wax seal with coat of arms of Seeuwen and perhaps Seeu, Seuwen, Seeuwenssone, Zeeuwen, Zeeu, Zeeuw, Zeuwen, Ceeuwen, Ceuwen, Cheeuwen, Cheeuws, Zeehaven,

an antique, 18th - 19th century wax seal with a coat of arms:

it was hard to describe the arms

and therefore difficult to find at CBG-Den Haag, but I did:

Seeuwen

and the CBG approved and published it:

the CBG gives two descriptions of the Italian style arms:

omgekeerd gekeperd van vier stukken, goud en rood, waar overheen een zilveren paal beladen met een adelaar, overtopt door een kroon

reversed chevron of four pieces, gold / Or and red / Gules, surmounted by a pale of silver / Argent with on it an eagle, surmounted by a crown

and

twee maal gedeeld, I: geschuinbalkt van vier stukken, II: een gekroonde adelaar, III: links geschuinbalkt van vier stukken

twice divided, I: diagonally barred of four pieces, II: a crowned eagle, III: left diagonally barred of four pieces

The name led on the internet to many different ways of writing the name, like:

 

Seeu - Seeuwen - Seuwen - Zeeuwen - Zeeu - Zeeuw - Zeuwen - Zeeuwen Ceeuwen - Ceuwen - Cheeuwen - Cheeuws

like in this family:

also knewn as, or called Zeehaven (zeehaven means seaport) like here:

E.H. Jacobus Zeeuwen (E.H. for "Eerwaarde Heer" a title for a Reverend sir)

is Jacobus Adriani Zeeuwen, his surname is also documented as Zeehaven and Ceeuwen

this Jacobus Adriani is the oldest Zeeuwen / Seeuwen we found documented: born circa 1530 in Oudenbosch - deceased 1580 in Loenhout, he became a monk in 1551 in the Sint Bernardus abdij in Hemiksen 

and during 1560-1580 rector eeclesie in Loenhout

Seeuwen and Zeeuwen

People from the Dutch province Zeeland are called Zeeuwen and they are Zeeuws. Zeeuw is not derived from the name Zeeland but from zee = sea, for zeeuw / seeuw is an older word for zee, like seo and sae, and there is the Gothic word saiws.

And what you call Zeeuws (older: seeusch and zeeusch) - meaning from Zeeland is derived from: near the zee - sea, and in a 1528 document a Zeelander was called Zeeu

some more finds:

Rombout Heinrixsz Seeuwen and Emmerens Pouwels

had their son Rombout baptised in 1613 in Amsterdam:

in the 16th and 17th Century there are 

Adriaen Seeuwen and Adrianus Seeuws:

a family Seeuwen lived in 1893 in Utrecht at Maliesingel 63:

ending the search of Seeuwen and Seeuws 

with the most famous girl from Zeeland:

Zeeuws Meisje

the seal stamp is sold by Delta 98 Den Haag

to a Seeuwen in the USA

- please know that my research was only limited and unprofessional -

collection of Delta 98 Den Haag

text by Marx Warmerdam

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