Wiedau (noble family)
Wiedau is the name of a Livonian , now extinct noble family .
history
The Wiedau were a Riga council family, possibly originating from Lübeck , whose lineage begins with Berendt Wiedau († 1646), a citizen and merchant in Riga. His great-grandson Melchior Wiedau (* 1679, † 1740), mayor of Riga, was raised to the knightly imperial nobility in Luxembourg on May 5, 1738 . His grandson Wilhelm Melchior von Wiedau († after 1828), lord of Oselshof, Heinrichshof, Lambsdorfshof and Wittkop, was entered in the noble family register of the Livonia Governorate in 1790 and registered with the Livonian Knighthood (No. 286) on January 12, 1797. In 1915 the sex in the male line expired.
coat of arms
The family coat of arms shows a split shield, in front in red a green willow tree growing out of a green hill (allusion to the gender name), behind in blue a golden lion . On the ( crowned ) helmet with red-silver and blue-gold covers seven ostrich feathers (silver, red, silver, green, gold, blue, gold).
Filiation
- Berendt Wiedau († 1646), a citizen and merchant in Riga
- Albert Wiedau ⚭ 1650 Elisabeth Kempe
- Nicolaus Wiedau (* 1653; † 1700), elderly man and councilor in Riga
- Melchior (von) Wiedau (* 1679; † 1740), mayor and burgrave in Riga, ennobled
- Melchior von Wiedau (* 1616; † 1787), Obervogt and Mayor in Riga, Lord of Wittkop, Lisden and Oselshof, ⚭ Anna Helene Grote
- Catharina Johanna Wilhelmina von Wiedau (* 1756; † 1832), heiress of Lisden, ⚭ 1777 Baron Wilhelm Friedrich von Ungern-Sternberg
- Melchior Wilhelm von Wiedau (* before 1773, † after 1828), imperial Russian lieutenant, college assessor, master at Oselshof, Wittkop and Lambsdorfshof
- Heinrich Wilhelm Melchior von Wiedau (* before 1806, † after 1845), Imperial Russian staff captain and councilor, lord of Oselshof, Heinrichshof, Lambsdorfshof and Wittkop
- Melchior von Wiedau (* 1616; † 1787), Obervogt and Mayor in Riga, Lord of Wittkop, Lisden and Oselshof, ⚭ Anna Helene Grote
- Melchior (von) Wiedau (* 1679; † 1740), mayor and burgrave in Riga, ennobled
- Nicolaus Wiedau (* 1653; † 1700), elderly man and councilor in Riga
- Albert Wiedau ⚭ 1650 Elisabeth Kempe
literature
- Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knighthoods (New Series) , Hamburg 2017, Vol. 7, pp. 487–494.
- Genealogical manual of the nobility, Adelslexikon Volume XVI, Volume 137 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag , Limburg (Lahn) 2005, ISSN 0435-2408 , p. 176.
- Maximilian Gritzner (arr.): The nobility of the Russian Baltic provinces. In: Johann Siebmacher's Large Book of Arms . New episode. Volume III.11 Enrolled Nobility. Battenberg-Verlag, Munich 1979, pp. 480-481, Tfl. 202.
