Brause (noble family)
Brause (also Brudzewski, von Brause-Brudzewski, von Braussen) is an old, originally Pomeranian noble family that used to be called Brudzewski and whose parent company Brausendorf ( Brudzewo ) is located in the Meseritz district .
history
The family first appeared in a document in 1256 with Jarand Brudzewski , son of Ladislaus . The line of tribe begins with Jarand Brudzewski , 1421–1428 voivode of Inowrocław . The widely ramified family was wealthy in the Poznan area, and from the 17th century also settled in Saxony and Prussia .
coat of arms
The coat of arms shows in red a lying silver crescent moon between the horns a feathered golden arrow stands erect. On the helmet with its red and silver covers, a red flight slashed to the left by a golden arrow
Known members
- Hans Karl von Brause (1718–1800), Major General of the Electorate of Saxony , City Commandant of Leipzig
- Karl Wilhelm von Brause (1723–1801), Prussian major general
- Johann Carl Friedrich von Brause (1729–1792), theologian , superintendent of Bad Liebenwerda and Oschatz
- Johann Friedrich Gottlob von Brause (1763-1820), theologian, superintendent of Freiberg
- Friedrich August Wilhelm von Brause (1769–1836), Prussian infantry general
- Johann Georg Emil von Brause (1774–1836), Prussian major general, director of the General War School
- Hans Karl von Brause (1801–1871), Prussian major general
- Otto von Brause (1842–1918), Prussian major general
- Benno von Brause (1847–1927), German major general
- Hans Adolf von Brause (1847–1928), educator
- probably: Albert Blar, called Albert de Brudzewo
literature
- Ernst Heinrich Kneschke , New General German Nobility Lexicon . Vol. II, Leipzig 1860, p.33
- Genealogical manual of the nobility . Vol. 58: Adelslexikon. Vol. II: Boo-Don. Limburg / Lahn 1974.