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:
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
