Additional Information
www.wikipedia.de (Hoyningen-Huene, Hoiningen-Huene, Huene)
www.et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoyningen-Huene (Estonian)
www.fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoyningen-Huene (French)
www.lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/w/index.php (Luxembourgish)
www.ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoyningen-Huene (Russian)
www.vdda.de (Website of the Association of German Noble Associations)
www.baltische-ritterschaften.de (Website of the Baltic Knights)
The Family in Genealogy
- Gothaic Genealogical Handbook of Baronial Houses, first published in 1865, last published in 1941
- Genealogical Handbook of Nobility – Baronial Houses, B II (1957), B IV (1967), B VII (1978), XIX (1996), and XXV (2011)
- Genealogical Handbook of Nobility, Volume 84, Nobility Lexicon, Volume V (1984)
- Genealogical Handbook of Nobility, Volume 144, Nobility Lexicon, Volume XVII – Addenda – (2008)
- Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility Registered in Bavaria, XVI (1986), XX (1994), XXIV (2002), XXVIII (2010), XXXII (2018)
- Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knighthoods: Livonia (1929), Courland (1930), Estonia (1931), Ösel (1935)
First documented mention of the town of Hoingen (Hönningen on the Ahr):
[…] Willelmus canonicus Bunnensis emit in villa Wetershouen a Gerardo Coloniense qui dictus est Niger XC iugera et a Christina uxore Erenboldi de Hoingen XLa IIIIor iugera, quę legitima donatione cum eisdem Ge. et Ch. prefatę dedit ęcclesię; […]
Acta sunt anno incarnationis dominicę M C LXX VI, indictione VIIIIa, concurrente IIIIta."[...] Willelmus, a canon of Bonn, purchased in the village of Wetershouen 90 iugera from Gerard of Cologne, who was called Niger, and 44 iugera from Christina, the wife of Erenbold of Hoingen, which she, together with the aforementioned Gerard and Christina, granted to the church as a lawful donation; [...]Charter number 17 from the former Abbey of Kloosterrade (Rolduc) from the year 1176,
These acts took place in the year of the Lord’s incarnation 1176, in the 9th indiction, with the 4th concurrent."
available for reference at WaarvanAkte.eu
I am able to provide the following names of the Scheffen (jurors):
- 1351: Johannes von Hoyngen, Johannes (his son), Johannes called Kleyn, Tillmann (son of Gobelin).
- 1395: Garnink von Hoyngen.
Von Hoyngen:
Peter von Hoyngen, of Arweiler, founded the Muttergottesvicarie (Our Lady’s Vicarage) in 1351 together with Johann von Borst. Alongside him, who was a clergyman, Johannes von Hoyngen and his son Johann also appear as Scheffen. In 1395, Gernink von Hoyngen is recorded.In 1351, Johannes de Foresto and his wife Bela, together with Peter von Hoyngen, a resident of Arweiler, established the Muttergottesvicarie in the parish church of Arweiler (Or.), with further details found in the church’s history.
The Muttergottesvicarie was founded on New Year’s Day 1351 by Knight Johannes von Borst, his wife Bela, and Peter von Hoyngen, a citizen of Arweiler.
in Denkwürdiger und nützlicher Rheinischer Antiquarius. Von einem Nachforscher in historischen Dingen
by Christian von Stramberg, Koblenz 1862, p. 764, 781, 784
available for reference at books.google.de
Am 12. Nov. 1457 […] Minrenbroederklosters und Konvent zu Bonn […] Prokuratoren zur Zeit mit Namen Heinrichs von Höyngen und Hermanns von Arweiler […]
Geschichte der Kölnischen Minoritenordensprovinz von Konrad Eubel, 1906, p. 90
Heinrich von der Brüggen, Landmarschall, certifies that Laurentius Kurland handed over to Johann von Hoyngen, called Huene, the charter of his late brother Brun Kurland, in which the latter had committed to supporting his brother. Laurentius Kurland also renounced all claims arising from it. In return, the Landmarschall and the present officials promised to seek half a table (ration) for Laurentius Kurland from the Order’s Master.
Mitau, September 19, 1500
Heinrich von der Brüggen, Landmarschall, certifies that Heinrich der Wedege transferred the fief of the late Brun Kurland, which he had been enfeoffed with, to Johann von Hoyngen, called Huene, as hereditary property for 100 Riga marks and a horse.
Riga, Hist. StaatsA., Best. 5561, Fb. 4, Akte 181; GStAPK, VIII. HA B 24: Sammlung Stavenhagen Urk. No. 194 or 195(?)
available for reference at Herder Institut A, B
Barthold von Hoyngen, called Huene, on behalf of himself and his brothers.
October 17, 1620
He stated that his lineage originated from his great ancestor Jost von Hoyngen, called Huenen, who came from Germany to this region and settled in the Diocese of Dorpat in times immemorial. He perished in the Muscovite and Swedish wars. His ancestor was enfeoffed with their present estates by Lord Master Plettenberg in the year 1501, thus sufficiently proving their noble descent. He presented his genealogy.
Paternal lineage:
Hühne, Dumpian, Benten, Lambsdorff; Gahlen, Rennen, Lambsdorff, Urkell.Maternal lineage:
Krüdener, Tiesenhausen, Holstsehr, Tödtwen, Rosen, Hungern, Mehdem, Treiden.Copy dated October 17, 1620.
Recorded in the 1st class under No. 25.
Jahrbuch für Genealogie, Heraldik und Sphragistik – 1895, published by the Kurländischen Gesellschaft für Literatur und Kunst, 1896; p.14 available for reference at books.google.de
The Hünen in Courland
By Alexander Baron Simolin
In reference to the article on this family in No. 5 (1841) of the Adelszeitung, the branch of this lineage that settled in Livonia deserves a more detailed examination.
Barthold von Hoyngen, called Hune, who presented himself at the Ritterbank in Courland in 1620 on behalf of himself and his brothers, originally came from the County of Mark, from the castle or fortress of Hoeingen, located in the Unna district and parish, on the Burioe at Holtenlinck. His ancestor, Jost von Hüne, had settled as a German knight in the Diocese of Dorpat, distinguishing himself as a brave warrior against the Muscovites during the Russian invasion of Livonia in 1480. He was married to a von Dumpian, who bore him a son, Johann, who was enfeoffed with the Aahof estate in Courland by Lord Master Wolter von Plettenberg.
The vassal of Aahof, who married Margaretha von Bentin, fathered Johann II, who, through his marriage to Margaretha von Sahlen, became the father of three heirs: Barthold, Heinrich, and Christoph. These three brothers were recorded in the first class of the Courland Ritterbank in 1620.
Among them, only Heinrich left descendants, who later spread to:
- Hesse, where they owned Nieder-Beisheim near Homberg
- Estonia, where they held Wannemois and Waimastser
- Sweden, where they distinguished themselves in military service
In Courland, the family still flourishes today on their hereditary estate, Groß-Satticken, and recognizes Victor Nicolaus von Hüne, born 1815, as their eldest member. He married Anette von Kleist from the Kerklingen house in 1837.
Coat of Arms
The coat of arms referenced by Steinen in his History of Westphalia (Tab. XXVI. No. 4, from 1370) for Heinrich von Hoingen—which consists of a rounded shield from whose left base a lion emerges from behind a hill—does not match the heraldic emblem that the von Hoingen, called Hüne, family bore in the Livonian Order lands and still uses today in Courland.
Their coat of arms is described as:
- A black shield with three silver rings arranged 2 over 1.
- A black tournament helmet, adorned on both sides with three silver rings, also arranged 2 over 1.
- The helmet mantling is black and silver.
Steinen, in Vol. II, p. 639, mentions a von der Lippe family, called Hüne, which bore three wreaths in its coat of arms. Could the similarity of these heraldic symbols—whether rings or wreaths—suggest a common origin of the two families?
Zeitung für den deutschen Adel, Band 2, Leipzig, Verlag von Heinrich Franke, 1841, p. 231, available for reference at books.google.de
“[…] The previous assumption that Jobst (Jost), the common ancestor who fell in battle against the Muscovites at Isborsk in 1480, originated from the County of Mark in Westphalia is unverified. A connection to bearers of the same name who appeared in Westphalia and along the Rhine between the 12th and 14th centuries has not yet been documented in any records. […]”
Genealogisches Handbuch der estländischen Ritterschaft, Bd.: 3, von Otto Magnus von Stackelberg, Görlitz, 1930, p. 120ff