Verses (noble family)

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Versen or Fersen is the name of an ancient noble family , some of whose branches still exist today and which originally came from Lower Saxony . In the 13th century the family settled in Pomerania and in the 16th century in Estonia , later they were also held in high esteem in Prussia , Sweden and Russia . While the Pomeranian-Prussian line is called Versen , members of the Baltic line consistently call themselves heels .

history

The family borrows its name from the parent company Veerßen near Uelzen and appears for the first time in a document with Alexander de Versne on July 10, 1217. The family line begins with Conrad von Versen, who was wealthy in Belgard's .

Around 1535, the family with Lorenz von Fersen settled in Estonia and spread from there to Livonia and Sweden. 1674 were heels into the baron class of the Swedish knighthood levied , 1719 in the Graf class . Between 1745 and 1755 he was enrolled in the Estonian and Livonian knighthood as well as the recognition of the baron status. The Russian count was awarded on January 1, 1795 to the Russian infantry general Hans Heinrich Freiherr von Fersen. In 1855 the right to use the Russian baron title was granted.

In 1911 two natural daughters of Blanka von Versen, who were adopted in 1910 by their uncle Eldor von Versen, received a Prussian nobility diploma .

  • Ollustfer Manor (2012)

coat of arms

The common coat of arms shows in the shield, in blue diagonally to the right, a crowned and winged silver fish with a gold ring in its mouth. On the helmet with blue-silver covers three red roses on green leaf stems (or three golden ears of corn).

The baronial coat of arms ( Fersen 1674) is quartered and covered with a silver heart shield , in it three blue diagonal streams to the left, covered by the winged fish from the family coat of arms. Fields 1 and 4 in silver have a red griffin with four golden arrows in their right hand, fields 2 and 3 in black have a golden crown through which two swords are stuck. Two helmets with a blue-lined, gold-bordered red coat of arms, on the right like the family coat of arms, on the left a green palm.

  • Family coat of arms of those von Versen and von Fersen in the Pomeranian Wappenbuch by Julius Theodor Bagmihl

  • Variant of the coat of arms of those of Fersen (Livonia)

  • Baron coat of arms of those von Fersen 1674.

  • Count's coat of arms of those von Fersen 1719/1795.

Personalities

Pomeranian Line

Baltic line

literature

Web links

Commons : Heels  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogical manual of the count's houses , Volume A 7, Volume 56 of the complete series. CA Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn 1973, p. 174.
  2. ↑ Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch , Volume I., P. 22, No. 236.
  3. ^ Genealogical manual of the count's houses , Volume A 7, Volume 56 of the complete series. CA Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn 1973, pp. 178–179.
  4. ↑ Julius Theodor Bagmihl : Pommersches Wappenbuch , Volume 1, Stettin 1843, pp. 8-10 ; Tfl. III.
  5. ^ A b c Carl Arvid Klingspor : Baltisches Wappenbuch , Stockholm 1882, p. 74 ; Tfl. 32 ; Tfl. 33.
  6. ^ Preussische Provinzial-Blätter , Volume 20, Königsberg i. Pr. 1838, pp. 547-565.
  7. ^ Genealogical handbook of baronial houses , Volume FA XV, Volume 96 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn 1989, p. 100.
  8. ^ Genealogical manual of the baronial houses , Volume FA XV, Volume 96 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn 1989, p. 106.
  9. ^ Genealogical handbook of baronial houses , Volume FA XV, Volume 96 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn 1989, p. 107.
  10. ^ Genealogical manual of the baronial houses , Volume FA XV, Volume 96 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn 1989, p. 104.
  11. ^ Genealogical handbook of baronial houses , Volume FA XV, Volume 96 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn 1989, p. 125.
  12. ↑ Genealogical Handbook of Baronial Houses , Volume FA XV, Volume 96 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn 1989, p. 126.