Christian Siegfried von Schwan (abt. 1628 - abt. 1709)

Born about 1628 in Landesbergen, Nienburg, Niedersachsen, Deutschland

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Elisabeth von Schwan — married 1650 in Düsterbeck, Naugard, Stettin, Pomerania

Descendants

Died about 1709 at about age 81 in Hilwartshausen, Hann. Münden, Niedersachsen, Deutschland [uncertain]

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Biography

Christian Siegfried was born about 1628 in Landesbergen (on the Weser near Nienburg in Lower Saxony), Germany, the only son of Gottfried von Schwan and Dorothea von Helversen . His father died, probably the same year he was born, while fighting in the Thirty Years War (1618-1648). As a teenager, from the connections of his grandfather, General von Helversen, according to Elzow, he became a page at the court of the Archbishop-Elector (1623-1652) of Trier, Philipp Christophe von Sötern.

Christian Siegfried later joined the Imperial Army of Ferdinand III as a volunteer in the Thirty Years War but returned to Landesbergen before the end of the war after the pleading of his mother, in order to manage the estate for her. In 1650 he travelled to Pomerania to visit his father's family, where he fell in love with and married his first cousin Anna Elisabetha, who was the daughter of Heinrich von Schwan and Anna von Platen. She gave him the following 15 children, although 6 died young:

1. Gottfried Christian, b. Abt. 1651, Landesbergen, d. 1685, Koroni, Greece.

2. Conrad Albrecht, b. Abt. 1653, Landesbergen.

3. Otto George Adolph, b. Abt. 1655, Landesbergen, d. Abt. 1730.

4. Johanna Sophia, b. Abt. 1657, Landesbergen.

5. Erich Philipp, b. Abt. 1660, Landesbergen, d. 1738, Hannover.

6. Elisabeth Juliana, b. Abt. 1663, Landesbergen.

7. Johann Rudolph Heinrich, b. Abt. 1665, Landesbergen.

8. Otto Heinrich, b. Abt. 1667, Landesbergen.

9. Julius Heinrich, b. Abt. 1669, Landesbergen, d. 1748, Erfurt.

10. Anna Dorothea, b. Abt. 1674, Landesbergen. d. Abt. 1681, Landesbergen.

11. Johann Friederich, b. Abt. 1680, Landesbergen, d. 1762, Stade.

4 additional children stillborn and unnamed

Documents at the Hannover State Archives place Christian Siegfried in Landesbergen between 1650 and 1669. Deking follows him at Landesbergen between 1655 and the sale of the property in the 1680s. Winkler incorrectly places Christian Siegfried at Landsberg near Kettwig/Ruhr in 1672 making a complaint about grain prices to Prince-Bishop Ernst August of Osnabrück (father of King George I of Great Britain), but Ernst August had dominion over Landesberg(en) Weser, not Landsberg-Kettwig. Norbert-Preine recorded that the Landesbergen manor was sold by Christian Siegfried in 1688.

Schulmann has Christian Siegfried as one of the owners of record of the family's Döringshagen estate in Pomerania as of 1655. The Hannover State Archives places Christian Siegfried in Hildesheim between 1675 and 1679 and possibly at Hilwartshausen in 1691. Elzow further wrote that Christian Siegfried was a high government official for Bishop Christoph Bernhard of Münster in 1677, a government councilor in Verden and high inspector of the Rotenburg district. Hoffmann wrote that Christian Siegfried was a senior official for Bishop von Galen, and was sent to Rotenburg/Wümme during the "Münsterischer Zeit" of 1675-1678. Miesner mentions Christian Siegfried collecting taxes in Rotenburg sometime during those years.

Gauhe's Lexicon reads "Christian Siegfried of Blankenburg, Landsberg, Düsterbeck etc. (although there is no record of him in Blankenburg), princely Münster governmental council and upper inspector of the district of Rotenburg, whose six sons in the year 1710 still all flourish." This was repeated by later lexicons by Zedler and Kneschke. Osten-Plathe documented Christian Siegfried as living in 1699 (where not mentioned), the son of Gottfried v. Schwan and grandson of Michael v. Schwan of Düsterbeck. Lindner's Genealogy collection included a chart with 12 generations of the v. Schwan family showing Christian Siegfried's relationship to the rest of the family.

The Hannover Archive record of Hilwartshausen mentions a Lt. Col. v. Schwan in the year 1710 as a heir filing a claim for a debt owed to Christian Siegfried. It's believed that Christian Siegfried died in the previous year, having lived to the age of about 81. Sichart reports Christian Siegfried’s son in Hann. Münden was Lt. Col. Ehrich Philipp v. Schwan, who also appears in the church book of St. Aegidien in Hann. Münden as Major General v. Schwan in 1738.

Sources

• WikiTree profile von_Schwan-24 created through the import of Swanson-11gen_2012-06-19.ged on Jun 19, 2012 by Mark Swanson.

• 1698 Elzow, Albrecht: Pommerscher Adelsspiegel, from the 17th century, edited by Christoph v. Heydebreck and Friedrich Wilhelm v. der Osten-Plathe in the 18th Century, pp. 222-244, Landesarchiv Greifswald, Shelf Mark: Rep.41 v.d.Osten-Plathe Ost 11/I, von Schwan, acquired by Mark Swanson 11 Apr 2009.
• 1740 Gauhe, Johann Friedrich: Des Heiligen Römischen Reichs Genealogisch und Historische Adels Lexicon, Leipzig, 1740, pp. 2256-2259, from the New York Public Library, acquired by Mark Swanson 19 May 2009.
• 1743 Zedler, Johann Heinrich: Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon Aller Wissenschafften und Künste. Leipzig, 1743, v. 35, pp. 1840-42; from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München, acquired by Mark Swanson 12 Nov 2012.
• 1745 Osten, Friedrich Wilhelm v. d.: der: Schwan, Familie v. (16.-19. Jahrh.), einzelne genealogische Kollektaneen aus Pommern zum Gesamtadelsgeschlecht, Sammlung Osten-Plathe, Sammelaktensignatur; Bestand Rep. 40 Handschriften, Rep.40 III. Nr. 35t., pp. 77, 78, from Landesamt für Kultur und Denkmalpflege, Landesarchiv Greifswald; acquired by Mark Swanson 4 Apr 2009.
• 1787 Lindner, Heinrich August: Schwan, Stammtafel der Adelsfamilie bis 1787, PLZ, Signatur: "Cod. Germ. 8012, Band 12b Nr.1211b", chart and text, p.106, Abteilung für Handschriften und Seltene Drucke der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek, Ludwigstraße 16, D-80539 München, acquired by Mark Swanson 14 Apr 2009.
• 1868 Kneschke, Ernst: Neues allgemeines Deutsches Adels-Lexicon, V.8, pp.381,382, Leipzig, from Google Books, acquired by Mark Swanson 25 Oct 2008.
• 1870 Sichart, Louis von; Geschichte der Königlich-Hannoverschen Armee, V.2, pp.22, 32, 47, 65; from Google Books, acquired by Mark Swanson 1 May 2011.
• 1938 Meisner, Heinrich: Die Jordebücher des Kreises Rotenburg 1692/94, Rotenburg, pp.81, 99. from Family History Library, Salt Lake City, acquired by Mark Swanson 9 Feb 2009.
• 1959 Winkler, Klaus: Landwirtschaft und Agrarverfassung im Fürstentum Osnabrück nach dem Dreißigjährigen Kriege, Stuttgart, p.130; from the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, acquired by Mark Swanson 5 Apr 2009.
• 1966 Heyken, Enno: Rotenburg, Kirche, Burg und Bürger, Rotenburg, p.81, from Family History Library, Salt Lake City, acquired by Mark Swanson 9 Feb 2009.
• 1966 Schulmann, Werner von: Einwohnerverzeichnisse von Hinterpommern nach den Steuererhebungen von 1655 und 1666. Köln, p.24; from the Library of Congress, acquired by Mark Swanson 5 Apr 2009.
• 2005 Deking, Günther. Landesbergen. Estorf; from the author, acquired by Mark Swanson 17 Mar 2009.
• 2006 Hoffmann, Christian. Geschichtlicher Überblick zur Okkupation der Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden. Stade, 2006, p.12, from Nordrhein-Westfalen Archive, Münster, acquired by Mark Swanson 1 Dec 2008.
• 2006 Neubert-Preine, Thorsten: Die Rittergüter der Hoya-Diepholz'schen Landschaft. Nienburg, 2006, pp. 132-135, from Werner von Behr, Hoya-Diepholz'schen Landschaft, acquired by Mark Swanson 30 Jan 2009.
• 2014 Hannover Archive. Hannover 94 nr. 5152, 1691-1710, "Hilwartshausen". Hannover, acquired by Mark Swanson 8 Jul 2014.