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Coat of arms of those from Würben

The barons, later counts von Würben (also von Würben and Freudenthal ; Czech Bruntálští z Vrbna ; also z Vrbna or Wrbna ) were a Silesian - Bohemian - Moravian noble family.

history

Coat of arms of the Counts of Würben
Count Wenzel von Würben and Freudenthal (around 1590–1649)

The headquarters of the Lords of Würben was the place of the same name, Würben near Schweidnitz . The dynasty had the count long before, when it was confirmed by a special diploma. "Comes Johannes de Werbno" and his brother Nikolaus is recorded for the year 1214. You were involved in the founding of Schweidnitz and in the settlement of the surrounding area by Germans. Hans von Wrbna documented in Liegnitzer monastery files in 1250, when Duke Heinrich founded the city of Brieg, and in 1254 and 1257–1266 each time with the title of Count (Comes).

The best-known member of the Silesian branch was the Breslau bishop Heinrich von Würben († 1319). He promoted the connection of Silesia to Bohemia and politically supported the Bohemian Přemyslids and, after their extinction in 1306, their successors on the Bohemian royal throne. Around the middle of the 14th century, the lords of Würben gave up their property around Schweidnitz and moved to Northern Moravia, where they subsequently acquired properties in the duchies of Opava and Jägerndorf . After they came to the rule of Freudenthal in 1506 , this branch was called von Würben and Freudenthal . They also achieved that Freudenthal was spun off from the Duchy of Jägerndorf and added to the Duchy of Opava .

Members of the family held numerous royal and ecclesiastical offices, among others they were governors and chief judges of the margraviate of Moravia. The office of governor of Troppau was in their hands for almost the entire second half of the 16th century. Since Johann von Würben and Freudenthal took part in the Bohemian Estates uprising as Protestant leader in 1618 , he lost his possessions after the battle of the White Mountain .

Wenzel von Würben and Freudenthal (* around 1590) from the Bohemian line renewed and confirmed the title of count ( the count's dignity, which has been held for centuries but not always held ) by the emperor with the golden bull of the Wrbna house on September 20, 1628. In 1623 he had acquired the Fulnek estate, which had been confiscated from Hans Skrbensky von Hrzistce , and his wife Elisabeth Regina Dembinsky von Dembin brought him the Waltersdorf, Bochdalek and Herotitz estates. The Bohemian Incolat dates from 1638. An imperial decree of August 28, 1645 allowed him to set up a Fideikommiss . Count Wenzel was surprised by his death on a trip through Italy in Venice and buried in Padua. His only son was Count Johann Franz, the first knight of the golden fleece in the Würben family.

He was accepted into the Styrian Landmannschaft on June 18, 1807.

1898 Rudolf Christian Graf Wrbna and Freudenthal became (1864-1927) for himself and his successor as owner of the Kaunitz 'rule Fideikommiss (after Dominik Andreas Kaunitz-Rietberg Questenberg ) an Austrian name and coat of arms Federation as " Wrbna-Kaunitz-Rietberg- Questenberg and Freudenthal ".

In addition to Würben, they also owned the Silesian towns of Bunzelwitz and Deutsch Neukirch . In Moravia they owned, among others, the villages of Dobroslawitz , Freudenthal , Friedek-Mistek , Fulnek , Großherrlitz , Hultschin , Klimkovice , Maidelberg , Namiescht , Reichwaldau , Štemplovec, Schillersdorf , Waltersdorf and Nassiedel . By marriage, they came to the Central Bohemian Hořovice .

coat of arms

Coat of arms of those of Wrbna (Würben) according to old seals in Siebmacher's coat of arms book from 1887
Coat of arms 1543

The family coat of arms with the lilies has been attested since 1261. The family coat of arms helmet still had an open eagle flight in 1283. The coat of arms of 1543 for Johann von Würben and Freudenthal shows a golden bar in blue, accompanied by three golden lilies above and below. On the helmet with blue-gold covers a blue (later silver or gold) column, (later diagonally upwards) pierced by a gold (later also silver) arrow. - Two golden griffins as shield holders since 1624 .

In addition, in 1285 a seal showed a cross ending in an arrowhead, also as an arrow pointing downwards, crossed with a bar, which appears in the shield as early as 1282, but upwards at an angle to the right. On the helmet from 1282 an open eagle flight, each covered with the shield image, but placed as in 1285. This shield image bears a striking resemblance to the crest of the other, the coat of arms of the lily, in which a column is pierced (or crossed with) an arrow.

Personalities (selection)

  • Stephan d. Ä. von Würben, son of Andreas, died in 1241 with his son Andreas in the battle of Wahlstatt . His son
    • Johannes († after 1266), 1254–1266 castellan von Ritschen: His grandson was among others:
      • Johannes († 1319/24), from 1290 canon, from 1307 cathedral dean of Breslau
  • Heinrich von Würben († 1319), Bishop of Breslau
  • Wenzel von Würben ( Václav z Vrbna ), 1459/1460 and 1466/1467 rector of the Charles University in Prague .
  • Hynek d. Ä. von Würben and Freudenthal ( Hynek Bruntálský z Vrbna ; † 1592), son of Johann d. Ä. von Würben and Freudenthal and Johanna von Žerotín, governor of Moravia since 1572.
  • Hynek d. J. von Würben and Freudenthal (1589–1614) studied at the Calvinist universities in France and Germany and was one of the most educated personalities of the Protestant nobility. In October 1611 he hosted King Matthias (HRR) on his coronation voyage through Moravia and Silesia at his castle in Freudenthal . He was married to Bohunka von Zerotein, daughter of Karl the Elder of Zerotein .
  • Georg von Würben and Freudenthal ( Jiří Bruntálský z Vrbna ; † around 1623), member of the Moravian Directory, 1619–1621 Chief Judge of Moravia. The Protestant died in custody after the Battle of White Mountain . His widow Alena ( Helene ) married Johann von Rottal in 1626 .
  • Georg Stephan von Würben ( Jiří Štepán z Vrbna ; † 1682), was admitted to the counts in 1642. After 1652 Moravian chief judge, 1664 chamberlain of Moravia. Founded the Franciscan monastery in Opava , which was built from 1668 to 1676. His descendants lived in Moravia until 1945.
  • Johann von Würben and Freudenthal ( Jan Bruntálský z Vrbna ) was appointed governor of Opava in 1618 by the Bohemian King Friedrich of the Palatinate . After the Battle of White Mountain, he emigrated to the Netherlands at the end of 1620.

literature

Web links

Commons : Würben  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Constantin von Wurzbach : Wrbna von Freudenthal, the counts, genealogy . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 58th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1889, p. 173 ( digitized version ).
  2. ^ Gall, p. 359.