Walderdorff (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of those von Walderdorff

Walderdorff is the name of an old Rhenish noble family . The family, some of which still exist today, belongs to the Rhineland nobility. She has been based at Molsberg Castle in the former Duchy of Nassau since the 17th century .

Members of the family later acquired property and reputation in Hesse , Franconia and Prussia . The family has also been wealthy in the Upper Palatinate since the 19th century .

history

origin

The first mention of the family name is controversial. A Gottfridt von Walderdorff mentioned in the older research for 1198 in a Trier chronicle, can no longer be proven today. Gottfried is one of the family's leading names . Gerlach von Walderdorff was first mentioned in a document in 1211. The uninterrupted family line begins with Gottfried von Walderdorff, who is mentioned in documents from 1315 to 1325.

Wallendorf, the ancestral home of the family, is now part of Beilstein , part of the community of Greifenstein in the Lahn-Dill district in Hesse . It is the oldest part of Beilstein and was first documented in 774. The ancestral castle of the Walderdorff is said to have been near the place Driedorf . The spelling of the name varies from Walderdorff, Walderdorf, Waldendorf, Walderndorf, Wallendorf to Wallerdorf.

Expansion and possessions

Wilderich von Walderdorff (1617–1680), Imperial Vice Chancellor, later Prince Archbishop of Vienna
Adalbert II. Von Walderdorff (1697–1759), prince abbot and bishop of Fulda
Johann IX. Philipp von Walderdorff (1701–1768), Archbishop and Elector of Trier , Prince-Bishop of Worms
Philipp Franz Wilderich Nepomuk von Walderdorf (1739–1810), Prince-Bishop of Speyer
Carl Wilderich Graf von Walderdorff (1799–1862), Minister of State of the Duchy of Nassau

Gottfried received a castle loan in Montabaur in 1325 . In the course of the 14th century, the family's possessions expanded mainly to the south and east, as far as the Taunus . In the 15th century, free float was added to the Wetterau and the Rheingau . Today the family belongs to the Rhenish knighthood .

After Kneschke , the Wallendorf estate in the Westerwald came into the possession of the Walderdorff as Wittum in 1315 . After frequent feuds with the Counts of Nassau , members of the family had to take all goods from the Nassau as fief in 1353 . After the Reformation , various branches settled mainly on the Rhine , first in the area of Limburg an der Lahn and later in the entire county of Limburg . From there, the Walderdorff reached Franconia and the Bergstrasse . They were able to acquire property in Hesse, Nassau and the later Rhine Province .

In the second half of the 17th century, the imperial lower lordship of Isenburg , together with the House of Wied , came under the ownership of the Walderdorff family. After the death of Count Ernst zu Ysenburg and Grensau in 1664, the Abbot of Fulda moved in the half-shed of the Isenburg family, which he owned as a fief, and in 1666 enfeoffed Count Ludwig Friedrich zu Wied and the brothers and barons Wilderich in full (* 1617; † 1680), Johann Philipp , Georg Friedrich and Emmerich Friedrich von Walderdorff.

Also in the 17th century, the Molsberg rule with Molsberg Castle in Nassau, once the seat of a dynastic family, was acquired. With Molsberg, the family received their own subordinate rule in the Electorate of Trier territory, which they continuously expanded through acquisitions of territory in the following centuries. The estate and Molsberg Castle have remained the family seat to this day.

Furthermore, extensive historical city estates bear the name Walderdorff in the name, including the Walderdorffer Hof in Limburg an der Lahn (owned by the family from 1540 to 1989), the Walderdorffer Hof in Mainz , the Walderdorffer Hof in Bensheim (owned from 1580–1630) and that of the Archbishop of Trier Johann IX. Philipp von Walderdorff built Palais Walderdorff in Trier as the cathedral provost .

Until the early 18th century, the Lords of Walderdorff were also part of the imperial knighthood in the knightly canton of Odenwald of the Franconian knight circle .

Bishops

The former Wilderich, vicar general of Mainz and Electoral Mainz privy , played in the election of Emperor Leopold in 1658 a significant role. He was later appointed Reich Vice Chancellor and was raised with his brothers to the status of Reich baron. He died in 1669 as Archbishop of Vienna . Johann Philipp Freiherr von Walderdorff (* 1701; † 1768) became cathedral dean and coadjutor of the Archbishopric of Trier. He received in 1754 by Emperor Franz Stephan , the Prince, with the title "Prince of Prüm". In 1756 he became Archbishop and Elector of Trier and in 1763 at the same time Bishop of Worms . Adalbert von Walderdorff (baptized Philipp Wilhelm) (* 1697; † 1759) was Prince-Bishop of Fulda from 1757 to 1759. Philipp Franz Wilderich Graf von Walderdorff (* 1739; † 1810), was the last Prince-Bishop of Speyer (elected in 1797) until the secularization in 1802.

Lines and personalities

The two sons of Wilderich III, Johann (* 1496; † 1570) and Philipp (* 1507; † 1556) were the founders of the two main lines of the family. Johann von Walderdorff donated the older and Philipp von Walderdorff the younger. The older one split into three branches, but died out completely in 1702. The younger line, which was closely tied to Kurtrier and initially had its seat in Limburg an der Lahn and from 1657 in Molsberg , still exists today.

A grandson of the progenitor of the younger line, Johann Peter von Walderdorff (* 1575, † 1636) Mr. zu Molsberg and Isenburg, married Magdalena Freiin von Greifenclau and Vollrath . The third generation of their descendants, Lothar Wilhelm von Walderdorff (* 1705), died in 1752 as a privy councilor and colonel of the bodyguard. Franz Philipp Graf von Walderdorff (* 1740; † 1828) came from his marriage to Countess Anna Philippine Countess von Stadion zu Thannhausen († 1784) in 1736 . He was an imperial and electoral privy councilor and married Mauritia Freiin von Freyberg-Hopferau (* 1770, † 1741) in 1793 . His son Carl Wilderich (* 1799) died in 1862 as the ducal state minister and councilor of Nassau . He was married twice, since 1823 with Mauritia Countess Beissel von Gymnich (* 1801; † 1851) and from 1853 with Mauritia Freiin von Dannenberg (* 1828; † 1912). From his first marriage came Count Wilderich (* 1831), a royal Bavarian chamberlain , who married Ernestine Countess Erdödy von Monyorókék and Monoszló (* 1837) in 1859. In addition to three daughters, they had a son, Franz Wilderich von Walderdorff (* 1862). The Wilderich brothers were Counts Eduard and Richard. Eduard von Walderdorff (* 1833) became imperial chamberlain and captain . He married Julie Countess of Collalto and San Salvatore (* 1837) in 1861. They had two sons and two daughters. His brother Richard (* 1837) became imperial chamberlain and lieutenant colonel . He married Wanda Countess Festetics von Tolna (* 1845) in 1868 .

The brother of Count Carl Wilderich von Walderdorff, who died in 1862, Eduard Graf von Walderdorff (* 1801), lord of Hauzenstein Castle and Kürn near Regensburg , became imperial treasurer. In 1827 he married Countess Leopoldine von Oberndorff (* 1801; † 1851). The two sons Hugo and Adolf came from the marriage. Hugo Graf von Walderdorff (* 1828) became imperial chamberlain and lieutenant colonel. In 1856 he married Countess Amalie Podsatzky-Liechtenstein (* 1827). They had three sons and a daughter. Count Adolf von Walderdorff (* 1835, † 1919), Eduard's second son and brother of Hugo, became the royal Bavarian treasurer and was a member of the German Reichstag for the center from 1871 to 1874 and from 1889 to 1893 .

Pius Wilderich von Walderdorff (* Klafterbrunn Palace in Lower Austria January 6, 1871, † Parsch near Salzburg January 31, 1953), son of Eduard Wilderich von Walderdorff, Imperial and Royal Chamberlain , accepted according to the will of his uncle Ludwig Freiherr von dem Bongart († Paffendorf May 6, 1878), with the filing of his own name and coat of arms with Austrian permission in Vienna May 23, 1878 name and coat of arms of the Rhenish noble noble family von dem Bongart , (Reichsfreiherrenstand December 16, 1629). Pius' line continues under this name to this day. Coat of arms (1878): in red a silver rafter; on the helmet with red and silver covers an armless red man's torso covered with a silver rafter, the head of which is wound with a red ribbon.

In the 19th century, Klafterbrunn Castle near Eschenau (Lower Austria) was temporarily owned by the family. In the Upper Palatinate, two estates in the Regensburg district are still owned by the Counts Walderdorff: Castle Kürn since 1826 and Castle Hauzenstein since 1830. In 1985, Höfling Castle near Regensburg was taken over on a long lease.

Status surveys

The Wilderich brothers, electoral Mainz privy councilor, Reich Vice Chancellor and later Bishop of Vienna, Georg Friedrich auf Molsberg, Reich Chamber Court Assessor in Speyer, Johann Philipp, Cathedral Capitular of Trier and later Cathedral Dean of Trier and Würzburg , and Emmerich von Walderdorff, Reich Court Judge Assessor in Speyer and later Reich Chamber Court Assessor in Vienna , received on July 8, 1660 in Graz and on September 1, 1663 in Vienna the imperial baron status with the address Well-born and Grand Palatinate .

Johann Philipp Freiherr von Walderdorff, cathedral dean and provost of St. Simeon in Trier , coadjutor of the archbishopric and later elector of Trier, was elected to Vienna on August 12, 1754 for his person ( ad person ) in the imperial prince status as baron von Walderdorff and prince of Prüm raised.

The imperial count status with the salutation high and well-born was given to the brothers and barons Wilderich in Vienna on January 20, 1767, provost of St. Simeon in Trier and later Prince-Bishop of Speyer, Franz Philipp, cathedral chapter of Mainz and later imperial and electoral privy councilor of Trier, Friedrich Christoph, later prince-bishop of Bamberg , privy councilor, court chamber president and rector of the University of Bamberg , and Carl Anton von Walderdorff, later imperial treasurer, elector trierscher chief bailiff of Montabaur and hereditary treasurer of the bishopric Fulda .

An entry in the count class of the aristocratic registers in the Kingdom of Bavaria was made on December 23, 1830 for Eduard Graf von Walderdorff auf Haunzenstein and Kürn, imperial treasurer, and on July 16, 1872 for his nephews, the Wilderich brothers on Molsberg, imperial treasurer, Eduard auf Klafterbrunn in Lower Austria , imperial treasurer, and Richard Graf von Walderdorff on Neuroth near Salz in the Westerwald, imperial treasurer and first lieutenant in the reserve .

coat of arms

Family coat of arms

The family coat of arms shows a gold crowned lion, divided by red over silver, in black . On the helmet with black and silver covers an open black flight , each covered with the inward-facing lion .

Count's coat of arms

The imperial coat of arms , awarded in 1767, is quartered and has two helmets. 1 and 4 the coat of arms, 2 and 3 in silver two red bars (for Nieder-Isenburg). On the right the trunk helmet, on the left with red and silver helmet covers an open silver flight, each covered with two red bars. Two opposing gold-crowned lions, divided by red and silver, serve as a shield holder .

Well-known namesake

literature

Web links

Commons : Walderdorff  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Confirmation certificate of the Counts von Walderdorff'schen Familienfideicommisses Bodenstein (1875)  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Oculus memorie of the Eberbach Abbey in the Rheingau
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon , Volume XV, Volume 134 of the complete series, pp. 392–393
  3. ↑ Grabstein.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.greifenstein.de  
  4. ↑ a b Gerhard Köbler : Historical Lexicon of the German Lands. The German territories from the Middle Ages to the present. 7th, completely revised edition. CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1 . P. 757.
  5. ↑ a b c New General German Adels Lexicon Volume 9, pp. 444–446
  6. ↑ a b c Otto Hupp : Munich Calendar 1905. P. 31
  7. ^ Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility, Freiherrliche Häuser A , Vol. III, Complete Series Vol. 21, Limburg an der Lahn 1959, pp. 31–33.