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Family coat of arms of those of Ziegesar

von Ziegesar is the name of a prehistoric noble family from Kurbrandenburg .

origin

The Ziegesar family has been traceable in the Mark Brandenburg since the early 13th century . The name of the family is derived from the Ziesar Castle, which still exists today . Ziesar was a medieval bishopric. The family first appeared in documents in 1204 with Otto von Segesere on Wachow in Havelland , who presumably served as castle captain on Ziesar. The uninterrupted line of trunks begins in 1445 with Hans van Seyser on Lienewitz ( Zauche ), Sandberg and Lübnitz ( Grafschaft Belzig ). The form of the name changed between Segesere, Jezere, Seyezer, Zegeser, Tzigeser, Tzygeser, Ziesar and, since 1582, Ziegesar.

Theodor Fontane described the family in an impressive way in his work Walks through the Mark Brandenburg .

History and family members

For a long time the family in Brandenburg was able to lead a secure aristocratic life and achieved considerable wealth. For various reasons their existence was in danger towards the end of the 16th century. You had to give up lands, e.g. B. the rule Buckow and areas around the castle Belzig in the Duchy of Saxony-Wittenberg , and the family split into several lines and spread over all of Germany.

Electoral Saxon line

A branch of the family settled in Electoral Saxony : Christian Ehrenfried von Ziegesar (1632–1708) became captain of the Moritzburg in Zeitz . Descendants of this line are:

  • Christian Siegmund, son of Christian Ehrenfried, did military service in Saxony-Gotha
  • Christian Adolph (1695 / 1700–1774), son of Christian Ehrenfried, retired in 1742 to his estate at Schönau near Chemnitz after serving at the Württemberg and Baden-Durlach courts .
  • Christian Ehrenfried Anton (1744 / 47–1816), son of Christian Adolph, had to sell Gut Schönau again in 1797.
  • Christian Ehrenreich Wolf (1778–1824), son of Christian Ehrenfried Anton
  • Christian Wolf (1818–1872), acquired an estate in Lower Silesia

Thuringian Line

Another branch of the family, whose progenitor is Adolph von Ziegesar (1633–1693), probably a brother of Christian Ehrenfried, the aforementioned, became the direct ancestor of the Thuringian line of the noble family. He was in the service of the Electorate of Saxony in Dresden as an Oberlandjägermeister. Descendants of this line are:

  • Carl Siegmund (I.) (1665–1728), son of Adolph von Ziegesar, married Sophia Magdalena (1675–1713), the daughter and sole heir of Baron Bernhard Friedrich Moser von Filseck , in 1706 . His plan to consolidate his family as the current owner of the imperial-free rule Eschenau in the Swabian imperial knighthood did not work out. Eschenau had the status of a family fideikommiss , so it could not be divided among heirs, but only inherited as a whole. Carl Siegmund wanted to revoke this status, which led to protracted disputes with the von Moser and Öttingen houses afterwards
  • Eberhard Friedrich (1695–1732), son of Carl Siegmund (I.), who had sold the Eschenau estate to the Count of Öttingen-Wallerstein-Spielberg in 1730 .
  • Carl Siegmund (II.) (1696–1754), son of Carl Siegmund (I.), after serving with Margrave Georg Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Bayreuth , with Margrave Karl III. Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach and the Catholic prince Friedrich Wilhelm von Hohenzollern-Hechingen , he became chief forest master and advisor to Duke Ernst August in Gotha in 1742 and later became a privy councilor . He gained the trust of his prince, who however died in 1748. Carl Siegmund now had to struggle with the resistance of some influential officials of the court. In 1750 he was dismissed by the guardian government of the Hereditary Prince Ernst August Konstantin . So his plan to establish himself in the Weimar civil service failed. By marrying Christiane Sophia von Griesheim (1722–1747), the daughter and sole heir of the Saxon court clerk August von Griesheim (1691–1733), he came into possession of the Drackendorf manor near Jena , which remained in the family until 1836. After Christiane Sophia's early death in 1747, he married Christiana Sophie Luise von Buttlar - Grumbach (1726–1781).
Descendant of Carl Siegmund (II.) And Christiane Sophia:
  • August Friedrich Carl (1746–1813), from 1769 husband of Magdalene Auguste (von Wangenheim ), senior civil servant in Gotha and Weimar, until 1808 real privy councilor and chancellor of the Duke Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg , then until 1813 general landscape director in Weimar.
Children of August Friedrich Carl and Magdalene Auguste:
  • Friederike Amalie Charlotte Ernestine Auguste (1769–1825)
  • Ernst Carl (1771–1796), died in Suriname
  • Luise Juliane Cäcilie (1773–1831), married Christian Ferdinand Georg von Werthern (1738–1800) in 1789
  • Charlotte Luise Auguste (1775–1835), married Adam Carl Friedrich von Wangenheim in 1796, in 1797 the son Ernst von Wangenheim was born.
  • Friedrich (1779–1832), from 1801 to 1832 head forester in Hummelshain (Saxony-Gotha-Altenburg)
Sons of Friedrich (they did not have their center of life in Thuringia or died early):
  • Hermann (1803–1869)
  • Otto (1807-1837)
  • Hugo (1815–1870), district administrator from 1851 to 1855 and forester from 1855 to 1870 in Hummelshain
  • Alexander (1820-1850)
  • Anton (1783–1843), from 1825 president of the Jena Higher Appeal Court, from 1829 curator of the University of Jena , married the former court lady Anna Amalias, Luise Auguste Friedrike Amalie Freiin von Stein zu Nord- und Ostheim (1781–1855) in 1807
Children of Anton and Luise:
Children of Ferdinand:
  • Karoline (1844–1901), married Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Hugo von Redern (1823–1884), major general
  • Anton (II.) (1846–1913), son of Ferdinand, was in the service of the Ernestine houses, sold Gut Drackendorf to Ferdinand von Helldorf
  • Ida (* 1850), married Fritz von Steuben
  • Klara (1813–1876), married Ferdinand von Helldorf (1807–1853), who took over Gut Drackendorf from his father-in-law (Anton)
  • Marie (1824–?), Married Ernst Georg Johann Heinrich Carl von Plüskow , Weimar Chamberlain and Court Marshal
  • Agnes Silvia Dorothea (1785–1858), married the Jena theologian Friedrich August Koethe (1781–1850) in 1814.
Descendants of Carl Siegmund (II.) And Christiana Sophie Luise (five children, four of whom did not find a living in Thuringia):
  • Franz Ludwig Ernst Carl (1748–1826), was in the service of the Duke of Saxony-Meiningen and worked at the Duke's court.

Elevation of rank

In 1812, the Duke of Nassau recognized the barons of the Nassau-based line, which had also belonged to the Frankfurt patrician society Alten Limpurg since 1774 (the old Limpurg line expired in 1901). Carl August Ludwig Adolf von Ziegesar (* 1776, † 1829) acquired the baron diploma , first in the service of Prince zu Wied-Runkel , then of the Duke of Nassau. His father Wilhelm von Ziegesar (* 1750 in Drakendorf; † 1794 in Paramaribo in Suriname ), was a Nassau chief steward and lord of Schierstein am Rhein . He had acquired membership in the Alte Limpurg through marriage. A file on the barons of Ziegesar is in the main state archive in Stuttgart , regarding the inclusion of Captain Heinrich Friedrich von Ziegesar and his family in the Württemberg nobility register (families of the not wealthy hereditary nobility). On October 12, 1907, all descendants of Colonel Adolf von Ziegesar, born in Ludwigsburg in 1815, were confirmed as barons in the Kingdom of Württemberg .

coat of arms

  • The family coat of arms shows three upright green hemp stem leaves side by side in silver. On the helmet with the green and silver covers a growing golden griffin . The motto was: “Ad pulchra per aspera”.
  • Baron Diploma 1812: In silver, three upright green oak leaves side by side. On the helmet with the green and silver blankets a growing silver griffin. The barons of Ziegesar's shield was also shown in blue in 1780, the leaves in silver, helmet covers in blue and silver and the growing griffin in silver. The coat of arms graphic submitted by Heinrich Friedrich von Ziegesar to the Württemberg commission for the nobility matriculation is tinged as in 1812, but the griffin helmet ornament is gold.

August Friedrich Karl von Ziegesar (1746–1813) also served two griffins as shield holders in his bookplate , with the motto Nulla dies sine linea (no day is without progress).

  • Coat of arms of those of Ziegesar

  • Coat of arms on the manor in Drackendorf

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adolph Friedrich Riedel : Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis , AX 188
  2. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses, 1906, p.297
  3. ↑ a b The Frankfurt patriciate: Ziegesar
  4. ↑ Main State Archives Stuttgart : E 157/1 Bü 751
  5. ↑ Otto von Alberti , Württembergisches Adels- und Wappenbuch , Stuttgart 1889
  6. ^ Württemberg commission for the nobility register: coat of arms
  7. ↑ Virtual Kupferstichkabinett: Coat of arms of August Friedrich Karl von Ziegesar

literature

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