Heijman (Arkel) van Arkel is gerelateerd aan Nederland.
Heijman was a Mythical Person
Some confusion that needs to be sorted out, I know. That'll come later. Maybe.[1]
Heijman (of Arkel), knight, courtier ('hoveling') of emperor Louis, then chamberlain of the duke of Lorraine, died 915, buried Munderscheid Helena of France (des Heerendochter uit Frankrijk) [2]
Heijman van Arkel Hij is geboren in het jaar 915 in Munderscheid, Duitsland. Hij is overleden in het jaar 1008, hij was toen 93 jaar oud. [3]
Research Notes
The closest source given for this person is Batavia Illustrata, which was written in 1685, which is more than 700 years after these facts. This writing claims that Heijman van Arkel (940 AD) was the first lord of Arkel according to genealogist Pontus Heuterus.
Batavia Illustra also writes about A.Kemp's writing in "Beschryvinge van Gorinchem en den lande Arkel" claiming earlier van-Arkels and ancestors of Heijman van Arkel. This writing from A.Kemp states things like "The name Arkel was derived from a roman Hercules temple in Utrecht, of which the H was dropped and the name morphed into Erkel into Arkel." It describes ancestors like Jan van Arkel 641 and others. As these are not from original sources, but from A.Kemp's writing, they need to be classified as legendary until verified with better sources.
Source: Batavia illustrata, ofte verhandelinge vanden oorspronk, voortgank, zeden, eere, staat en godtsdienst van Oud Batavien, mitsgaders van den adel en regeringe van Hollandt,: ten deele uyt W. van Gouthoven, en andere schryvers, maar wel voornamentlijk uyt een menigte van oude schriften en authentijque stukken en bewijsen, Volume 1 by Johan Veely, Johan Tongerloo, en Jasper Doll, 1685 Tekla Wollebrant en Heijman van Arkel pg. 47 etc.
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she was born van Frankrijk circa 850, ( d. 915) to Lodewijk III "de Blinde" van Provence and Anna van Provence (born van Byzantium) .
Lodewijk was born on 881, in Vienne Isere France.
Anna was born on 886.
Helena had 2 brothers: Reinier III "Langhals" van Henegouwen and one other sibling .
Heijman was born on 850, in Hungary
First courtier of Emperor Louis, then chamberlain of the Duke of Loreijnen (Lorraine, France)
From kinsman Walter Westfall's genealogy site: According to legend the Van Arkels were descendants of the ancient Trojans. The ancient Trojans or Troad (Greek Troias; "Land of Troy") was a district formed by the northwestern projection of Asia Minor into the Aegean Sea which is now located in modern Turkey. The major city of the Trojans was the legendary ancient city of Troy the site of the epic Trojan War between the Greeks and Trojans about 1200 BC, and Helen of Troy, and the famed Trojan Wooden Horse. Recent excavations have discovered that the city of Troy existed as far back as 2600 BC. If the legend of the Van Arkels being descendants of the Trojans is true then our ancestral lineage dates back as far as 2600 BC.)
Descendant
Visit Walter' Westfall's own site at the web address below
Sorry to hear that your genealogy buddy passed away. I browsed through his website. Pretty cool. Can you point me to the page where it points to the van Arkels? I havent been able to locate
she was born van Frankrijk circa 850, ( d. 915) to Lodewijk III "de Blinde" van Provence and Anna van Provence (born van Byzantium) . Lodewijk was born on 881, in Vienne Isere France. Anna was born on 886. Helena had 2 brothers: Reinier III "Langhals" van Henegouwen and one other sibling .
Heijman was born on 850, in Hungary First courtier of Emperor Louis, then chamberlain of the Duke of Loreijnen (Lorraine, France)
They had one son: Fop van Arkel
descendant
Thank you for stepping into this. Much appreciated.
Margreet Beers on behalf of the Dutch Roots Project
Descendant
Visit Walter' Westfall's own site at the web address below
http://http://westfall55.com
Walter died April 2021. He had a generous spirit in sharing his research. I will miss my research buddy of many years.
edited by Margaret (Drody) Thompson
There is a lot of info on this site.