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Cirksena

January 01, 1970

The House of Cirksena (East Frisian: [tsɪ:rzəŋ̍ə]) was the name of the ruling family of East Frisia (German: Ostfriesland). They descended from a line of East Frisian chieftains from Greetsiel.

The Cirksena coat of arms
The Cirksena mausoleum in Aurich

East Frisia edit

In 1439, in the wake of clashes between different lines of chieftains, the town of Emden was first placed by Hamburg under direct rule and then, in 1453, given to the Cirksena. The family administered and ruled the town until 1595.

The Cirksena gained strength and succeeded the chieftain line of the tom Broks, after their opponent Focko Ukena was defeated and expelled by several allied chieftains, led by Edzard Cirksena. Ulrich Cirksena (d. 1466) was elevated to the rank of imperial count by Emperor Frederick III and enfeoffed with the Imperial County of East Frisia.

The most important ruler from the House of Cirksena was Edzard I (1462–1528), under whose leadership the Imperial County of East Frisia reached its greatest extent. During his reign, the Reformation spread throughout East Frisia. In 1654, the Cirksena were elevated to princes by the emperor. Charles Edzard, the last ruler from the House of Cirksena, died without issue during the night of 25/26 May 1744 (reportedly from a glass of buttermilk, which he is said to have drunk after a hunt). Immediately thereafter, the state was taken over by Frederick the Great.

Rietberg edit

The Cirksena provided the County of Rietberg rulers from 1581 to 1699. This initially happened as a personal union with East Frisia after Count Enno III had married Rietberg's daughter-heir, Walburg von Rietberg. In the Treaty of Berum (1600), however, he ceded the County of Rietberg to his daughters.

In 1601, Enno's brother, Count John III, married his niece, Sabina Catherine, Enno's daughter and heiress of Rietberg, with papal dispensation. Both were converted to Catholicism, and the Catholic branch line of the House of Cirksena was founded. The last male descendant of the House of East Frisia in Rietberg, Count Ferdinand Maximilian, died in 1687. His heiress, Maria Ernestine Francisca, married Maximilian Ulrich von Kaunitz in 1699.

Coat of arms edit

 
Cirksena arms

The coat of arms of the family of Cirksena displays a crowned, golden harpy (or angel) on a black field. This motif appears in a variety of successor coats of arms; for example, in the final comital coat of arms of East Frisia, which Count Rudolf Christian adopted in 1625. Here, the harpy is in the upper left of the shield. This coat of arms is still used today as the emblem of East Frisia.

The upper half of Emden's coat of arms also depicts the Cirksena harpy. Until the Emden Revolution in 1595, the Cirksena resided in the town of Emden. Even the Dutch town of Delfzijl opposite Emden incorporated the Cirksena coat of arms into its own. This goes back to the rule of Edzard the Great in Groningerland. Likewise, the harpy is part of the coat of arms of Aurich district, albeit in a different colour, which also goes back to the Cirksena. Even the present-day municipality of Krummhörn, where the ancestral homeland of the Cirksena lay, has the family's coat of arms in its municipal shield.

After the Cirksena had taken over the reins of power in the County of Rietberg, their emblem was also found in Rietberg's coat of arms, between the coat of arms of the old ruling family and that of the Harlingerland. It was later supplemented by the Kaunitz family's coat of arms.

Through the link between East Frisia and Rietberg, the Cirksena harpy is still part of the coat of arms of the Principality of Liechtenstein, albeit in the reverse colours (black and gold), at the bottom right (heraldic: bottom left). Gundakar of Liechtenstein had married Agnes Cirksena, the second daughter of Count Enno III and Walburgis of Rietberg, and had a claim to Rietberg as a result.

Origin of the name edit

The name Cirksena is of Frisian origin and is still a widespread family name in East Frisia today. It probably goes back to the old forename Tzirk (Cirk). Enno Attena took over the respectable name on his marriage to the daughter-heir, Gela Syardsna of Manslagt.

Genealogy edit

Syert/Syrt/Syrtatus, Captain of Norden, +after 1255; m. NN Aldersna; They had issue: A1. Enno, +after 1280; m. N van Norden 

B1. Sitat, Captain of Norden, +after 1310 
 C1. Enno, Captain of Norden, +after 1340 
 D1. Sitat (?), +after 1400; m. Frouwa N (+after 1437) D2. a daughter; m. Hylo Atena, Captain of Norden (+after 1367) D3. a daughter; m. Affo Beninga van Pirsum, heer van Bersum (+1402) D4. a daughter D5. Frouwa, +after 1437 
B2. Idzerd, Captain of Appingen, +after 1312; m. Etta van Visquard (+after 1312) C1. Enno, Captain of Appingen, +after 1350; m. Adda van Groothusen D1. Etta; m. Hera Attena, heer van Dornum (+after 1410) D2. Idzerd, Captain of Appingen, +1406; 1m: Doda ten Book, dau.of Keno Hilmersna; 2m: N.von Engena (?) E1. Enno E2. Imel, Captain of Eilsum, +after 1404 F1. Sibrand, Captain of Eilsum, +4.4.1465 E3. Haro, +after 1408 E4. Enno, Captain of Norden, Greetsiel, Berva and Pilsum, +ca 1450; 1m: Gela Beningna von Manslagt (+after 1429); 2m: Ellen Sytzena, dau.of Affo Beninga van Pilsum, heer van Bersum en Tiadeke (+1450), widow of Ewo van Westerhusen F1. [1m.] Frouwa; 1m: Sibet Attena (+1433); 2m: Eppo Gokkinga  (+after 1437) F2. Edzard, Judge of Frisia, +after 1441; 1m: Moeder Ennosna (+1438); 2m: Frouwe, dau.of Ewo von Westerhusen and Ellen Sytzena F3. Ulrich I, Statolder of Ostfriesland (1454–64), 1st Graf von Ostfriesland (1464–66), +27.9.1466; 1m: Foelke van Esens (+1452); 2m: 1453 Theda Ukena, dau.of Uko van Oldersum (*ca 1434,+17.9.1494) G1. [2m.] Hebe, *18.11.1457, +1476/78; m. Gf Erich I von Schaumburg- Pinneberg (*1420, +24/25.3.1492) G2. Gela, *1458, +1497 G3. Enno I, Graf von Ostfriesland (1466–91), *1.6.1460,+drowned 22.2.1491 G4. Edzard I, Graf von Ostfriesland (1491–1528), *15.2.1462,+15.2.1528; m. 8.7.1498 Elisabeth Gfn von Rietberg, dau.of GfJohann I von Rietberg by Margarethe zur Lippe (*ca 1475,+13.7.1512) H1. Ulrich, Graf von Ostfriesland(1528–32),Valet of Emperor Maximilian I, *1499, +in madness 1532 H2. Margarete, *1500, +Altenwildungen 15.7.1537; m. Emden 17.2.1523 Gf Philipp IV von Waldeck-Wildungen (*1493 +1574) H3. Theda, *1502, +1563 H4. Enno II, Graf von Ostfriesland (1532–40), *VIII.1505,+24.9.1560; m. 6.3.1530 Anna von Oldenburg (*14.11.1501,+10.11.1575) H5. Johann, heer van Falkenburg, Durbuy en Halem, *1506 +Schloss Falkenburg 6.6.1572; m. 11.11.1539 Dorothea von Habsburg, heiress of Falkenburg, Durbuy and Halem, illegitimate dau. of Emperor Maximilian I (*1516 +1572) I1. Maximilian, heer van Falkenburg, Durbuy en Halem,*1542, +ca 1603; m. 14.9.1564 Barbara de Lalaing J1. Christoph, heer van Falkenburg, Durbuy en Halem, +1636 J2. Dorothea, +1604; m. before 1.4.1592 Jacob t'Serclaes, Gf von Tilly et baron de Marbais (*1564, +11.10.1624) J3. Katharina Maria; m. François de Rye, marquis de Varambon J4. Louise, *ca 1565, +16.10.1607; m. 5.5.1601 Evrad de Limburg, baron de Barbançon (+31.12.1608) I2. Anna; m. Jodocus van Bronckhorst, Gf von Gronsfeld and Limburg (+1588/89) I3 Gisela; m. Heinrich van Hahnsberg, Heer van Bruck (+1590) H6. Anna, +1530 H7. Armgard, +1559 G5. Uko, *1463, +1507 G6. Almuth, *1465, +1522/23; m. Engelmann von Horstell F4. Adda, +ca 1470; m. Weren't Maninga von Bersum (+1450) F5. [2m.] Tiadeke, *1438 ?, +after 1470 E5. [2m.] Doda; m.Reduard Hyetsna, heer van Groothusen C2. Sibrand, Captain of Eilsum, +after 1379; m.N von Ilsum (?) D1. a son van Eilsum

A2. Merten, +after 1288; m. N von Berum 

B1. Omptat, +after 1310 C1. Merten, +after 1367/78 D1. Omptat van Bersum, +after 1378 D2. Olrik van Bersum, +after 1373 D3. Bojo D4. [parentage uncertain] Tiadeke, +after 1409;1402 m. Affo Beninga von Pilsum Lord of Bersum (+1402)

See also edit

Sources edit

  • Hobbing, Hans Heinrich (1915). Die Begründung der Erstgeburtsnachfolge im ostfriesischen Grafenhaus der Cirksena. Aurich(Abhandlungen und Vorträge zur Geschichte Ostfrieslands, 19)
  • Reimers, Heinrich (1925) Ostfriesland bis zum Aussterben seines Fürstenhauses. Bremen
  • Esselborn, Ernst (1945). Das Geschlecht Cirksena. Berlin

External links edit

  •   Media related to House of Cirksena at Wikimedia Commons

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This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations August 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message The House of Cirksena East Frisian tsɪ rzeŋ e was the name of the ruling family of East Frisia German Ostfriesland They descended from a line of East Frisian chieftains from Greetsiel The Cirksena coat of arms The Cirksena mausoleum in Aurich Contents 1 East Frisia 2 Rietberg 3 Coat of arms 4 Origin of the name 5 Genealogy 6 See also 7 Sources 8 External linksEast Frisia editIn 1439 in the wake of clashes between different lines of chieftains the town of Emden was first placed by Hamburg under direct rule and then in 1453 given to the Cirksena The family administered and ruled the town until 1595 The Cirksena gained strength and succeeded the chieftain line of the tom Broks after their opponent Focko Ukena was defeated and expelled by several allied chieftains led by Edzard Cirksena Ulrich Cirksena d 1466 was elevated to the rank of imperial count by Emperor Frederick III and enfeoffed with the Imperial County of East Frisia The most important ruler from the House of Cirksena was Edzard I 1462 1528 under whose leadership the Imperial County of East Frisia reached its greatest extent During his reign the Reformation spread throughout East Frisia In 1654 the Cirksena were elevated to princes by the emperor Charles Edzard the last ruler from the House of Cirksena died without issue during the night of 25 26 May 1744 reportedly from a glass of buttermilk which he is said to have drunk after a hunt Immediately thereafter the state was taken over by Frederick the Great Rietberg editThe Cirksena provided the County of Rietberg rulers from 1581 to 1699 This initially happened as a personal union with East Frisia after Count Enno III had married Rietberg s daughter heir Walburg von Rietberg In the Treaty of Berum 1600 however he ceded the County of Rietberg to his daughters In 1601 Enno s brother Count John III married his niece Sabina Catherine Enno s daughter and heiress of Rietberg with papal dispensation Both were converted to Catholicism and the Catholic branch line of the House of Cirksena was founded The last male descendant of the House of East Frisia in Rietberg Count Ferdinand Maximilian died in 1687 His heiress Maria Ernestine Francisca married Maximilian Ulrich von Kaunitz in 1699 Coat of arms edit nbsp Cirksena arms The coat of arms of the family of Cirksena displays a crowned golden harpy or angel on a black field This motif appears in a variety of successor coats of arms for example in the final comital coat of arms of East Frisia which Count Rudolf Christian adopted in 1625 Here the harpy is in the upper left of the shield This coat of arms is still used today as the emblem of East Frisia The upper half of Emden s coat of arms also depicts the Cirksena harpy Until the Emden Revolution in 1595 the Cirksena resided in the town of Emden Even the Dutch town of Delfzijl opposite Emden incorporated the Cirksena coat of arms into its own This goes back to the rule of Edzard the Great in Groningerland Likewise the harpy is part of the coat of arms of Aurich district albeit in a different colour which also goes back to the Cirksena Even the present day municipality of Krummhorn where the ancestral homeland of the Cirksena lay has the family s coat of arms in its municipal shield After the Cirksena had taken over the reins of power in the County of Rietberg their emblem was also found in Rietberg s coat of arms between the coat of arms of the old ruling family and that of the Harlingerland It was later supplemented by the Kaunitz family s coat of arms Through the link between East Frisia and Rietberg the Cirksena harpy is still part of the coat of arms of the Principality of Liechtenstein albeit in the reverse colours black and gold at the bottom right heraldic bottom left Gundakar of Liechtenstein had married Agnes Cirksena the second daughter of Count Enno III and Walburgis of Rietberg and had a claim to Rietberg as a result nbsp Cirksena coat of arms nbsp Coat of arms of East Frisia nbsp Emden coat of arms nbsp Coat of arms of Delfzijl nbsp Coat of arms of Aurich district nbsp Coat of arms of Liechtenstein nbsp Coat of arms of the Kaunitz Rietberg family nbsp Coat of arms of KrummhornOrigin of the name editThe name Cirksena is of Frisian origin and is still a widespread family name in East Frisia today It probably goes back to the old forename Tzirk Cirk Enno Attena took over the respectable name on his marriage to the daughter heir Gela Syardsna of Manslagt Genealogy editSyert Syrt Syrtatus Captain of Norden after 1255 m NN Aldersna They had issue A1 Enno after 1280 m N van Norden B1 Sitat Captain of Norden after 1310 C1 Enno Captain of Norden after 1340 D1 Sitat after 1400 m Frouwa N after 1437 D2 a daughter m Hylo Atena Captain of Norden after 1367 D3 a daughter m Affo Beninga van Pirsum heer van Bersum 1402 D4 a daughter D5 Frouwa after 1437 B2 Idzerd Captain of Appingen after 1312 m Etta van Visquard after 1312 C1 Enno Captain of Appingen after 1350 m Adda van Groothusen D1 Etta m Hera Attena heer van Dornum after 1410 D2 Idzerd Captain of Appingen 1406 1m Doda ten Book dau of Keno Hilmersna 2m N von Engena E1 Enno E2 Imel Captain of Eilsum after 1404 F1 Sibrand Captain of Eilsum 4 4 1465 E3 Haro after 1408 E4 Enno Captain of Norden Greetsiel Berva and Pilsum ca 1450 1m Gela Beningna von Manslagt after 1429 2m Ellen Sytzena dau of Affo Beninga van Pilsum heer van Bersum en Tiadeke 1450 widow of Ewo van Westerhusen F1 1m Frouwa 1m Sibet Attena 1433 2m Eppo Gokkinga after 1437 F2 Edzard Judge of Frisia after 1441 1m Moeder Ennosna 1438 2m Frouwe dau of Ewo von Westerhusen and Ellen Sytzena F3 Ulrich I Statolder of Ostfriesland 1454 64 1st Graf von Ostfriesland 1464 66 27 9 1466 1m Foelke van Esens 1452 2m 1453 Theda Ukena dau of Uko van Oldersum ca 1434 17 9 1494 G1 2m Hebe 18 11 1457 1476 78 m Gf Erich I von Schaumburg Pinneberg 1420 24 25 3 1492 G2 Gela 1458 1497 G3 Enno I Graf von Ostfriesland 1466 91 1 6 1460 drowned 22 2 1491 G4 Edzard I Graf von Ostfriesland 1491 1528 15 2 1462 15 2 1528 m 8 7 1498 Elisabeth Gfn von Rietberg dau of GfJohann I von Rietberg by Margarethe zur Lippe ca 1475 13 7 1512 H1 Ulrich Graf von Ostfriesland 1528 32 Valet of Emperor Maximilian I 1499 in madness 1532 H2 Margarete 1500 Altenwildungen 15 7 1537 m Emden 17 2 1523 Gf Philipp IV von Waldeck Wildungen 1493 1574 H3 Theda 1502 1563 H4 Enno II Graf von Ostfriesland 1532 40 VIII 1505 24 9 1560 m 6 3 1530 Anna von Oldenburg 14 11 1501 10 11 1575 H5 Johann heer van Falkenburg Durbuy en Halem 1506 Schloss Falkenburg 6 6 1572 m 11 11 1539 Dorothea von Habsburg heiress of Falkenburg Durbuy and Halem illegitimate dau of Emperor Maximilian I 1516 1572 I1 Maximilian heer van Falkenburg Durbuy en Halem 1542 ca 1603 m 14 9 1564 Barbara de Lalaing J1 Christoph heer van Falkenburg Durbuy en Halem 1636 J2 Dorothea 1604 m before 1 4 1592 Jacob t Serclaes Gf von Tilly et baron de Marbais 1564 11 10 1624 J3 Katharina Maria m Francois de Rye marquis de Varambon J4 Louise ca 1565 16 10 1607 m 5 5 1601 Evrad de Limburg baron de Barbancon 31 12 1608 I2 Anna m Jodocus van Bronckhorst Gf von Gronsfeld and Limburg 1588 89 I3 Gisela m Heinrich van Hahnsberg Heer van Bruck 1590 H6 Anna 1530 H7 Armgard 1559 G5 Uko 1463 1507 G6 Almuth 1465 1522 23 m Engelmann von Horstell F4 Adda ca 1470 m Weren t Maninga von Bersum 1450 F5 2m Tiadeke 1438 after 1470 E5 2m Doda m Reduard Hyetsna heer van Groothusen C2 Sibrand Captain of Eilsum after 1379 m N von Ilsum D1 a son van Eilsum A2 Merten after 1288 m N von Berum B1 Omptat after 1310 C1 Merten after 1367 78 D1 Omptat van Bersum after 1378 D2 Olrik van Bersum after 1373 D3 Bojo D4 parentage uncertain Tiadeke after 1409 1402 m Affo Beninga von Pilsum Lord of Bersum 1402 See also editList of Counts of East FrisiaSources editHobbing Hans Heinrich 1915 Die Begrundung der Erstgeburtsnachfolge im ostfriesischen Grafenhaus der Cirksena Aurich Abhandlungen und Vortrage zur Geschichte Ostfrieslands 19 Reimers Heinrich 1925 Ostfriesland bis zum Aussterben seines Furstenhauses Bremen Esselborn Ernst 1945 Das Geschlecht Cirksena BerlinExternal links edit nbsp Media related to House of Cirksena at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cirksena amp oldid 1221868896, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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