A research on an antique wax seal with bear paws, the coat of arms of Hoya, Hoeij, Huy, Glieche and Gleichen

 researching a double ended wax, looking for the origin of a family name or two, going back to pre 760 AD, south, east and west, a gold treasure, crooked county, counts and a queen, beautiful first names and insulting messages.... 

all because of a coat of arms

with

in English: two upright / erect, addorsed bear paws / jambes / claws with nails,

in German: zwei aufgerichte, abgewendete Barentatzen,

in French: deux pattes d'ours adossees,

in Dutch: twee beerenbenedenpoten naast elkaar / twee verticaal geplaatste, afgewende berenpoten met nagels,

at CBG Den Haag, The Netherlands, documented as

van der Hoeij - van der Hoij - Hooij - Hoy - tot Heije

further search brought me to:

Hoya Hoei de Huy, born before 760 AD,

"de Huy" for a town, in what is now Belgium:

and through Hoya to this beautiful name:

Cunigunde van Hoei / van Hoye de Huy,

also documented as: 

Cunigund / Kunegonda / Cunegonda / Kunigonde / Cunigonde van Hoya,

born 770? 784? 810? AD,

she married to

Robrecht II / Robert von Kleef / Kleve von Teisterbant (ca. 782-857):

more names used were:  

Vander Hoeij, von Hoya, van d'Hoey, Heuye, de Hoia,

images of the coat of arms can be found in the

Wapenboek Gelre:

Gallica armorial:

Schichtbuch Hermann Bote:

Ortenburger Wappenbuch:

here a family line starting with

Heinrich Graf von Hoya, date of birth unknown, first mentioned in 1202, 

perhaps a son or descendent of a noble Frisian:

from Wikiwand:

the Frisian nobleman, called Haije or Hajo, was

expellend from Rustringen, went to Radesbrocke / Rodesbroke / Roseburch in Lower Saxony and built a Motte and bailey castle there in the 12th Century, 

was forced to leave from there also, moved on and built Hoya castle

more about Heinrich I, as Saxon nobility:

"the Nienburg line of the counts of Hoya only used the bear paw shield...":

some counts of Hoya / Grafen von Hoya:

With Otto VIII the County of Hoya ended in 1582, 

and became part of the estates of

the Duchy of Brunswick / Braunschweig - Wolfenbuttel 

and the House of Hanover / Hannover

the Hoya blason was passed on into, for example, the coat of arms of

Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (1768-1821) Queen Consort, the estranged wife of King George IV of the United Kingdom and Hanover:

pre internet blaming and shaming of the 16th-17th Century, insulting messages, spread in the public sphere,

here one from 1538, initiated by Detlef von Bremer against the guarantors ot

Count Jobst von Hoya:

in Holland /The Netherlands there was Maria von Hoya (1508-1579), 

she married with count 

Joost, Heer van Bronckhorst and Borculo / Bronckhorst-Batenburg (1503-1553):

there is also documented a coat of arms with erect bear paws of the

Herren von Gleichen:

first mentioned in a 1418 document with 

Hermann von Glieche, 

and thought to be lords, or of non - or lower nobility,

 

the shield of Von Gleichen in the order of the Red Eagle

in the Ordenskirche St. Georgen in Bayreuth:

the since 1099 known noble line of counts Grafen von Gleichen von Tonna had an other coat of arms.

Wondering how two families had the same coat of arms, 

I combined their names in a search and found:

Anna Magdalena / Margaretha Von Gleichen (ca.1505-1545)

who married in 1523 with 

Jobst / Jodocus / Joost II, Count von Hoya (1493-1545) 

son of Jobst I Von Hoya and Ermengard Von Lippe / Ermgard zur Lippe.

What shall I say?

Had it to do with love ? Power ? Or money?

with further research you will find the coat of arms of 

Stumpenhusen:

and of

Schlepegrell / Scheppegrell / Slepegrelle:

My search ends here, please know it was only limited and unprofessional, comments are welcome

text: Marx Warmerdam

collection: delta 98 den haag

provenance: a collection of several wax seals, all related to the Kingdom of Hanover

A masonic watch fob, the smallest wax seal Delta 98 Den Haag ever had: Keep Within Compass

 

an intaglio wax seal, made late 18th or early 19th Century

of brass and glass above wax,

engraved with a masonic symbol, the dividers / compass 

and the mirrored text:

Keep Within

only 1,8 cm / 0.7 inch heigh - weight less than 1 gr.

two illustrations dating circa 1785, after Robert Dighton, London

showing what to avoid in life depicted in the corners:

Keep within compass and 

you shall be sure to escape many troubles that others endure

sold by: delta 98 den haag, The Netherlands

A wax seal of the last king of Hanover, sold by Delta 98 Den Haag

a wonderful research on a collection of wax seals 

started with this seal with two coats of arms:

 all seem to be related to families from 

Hanover, Saxony, Braunschweig, Altenburg and more

conjugal arms are those that show the separate shields 

of a husband and wife, side by side

the male arms – here at the viewer’s left – are of: 

George V, King of Hanover 

Georg V Friedrich Alexander Karl Ernst August, 

also known as: Welf / Guelph,

König von Hannover (1819-1878)

Main shield: quartered

- Field 1: in red three facing, striding lions / leopards, one above the other / Gules three lions passant, guardant in pale – for England

- Field 2: in gold, within a twin inner border / a double tressure, a lion rampant - for Scotland

- Field 3: in blue a harp / Azure a harp – for Ireland

- Field 4: (as 1) in red three facing, striding lions / leopards, one above the other / Gules three lions passant, guardant in pale – for England 

Central / heart shield / inescutcheon: with a bent tip split / divided in a goepel cut

- Field 1: in red two striding lions / leopards one above the other - for Brunswick / Braunschweig

- Field 2: in a golden field a lion rampant - for Lüneburg

- Field 3: in red a jumping horse, the Welfenroß or Sachsenroß / Guelfen pferd 

Here not visible: heart shield of Arch-Treasurer's Office, an imperial crown, so-called crown of Charlemagne.

 Supporter (here at the viewer’s left): the lion rampant and guardant of the Hanover arms

 the female arms – here at the viewer’s right – of:

Marie Princess of Saxe-Altenburg 

Alexandrine Marie Wilhelmine Katharine Charlotte Therese Henriette Luise Pauline ElisabethFriederike Georgine, Prinzessen von Sachsen - Altenburg (1818-1907)

Main shield: quartered

- Field 1: the arms of the County of Altenburg, that became a possession of the Wettin family in 1328 - in silver / Argent, a heraldic rose of red / Gules, seeded gold / Or and barbed green / Vert

- Field 2: the arms of Eisenberg Estate, an area ruled by a different branch of the Wettin family, the Lords of Sachsen-Eisenberg, but still belonged to Sachsen-Gotha (- Altenburg), of silver / Argent with three blue / Azure bars

- Field 3: the arms of the County Orlamunde, that became a possession of the family in 1344 - of gold / Or with a lion rampant, surrounded by hearts / water-lily leaves

- Field 4: the arms of the Estate of Pleissen, originally a much larger territory of which the County of Altenburg was a part, it became in possession of the Wettin family in 1328 - in blue / Azure a lion rampant of gold / Or and silver / Argent

Central / heart shield / inescutcheon:

tenfold horizontally partitioned / Berry of ten, a field of black / Sable and gold / Or stripes, charged with a green / Vert stylized common rue / Crancelin in bend, for Sachsen / Saxony

Supporter (here at vieuwer's right): a lion rampant and guardant, holding a guidon / flag of the Sachsen-Altenburg arms

and a wafer seal tool:

with the royal monogram of King Georg V of Hanover:

 and a wax seal with double matrix of 

the family Hoya, also documented as:

Von Hoya -  Van der Hoeij - Hoij - Hoy - Hooij - tot Heije - de Huy - Van Hoye de Huy - Hoya Hoei de Huy - Van Hoei - Van Hoey:

an article about the research on this Hoya seal will follow on a later date

and a so called swivel - a rotating wax seal, here with triple matrix

with the Sachsenross:

an article about the research on this seal will follow on a later date

 and what to think about this intaglia seal with inscription:

could it be one of these gentlemen ?

and a mirrored monogram seal, with letters we read as J S:

text: Marx Warmerdam

collection: Delta 98 Den Haag