Vegesack (noble family)

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Coat of arms (1598, 1651) that of Vegesack from the Baltic Book of Arms (1882)
Baron Ernst von Vegesack (1820–1903), Colonel and later Brevet - Brigadier General of the Union Army
Vegesackshof near Riga, family owned 1677–1800, Brotze collection
Baron Eberhard von Vegesack (1763-1818), Swedish general in the coalition wars

Vegesack is the name of a Baltic noble family , whose branches currently persist.

history

The lineage has its origins in a bourgeois family from Münster , which was first mentioned in a document in 1354 with Dyike thor Veghesake and in 1410 with Diderick Veghesack . The family with the German order of knights moved to Livonia in the 15th century at the latest: In 1485 a Wiliger Vegesack , clergyman or councilor in Narwa , and in 1492 an Albrecht Vegesack , brother of the Blackheads in Reval , is mentioned. With this the continuous line of the family begins . From the middle of the 16th century the Vegesack became the most respected families in the cities of Reval, Riga Dorpat and Pernau . Its members were mostly successful merchants and provided numerous councilors and mayors. During the Polish sovereignty in Livonia, the Vegesack were loyal to the king. This is one of the reasons why the brothers Konrad Vegesack († after 1626) became mayor of Riga, Albrecht Vegesack († after 1631) town ensign in Riga and Heise Vegesack († after 1622) councilor and bailiff in Reval and Caspar Vegesack on February 28, 1598 of Sigismund III. in the hereditary nobility lifted .

Albrecht Vegesack's son Georg von Vegesack († 1657), heir to Wittenhof, Silliak, Sermus and Kronenberg, as well as the sons of his late brother Otto von Vegesack († 1644), Swedish lieutenant colonel and lord of the Thurnhof near Bayreuth , i.e. Christoffer Hernrik von Vegesack ( † after 1651), Swedish captain , Albrecht Otto von Vegesack († 1670/1671), Swedish consul and Prime Minister in Lisbon and Henrik Gerhard († after 1665), Swedish captain, received a nobility renewal from Queen Christina on July 12, 1651 in Stockholm . These were introduced in 1664 to the nobility class of the Swedish knighthood (No. 679).

Gotthard Zacharias von Vegesack (1687–1745), Swedish lieutenant colonel ret. D. and hereditary lord on Vegesacksholm near Dünamünde and Gotthard von Vegesack (1686–1764), councilor and later mayor of Riga, were enrolled in the Livonian knighthood in 1745 (sub. No. 63).

The Swedish general Eberhard von Vegesack (1763-1818) donated a baronial line from the sons of Frederick von Vegesack (1725–1778), Dutch captain and multiple landowner in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania . On December 9, 1802, he was raised to the rank of colonel in the Swedish baron. His sons were introduced to the baron class of the Swedish knighthood on September 14, 1830 (No. 379). The line went out with Baron Carl August von Vegesack (1861–1875), who died young . Another son of the above-mentioned Frederick , Dagobert Roderich Achilles von Vegesack (1769–1850), Prussian major and police president of Danzig , established a Prussian line. This already expired with his grandson Gustaf von Vegesack (1849-1865), who also died young, in the male line .

The hereditary lord on skittles with rose petals as well as district court assessor and court court attorney Alexander von Vegesack (1833-1903) was admitted to the nobility register of the Oesel knighthood on July 5, 1867 (sub no. 1546). The Oesel line he had donated died out in the male line at the beginning of the 20th century.

Historical property

Relatives

coat of arms

The parent and, according to the family resolution of 1929, the only coat of arms is divided , above in blue a growing golden lion , below in gold on a blue three-mountain, two bluebells on set green stems . On the helmet with its blue and gold blankets the growing lion.

The Swedish-Polish coat of arms (1598, 1651) is split , on the right in blue a wild man wreathed in green around his head and loin , in his right a small hand broom, in the left holding a small sack, on the left divided, above in red growing golden lion, growing below in silver on green ground, two blue columbines on twisted stems. The lion growing on the helmet with blue-silver-red blankets.

The baronial coat of arms (1802) is split, on the right in blue a wild man turned inwards as in 1598, but with the right on his hip , on the left split as in 1598. Two helmets without covers, on the right two twisted blue hammers in front of two silver ostrich feathers , on the left helmet two set golden cannon barrels in front of two silver ostrich feathers. Two wild men holding a shield , each holding a wooden club with their outer hand .

literature

Web links

Commons : Vegesack (noble family)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knighthoods , 1929, pp. 198–202 (lit.)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f GHdA-Adelslexikon , 2004, pp. 201–203 (lit.)
  3. ↑ a b Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor , 1934 (lit.)
  4. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch der Oeselschen Ritterschaft , 1935, p. 624 (lit.)
  5. ↑ a b c d e Adelslexikon der Prussischen Monarchy , 1858, p. 52 (lit.)
  6. ^ A b c d e f g h i Heinrich von Hagemeister : Materials for a history of the country estates of Livonia. Part 1–2, Eduard Frantzen's Buchhandlung, Riga 1836–1837 (digitized version)
  7. ^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Otto Moritz von Vegesack. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
  8. ^ Baltic Historical Commission (Ed.): Entry on Manfred Balthasar Heinrich Theophil von Vegesack. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital