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The Reventlow Coat-of-Arms

Reventlow is the name of a Holstein and Mecklenburg German noble family, which belongs to the Equites Originarii Schleswig-Holstein. The lords and counts of Reventlow have also branched out to Denmark.{Citation needed}}. Alternate spellings include Revetlo, Reventlo, Reventlau, Reventlou, Reventlow, Refendtlof and Reffentloff.

History

In 1223, Godescalcus de Revetlo, of Holstein, was first mentioned in writing. He was vassal of Count Albrecht of Orlamünde and Holstein. In 1236 and 1258, Thitlevus de Revetlow was in Mecklenburg in the wake of the Prince Johann I. In both countries, members of the family have been able to gain significant professional and economic positions over time.

The old Holstein line, from the 14th to the 16th century also on Funen resident, extinguished in 1752. With the extinction of the Gallentiner branch extinct in 1772, the Mecklenburg branch. From this branch, however, had previously settled relatives in the Duchy of Schleswig. From Ziesendorf (in Mecklenburg) came Detlef Reventlow, who was appointed chancellor of Christian IV of Denmark in 1632. He was progenitor of two new branches, both of which came to great influence.

The older branch acquired the Danish lord-dignity in 1767.

earl Conrad von Reventlow (1644–1708), Danish Prime Minister

The younger branch acquired already in 1673 the Danish Graf and on July 23, 1706 to Vienna the Imperial Count. Conrad von Reventlow (1644–1708), Grand Chancellor and Prime Minister of Christian V. of Denmark, received the higher feudal rank and was awarded the Liege County of Reventlou - Sandbjerg in Schleswig. His son acquired the feudal county Christianssæde on Lolland and the feudal barony Brahetrolleborg on Funen.

The younger daughter of Conrad von Reventlow, Anna Sophie von Reventlow (1693–1743), became in 1712 consort of King Frederick IV of Denmark and Duchess of Schleswig levied. In 1721 she was crowned Queen of Denmark. Further Reventlow were related by marriage to the Dukes of Holstein. The family of Reventlow counts important personalities of the European aristocracy, among them also the last German empress Auguste Victoria, to his descendants.

Detlev von Reventlow (1712–1783), heir of the goods Altenhof and Glasau, bought in 1764 Gut Emkendorf, 1767 from Detlef von Reventlow Gut Wittenberg and in 1782 the Altenhof neighboring Gut Aschau.

The Counts of Reventlow-Criminil with a Danish diploma of 1815 belonged in the male line to the French Marquis Le Merchier de Criminil. Joseph and Heinrich were the sons of a niece of Julia von Reventlow who she and her husband Friedrich Karl Reventlow adopted. Joseph inherited the Emkendorf in 1828; his descendants sold it in 1929.

Possessions

To the Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburgian goods, which were temporarily in the possession of the Reventlow, belonged among other things Good Bülk (around 1350), Gut Kaden (15th century), Gut Waterneverstorf (1592–1662), Gut Dobersdorf (in the 17th century, from 1625), Gut Altenhof (1691–1960, inherited from the family of Bethmann-Hollweg) with Wittenberg and Gut Jersbek (1840–1960), Quarnbek and Schmoel (around 1700), Hohenfelde with Kollmar (around 1700–1739), Gut Rantzau (1728–1740), Gut Emkendorf (1764–1929), Gut Kaltenhof ( 1780–1910), Gut Falkenberg (1790–1848), Gut Testorf (18th century), Gut Farve (19th century to 1926).

In Schleswig-Holstein the family is still based on Gut Damp (since the end of the 16th century), Gut Wittenberg (since 1584), Gut Wulfshagen (at Tüttendorf, since 1903) and Gut Eckhof (since 1972).

In Denmark, Gram Castle had been taken over or built by the Reventlow around 1470 and remained in the family until 1664. In 1673, Prime Minister Conrad Reventlow acquired the Sandbjerg Castle (1673–1930 owned by the family) with Gut Ballegård and built Clausholm Castle (owned 1690–1743). His son Christian Detlev of Reventlow acquired Brahetrolleborg on Funen (1722–1960), Pederstrup on Lolland ( 1725–1935) and Christianssæde on Laaland (1728–1934). His son Conrad Detlev Reventlow (1704–1750) married Wilhelmine Auguste, the sister of the Duke Friedrich Karl of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön in 1731. In 1739 he acquired the Krenkerup Castle at [Radsted Sogn] with Nørregård and Rosenlund (1739–1793). In 1900, the estate Agerupgård in Våbensted Sogn came to the Counts Reventlow, who are still there.

Commoner descendants in the female line, however, the name Reventlow (no title of nobility) are the families Reventlow-Mourier on Brahetrolleborg and Reventlow Grinling on Krenkerup, as well as some descendants in the cognitive line in Sweden.

Coat of Arms

The family crest of the family is divided in the Zinnenschnitt of silver over red. On the helmet with red-silver blankets stands a gold ring (feather play) set all around with silver feathers on a short red pole.

  • Coat of arms in Danmark's nobility Aarbog 1893
    Coat of arms in Danmark's nobility Aarbog 1893
  • Coat of arms of the counts to Reventlow
    Coat of arms of the counts to Reventlow

Derived area coats

Elements and colours from the coat of arms of the family Reventlow appear today in some Schleswig-Holstein municipal coat of arms.[1]

Name bearers

Literature

  • Otto Hupp: Munich Calendar 1924. Publishing Company Munich / Regensburg 1924.
  • Manfred Jessen-Klingenberg (2003), "Reventlow, Count zu", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 21, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 474–476; (119187434.html full text online)
  • Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility, Nobility Lexicon Volume XI, Volume 122 of the Complete Series, C. A. Strong Publisher, Limburg (Lahn) 2000, ISSN 0435-2408

References

  1. ^ coat of arms Schleswig-Holstein
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