Verschuer (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of those von Verschuer

Verschuer (pronounced: Werschür or Fer-Schür ) is the name of a noble family from the Gelderland . The family originally called themselves van der Schuer . The German lines belong to the Rhenish nobility and the Althessian knighthood. To this day there is a Dutch and a German line.

history

origin

The family came from Appelrebroeck near Barneveld in Geldern. The uninterrupted line of the family begins with Gaert Clasz (also Goert), who was born around 1490. He married Margriet van der Schuer, the widow of Brant van der Schuer. Gaert died after 1549. His sons took the name van der Schuer.

The ancestral home of the zur Schuer family in Geldern was named after Kneschke , where Heinrich von Schuer was still resident in 1477. With the contraction "van der" or "von der" into "ver", which is common in Low German , the name form ver Schür or Verschuer was used. Later even another was added at the beginning of the surname as a nobility predicate .

Spread and lines

Otto Christoph von Verschuer (* 1650; † 1712), co-lord on Solz, Dutch colonel and later lieutenant general in Hesse-Kassel , was the only living male representative of the family at the end of the 17th century. He was raised to the status of imperial baron in 1696 . From his marriage with Anna Maria von der Recke came two sons, Wolff Dietrich and Philipp Wilhelm. They became the founders of the two lines of the family. Since Otto Christoph's mother was born von Trott zu Solz and had inherited part of her family property, both lines were jointly included in the Trott-Verschuersche total leanings in Hesse, Hanover and Saxony-Weimar . This is why the family, along with the von Trott family, still has their headquarters in Solz in Hesse . In 1820 the Verschuer were accepted into the Althessian knighthood . In 1901 they sold their share of the Trottenwald and in 1969 ceded their rights to the local church, which now belongs to the parish.

Hessian line

The family belongs to the Rhenish nobility. Wolff Dietrich von Verschuer (1676–1737) is the founder of the older Hessian line and died in 1737 as a royal Swedish lieutenant general . His son Otto Gottfried von Verschuer (1719–1762) from his marriage to Charlotte Sophie von Schilling (1690–1762) in Kassel on April 29, 1709, became a Privy Council of War . This left from his marriage with Sophie Spiegel zum Desenberg the son Carl Wilhelm Friedrich von Verschuer (1758-1822), Landgrave Hesse-Rotenburg chief forest master , who was accepted into the knighthood of Althess in 1820 . From his marriage with Charlotte Johanne von Biesenrodt (1768–1836) in 1786 came the princely Fürstenberg chief hunter and court marshal in Donaueschingen Ernst von Verschuer (* 1787). With his son Carl von Verschuer (* 1814) the line came to the Grand Duchy of Baden . Carl, Chamberlain of the Grand Duke of Baden , left behind a daughter from his marriage to Emma von Vlothen (* 1825) in 1850 and two sons, Egon (* 1852) and Wolf Dietrich Friedrich (* 1857). Of Carl's uncles, Ernst's brothers, Wilhelm von Verschuer (* 1795; † 1837) became lieutenant colonel in the Electorate of Hesse and August von Verschuer (* 1796) electoral major in Hesse . Both were able to continue the line with sons and daughters. Her sons all served as officers in the Hessian army .

Dutch line

Philipp Wilhelm von Verschuer (* 1678), the founder of the younger line in the Netherlands , died in 1735 as a Dutch brigadier and artillery commander . His son (* 1718, † 1762) was also in royal Dutch military service as a colonel in the artillery. Bernhardus von Verschuer (* 1759; † 1827), royal Dutch colonel of the artillery, came from his marriage to Leopoldine von Borck (* 1735; † 1803) in 1751. Bernhardus became a member of the knighthood in Geldern and in 1792 married Anna (* 1770; † 1851), the daughter of Esquire Aeneas Mackay. Of his sons, Bernhard Friedrich von Verschuer (* 1803) became royal Dutch major of the artillery and member of the knighthood in Geldern and Franz von Verschuer (* 1811) royal Dutch captain of the artillery and member of the knighthood of the Duchy of Limburg . Both were able to continue the line with sons and daughters.

Status surveys

Otto Christoph von Verschuer, co-lord on Solz in Hesse-Kassel, Dutch artillery colonel and later lieutenant general and commandant of Rheinfels in Hesse-Kassel, was elevated to the status of imperial baron in Vienna on February 9, 1696 with the salutation Wohlgeboren and a coat of arms .

Carl Friedrich Wilhelm von Verschuer, who came from the Hessian line and was chief forester in Rotenburg from Hesse-Rotenburg, was accepted into the Knighthood of Althess on April 7, 1820 . In 1839 his descendants received the electoral Hessian recognition of the baron class.

From the Dutch line, Bernard von Verschuer, royal Dutch colonel in the artillery, was accepted into the Dutch nobility on October 16, 1816. On August 15, 1820, he received Dutch recognition of the baron title .

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the Barons von Verschuer (1696)

Family coat of arms

The family coat of arms shows two black fires standing side by side in silver, which come out of cross-shaped black handles (sleeves). A black eagle's wing on the helmet with black and silver helmet covers .

Baron coat of arms

The emperor's coat of arms , awarded in 1696, is four-sided and covered with a black central shield with a man in armor with a command baton in his right hand. 1 and 4 the family coat of arms, 2 and 3 in blue a rafter made of red and silver in two rows (coat of arms of the Trott zu Solz ). The coat of arms has two helmets, on the right the original helmet of the Verschuer, on the left a black eagle's wing with red and silver covers. Between the helmets a standard, accompanied by two flags, the right one made of blue and silver, the left one divided by red and silver.

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  1. ↑ See discussion page
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume XV, Volume 134 of the complete series, pages 226–227
  3. ↑ a b c d New General German Adels Lexicon Volume 9, Pages 376–378
  4. ^ Verschuer (noble family) - GenWiki. Retrieved September 7, 2018 .