The Barony von Gloeden
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Gloeden is the name of a noble German family of Pomeranian origin.
The Barony von Gloeden continued uninterrupted from the year 1272, when Weichmann von Gloeden became the first Baron von Gloeden, until the death of Baron Bruno von Gloeden in 1928.
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[edit] Wilhelm von Gloeden controversy
Von Gloeden Family members always contended that, as far as his lineage was concerned, the Taormina photographer born in 1856 who called himself Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden was an impostor. It has been suggested that he was not even "von Gloeden," but more possibly "Kloethe," "Klothe" or "Gloethe." Baron Georg Erich von Gloeden contended the photographer was adopted by Baron Bruno, after which he called himself a baron and made up his lineage.
For Wilhelm to lay claim to the title of "Baron von Gloeden," a second Barony von Gloeden would need to have existed.
[edit] Family History
The family were resident in Pomerania since the mid-seventeenth century, more prominently in Mecklenburg, later spreading to Marken and Lunenburg.
The earliest known ancestor was Rambertus Gloeden, whose signature is found as witness to the Guestrow cathedral church in 1226. His son, received the title Baron von Gloeden in 1272.
The von Gloeden family coat of arms has a single curved widderhorn in the shield and one on the helmet. The Roggenhagen line, from which the noble von Gloeden family descended, has one horn on the shield and two horns on the helmet.
The family history is detailed in Dr. Carl Gesterding's Genealogien und beziehungsweise Familienstiftungen Pommerscerin, in the von Gloeden family bible record (1773 to 1935), and in the family's Gloedhoff estate book from Griebow.
The von Gloeden seal and bible, the estate book and all other remaining von Gloeden documentation survive in the possession of the Schilling family, heirs of Baroness Anna Ulrike von Gloeden (d.1935).
[edit] Ancestry
1. RAMBERTUS <1> GLOEDEN lived in 1226. His son was:
2. WIECHMANN <2> VON GLOEDEN lived in 1272 in Greifswald. His son:
3. HERMANN <3> VON GLOEDEN lived in 1311. His son:
4. WIECHMANN <4> VON GLOEDEN lived in 1341. His son:
5. GERDT <5> VON GLOEDEN lived in 1401. His son was:
6. BERNHARDT (or BERENDT) <6> VON GLOEDEN lived in 1419 in Roggenhagen. His wife's surname was von Heidebrek. Their son was:
7. HENNING (or JOHANN) <7> VON GLOEDEN lived in 1440 in Roggenhagen and married Mathilde von Manteufel. Their son was:
8. JOACHIM <8> VON GLOEDEN lived in Roggenhagen during the period from 1480 to 1490.He was married to Sophia von Klutzow. Their son was:
9. HENNING <9> VON GLOEDEN was living in Roggenhagen in 1523. He was a signer of the Mecklenburg Landunion. His wife was Cecilie von Zarnekow. Children:
I. Berendt <10> fl. 1550.
10. II. Markardt
11. III. Joachim
10. MARKARDT <10> VON GLOEDEN (Henning 9) was killed in a duel with a man named von Molzahn. His wife was Ursula von Klutzow. Children:
I. Henning <11> whose wife was of the family von
Buggenhagen. They were childless.
II. Margaretha married Hermann von Wartburg.
III. Magdelana married Henning von Wolde.
11. JOACHIM <10> VON GLOEDEN (Henning 9) was alive in 1565 in Neverin and Roggenhagen. His wife was Margaretha von Peccatelle. Children:
12. I. Henning <11> d. 1617 13. II. Berend d. c. 1620
12. HENNING <11> VON GLOEDEN (Henning 9, Joachim 10) died in 1617. His wife was Dorothea von Hahn. Children:
I. Otto <12> married Anna Margaretha von Staffelt. Child:
i. Anna Margaretha <13> married ---von Below.
II. Henning <12> died childless; thus the succession of the
barony reverted to Berend <11> son of Joachim <10>.
13. BEREND <11> VON GLOEDEN (Henning 9, Joachim 10) died about 1620 in Roggenhagen. Children:
14. I. Joachim <12> d. 20 Jan 1654
II. Behrendt fl. 1620.
III. Henning fl. 1620.
IV. Heinrich fl. 1620.
14. JOACHIM <12> VON GLOEDEN died 20 Jan 1654. His wife was Elisabeth von Wartburg. Children:
15. I. Hans Jurgen <13>
16. II. Felix Heinrich
III. a daughter who married a man named von Norrmann.
IV. a daughter who married a man named von Tornow.
15. HANS JURGEN <13> VON GLOEDEN (Joachim <12>) was alive by 1654 and died in 1692 in Wesenburg. His first wife was Anna Maria von Gravenitz, daughter of Hans von Gravenitz; his second wife was Ester Elizabeth von Schwerin, daughter of Ulrich von Schwerin. It is not clear which children came from which wife. Children:
I. Jochen Friedrich <14> fl. early 1700's.
17. II. Hans Georg <14> d. 1748
III. Charlotta Dorothea married Carl Gustav von Gamm
of Prilvitz.
IV. Anna Maria married Hans Jurgen von Lepel of Sekevitz.
V. Aurora Agnesa
VI. Louisa
VII. Helena Sophia married Philipp Adam von Wackenitz
of Boltenhagen.
VIII.Agnes Sidonia
IX. Elenora Juliana married
Adam Friedrich von Jasmund.
X. Juliana Sophia
16. FELIX HEINRICH <13> VON GLOEDEN (Joachim <12) was alive by 1669 and died on 13 Nov 1700. He lived at Balitz and Griebow. His first wife, Clara Sidonia von Gravenitz, was childless and died in Wismar in 1682. His second wife was Barbara Dorothea von Owstin daughter of Christian Gustav von Owstin and Anna Dorothea von Wolffradt. She bore eleven children and died on 13 Sep 1721. (see VON OWSTIN GENEALOGY and VON WOLFFRADT GENEALOGY) Children:
I. Catharina Dorothea <14> b. 1684 d. 1685
II. Jochen Gustav b. 1685 d. 1762 unmarried
III. Margaretha Louisa b. 1686
IV. Barbara Christiana b. 1687
V. Friedrich Wilhelm b. 1689 died in 1708 in Italy.
VI. Christoph Heinrich b. 1691 d. 1709
18.VII. Hans Carl b. 1693 d. 1755
VIII.Sophia Augusta b. 1696
17. HANS GEORG <14> VON GLOEDEN (Hans Jurgen 13, <Joachim 12) died in 1748. His wife, Agnesa Ilsabe von Berner, who bore five daughters and three sons, died on 31 Dec 1775. Children:
I. Rudolf Anton <15> fl. 1748, in Mecklenburg.
II. Hans Friedrich fl. 1748, in Mecklenburg.
III. Johann August fl. 1748, in Mecklenburg.
IV. Sophia Helena married Philipp von Deckow.
V. Maria Elizabeth
VI. Carolina Elenora
VII. Charlotte Louise
VIII.Johanna Agnesa Louise
18. HANS CARL <14> VON GLOEDEN (Felix Heinrich 13, Joachim 12) was born in 1693 and died in 1755. He lived in Konigl and Griebow. On 13 Oct 1730, he married Agnes Hedwig von Behr, daughter of Philipp Ludwig von Behr and Ida Louise von Schwerin. (see VON BEHR GENEALOGY) Children:
19. I. Carl Gustav <15 b. 1733 d. 1810
II. Barbara Ida b. 1735 d. 1739
III. Philipp Felix b. 1736 d. 1738
IV. Christian Ludwig b. 1739 lived in Rubkow and
d. 3 Nov 1782 unmarried.
V. Dorothea Elizabeth b. 1741 married her first cousin
Bernhardt Diedrich Georg <15> von Behr.
(see VON BEHR GENEALOGY)
19. CARL GUSTAV <15> VON GLOEDEN was born in 1733, lived at Griebow, Balitz and Willerswalde. He died on 3 Sep 1810. His wife Countess Elenora Ernestina Louise von Eickstedt, daughter of Philipp Maximilian von Eickstedt and Marie Louise von Krakevitz, was born on 20 Jan 1740 and died 10 Oct 1807. (see VON KUSSOW GENEALOGY) Children:
I. Carl Ludwig <16> b. 1766 (died before his father.)
II. Berend Gustav b. 1768 d. 177220.
III. Hans Felix Conradt b. 1771 d. 1840
IV. Hedwig Louise d. 21 Jan 1788 married
Ernst Friedrich Bernhardt von Buggenhagen.
V. Carolina Sophia Friederica d. 28 Nov 1810 married
Ernst Friedrich Bernhardt von Buggenhagen
upon the death of her sister Hedwig Louise.
20. HANS FELIX CONRADT <16> VON GLOEDEN was born 13 Aug 1771 and died in Griebow on 27 Sep 1840. He lived at Gloedenhoff with his wife, Ulrica Johanna Friederica von Neetzow, who died on 5 Dec 1832. Children:
I. Auguste <17> b. 28 Sep 1796 married on 14 May 1819
to Abraham Friedrich Bunge. Children:
i. Theodor Bunge b. 21 Jun 1821
ii. Emma Bunge b. 28 Jul 1822 married in 1841 to
Carl Rudolph.
iii. Auguste Bunge b.27 Jun 1824
iv. Bertha Bunge b. 6 May 1826
v. Carolina Bunge b. 10 Sep 1832
21.II. Carl Felix Wilhelm <17> b. 1798 d. 1870
III. Emilie b. 7 Dec 1800 married on 14 Sep 1832 to
Eduard Labes.
Child:
i. Hans Friedrich Otto Labes b. 1 Jul 1835.
21. CARL FELIX WILHELM <17> VON GLOEDEN was born in Dreetz on 30 Apr 1798 and on his father's death retained the estates Griebow and Gloedenhoff. His wife was Augusta Carolina Dorothea von Eickstedt, daughter of Christoph Friedrich Ludwig von Eickstedt of Toblenz. She was born 27 Feb 1803 and died 15 Apr 1890. Children:
22.I. Carl Gustav <18> b. 1821 d. 1868
II. Otto Heinrich Ludwig Georg b. 29 Oct 1823 d. 1892
22. CARL GUSTAV <18> VON GLOEDEN <carlvg.gif> was born 22 Dec 1821, died 25 Jul 1868 and was buried 30 Jul 1868. In Greifswald in 1845, he married Louise Ulrike Carolina Wallenias, who was born in 1826 and died on 7 Jun 1900. Children:
I. Louise <19> b. 1846. Died in an insane asylum in 1908.
23. II. Falko b. 1847 d. 1885
24. III. Auguste b. 1848 d. 1900?
25. IV. Conrad b. 1850 d. 1870
26. V. Anna b. 1852 d. 15 Jul 1935
VI. Benno b. 1854 d. 1857 (perhaps Elisabeth's twin)
VII. Elisabeth b. 1854 or 1856 d. 1925. Married a Mr. Ristan.
VIII.Martha b. 1857 Married first a Mr. Seidler, then a Mr. Knauf.
27. IX. Bruno b. 1862 d. 1928.
23. FALKO <19> VON GLOEDEN was born 1847 and died in 1885. Captain of the HMS Augustus, he perished with his ship in the Indian Ocean in 1885. The barony passed to his brother Auguste.
24. AUGUSTE <19> VON GLOEDEN was born 1848 and apparently died sometime in 1900. He disappeared in New York City, USA after inheriting a large sum of money, and was presumed murdered. No body was ever found.
25. CONRAD <19> VON GLOEDEN was born in 1850 and died in 1870. He died heroically in the battle of Wessenburg during the Franco-Prussian War.
26. ANNA ULRIKE <19> VON GLOEDEN was born on 6 Jun 1852 at Griebow (family estate), Griefswald, Pomerania, now in East Germany. She married Ernst Louis <2> Schilling (son of Ernst Wilhelm <1> Schilling) on 28 Feb 1882. [Other sources say the wedding was on 1 Mar 1882.] Ernst Louis was born on 23 Aug 1855 in Tilsit, Eastern Prussia and died on 11 Jun 1921 in Bad Ems, Nassau, Germany and he was buried at Unter rather Friedhof, Dusseldorf, Germany. Anna died 15 Jul 1935 in Manchester, N.H., U.S.A. and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery. At her death Anna was the last person born von Gloeden. Children:
I. Maximillian Schilling b. 19 Mar 1883, d. 16 Mar 1915. II. Georg Erich Schilling b. 13 Jul 1884, d. (in California) III. Falko Wilhelm Schilling b. 20 Aug 1885, d. 9 Dec 1957 (NH) IV. Hans Gustav Schilling b. 2 Oct 1888, d. 26 Apr 1927. V. Henriette Erika Schilling, b. 20 May 1890, d. 18 Apr 1893 from diptheria.
27. Bruno <19> VON GLOEDEN was born in 1862 and died in 1928. Both natural sons died in World War I. An adopted son later tried to claim he was the surviving male heir and therefore the Baron von Gloeden, but the von Gloeden male line and the Barony became extinct on Bruno's death. Children:
I. Alfred20 killed in WWI. II. Falko killed in WWI.
[edit] References
Gesterding, Carl, Genealogien und beziehungsweise Familienstiftungen Pommerscher, besonders ritterschaftlicher Familien (Genealogies and Family Foundations of Pomeranian Families, especially those of Knighthood), Berlin 1842
