around 1475–1530), aldermen and mayor of the city of Aachen; Heir to the old mill from Gut Schurzelt, Gut Margraten and the Lewenberg family from the legacy of his cousin line; was instrumental in the reform of the Aachen gaff letter .
      1. Everhard von Haren (around 1510 - around 1589), married. with Margrit (von) Hagen; left Aachen for political and religious reasons; 1534–1547 Drost von Boxmeer and from 1555 Cranendonck ; Ancestor of the new Frisian branch .
        Adam van Haren (1540–1589), see Frisian branch :

Frisian branch (van Haren)

The conquest of Brielle by the Wassergeusen on April 1st, 1572. (Engraving by Frans Hogenberg )

Adam van Haren (1540–1589), son of the younger Everhard von Haren and Margrit (von) Hagen, member of the Association of Nobles , Captain of the Wassergeusen , councilor and chamberlain of the Dutch governor William of Orange and court master of the Frisian governor Count Wilhelm Ludwig von Nassau-Dillenburg appointed.
1. Willem I. van Haren (1581 in Arnhem – 1649 in The Hague ), was head stable master of Wilhelm Ludwig von Nassau-Dillenburg and councilor of the Dutch States General .
  1. Ernst van Haren (1623 in Leeuwarden –1701 there), Grietman von Weststellingwerf and Deputy of the Province of Friesland at the time of the Republic of the Seven United Provinces .
    1. William III. van Haren (1655 in Heerenveen –1728 in Sint Annaparochie ), Grietman von Weststellingwerf, Doniawerstal and Het Bildt .
      1. Adam Ernst van Haren (1683–1717), Grietman von Het Bildt, Deputy of the Province of Friesland.
        
        Willem van Haren (1710–1768), important Dutch poet, Grietman von Het Bildt, envoy in Brussels and Frisian deputy at the meeting of the Dutch States General. His illegitimate daughter Henriette Amalia de Nerha was the lover of the French aristocrat, statesman and writer Mirabeau .
        
        Onno Zwier van Haren (1713–1779), man of letters and statesman. Childhood friend and favorite of the later inheritance holder Wilhelm IV of Orange-Nassau and his wife Anna of Hanover .
        
        Duco van Haren (1747 in The Hague – 1801 in Weimar ), Grietmann von Het Bildt, fled from the French troops to Germany in 1795, governor of the Saxon Hereditary Prince Karl Friedrich .
        
        Willem Anne van Haren (1749 in The Hague – 1835 in Veenklooster, municipality of Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland ), emigrated to Emden in 1797 during the French occupation, only to return to his homeland in 1813. Van Haren was a member of the States of Friesland between 1814 and 1830.
  2. Willem II. Van Haren (1626–1708), Frisian statesman, diplomat, arithmetic master of the states of Friesland and curator of the University of Franeker .