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German Order In 1445, Johann Frydag zu Talberg (zu meaning resident at) was one of the knights who assisted
Archbishop of Cologne in the
Soest Feud. The archbishop and some of his knights, including Johann Frydag, were taken prisoner during the campaign. To gain their release, they bought their freedom with 32,000
gold florins. But this did not deter Dietrich from further battle as in the following year of 1446, along several other nobles, he sent a feudal letter (dispute) to Duke
Reinold von Geldern. The brothers
Andreas Frydag and
Johann Frydag from Löringhoff moved to
Prussia in the middle of the 15th century to assist the
Teutonic Order in its wars against the poles. Johann Frydag joined the Teutonic Order. His courage and valour combined with his intellect, earned him the post of army commander of the
Livonian Order, a position he held for 37 years. In 1489, after appointing
Wolter von Plettenberg, the Country Marshall () in 1491, he was able to end the 200-year civil war in
Terra Mariana. This resulted in a period of cultural prosperity and peace that existed until 1561. His brother Andreas became a merchant and a father. The third brother, Melchior (b. 1466) is the common progenitor of the line in Prussia in the provinces of the
Mark and
Münster. The existence of German-Baltic and German-Baltic branch of the family that existed for many centuries, i.e., in the original home of settled lines and the descendants of mostly younger sons, who had already emigrated to the
State of the Teutonic Order and settled there, is also recorded in other noble families, the Vietinghoff, the
Korff, the Wenge/Lambsdorff, the Grotthuß/
Grothaus or the
Waldburg-Capustigall families.
East Frisian line to Gödens With the brothers Franz and Bertold, the family divided in the middle of the 16th century into the
East Frisian and
Westphalian line. Franz Frydag (1555-1606) married Almuth von Olden-Bockum, Almuth Boing's daughter, heiress of the
Lordship of Gödens (now
Sande). So the family received the glorious Gödens and Uiterstewehr castles in
East Frisia in 1574. He was a founder of several lines, of which one was raised soon after in baronial and comital status, but ceased in 1746. Franz held the position of a court judge in
Aurich, after he had received the approval for the establishment of a Court of Justice by Count
Johan II of East Frisia (1590). When he died, he left behind a daughter Margaret, who was married and had four sons, of whom the oldest
Oldenbockum, which was his mother's surname as his baptismal name (a usage that was frequent in northern Germany). He died during the
Siege of Rees (1602). Other sons were Haro (1578-1637) and Melchior Ernst (1579-1641), who shared the lordship of the Gödens and Uiterstewehr lines and thus were heirs too two further family lines. •
Melchior Ernst (1579-1641) distinguished himself in the
Dutch–Portuguese War and married Beate Sophia von Boineburg aus dem Hause, i.e. of the house of
Hohnstein Castle. His great-granddaughter Hendrina was married to the
East Frisian administrator of the
Principality of Nassau-Siegen, Nicolaus Moritz Frese to Hinte and thus heir to the manor Uiterstewehr. This branch of the family became extinct in 1748. •
Haro Ernst (1578-1637) was chief of Gödens and
Drost to
Leer and was sent to the imperial court in Vienna in 1624 by the Lower Saxony county stadiums to lodge complaints, against the invasion of the
Catholic League troops under Field Marshal
Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly and his tendered war contributions. He left a total of three sons and four daughters by two women, one
Katharina Freiin von Innhausen and Knyphause and another
Elisabeth von Haaren, including: :* Herbert died in 1642 unmarried, as Drost to
Emden. :* Johann Wilhelm married Johanna von Diepenbrock and became the founder of a line in Westphalia. :*
Franz Hyko (born 9 January 1606) led as chief to Gödens the main stem. He received his father's job as Drost to Leer and in 1639, after marrying
Elisabeth von Westerholt, heiress of
Castle Hackfort, converted back to the Catholic religion. He was promoted on 3 February 1644 by
Emperor Ferdinand II to an Imperial Baron (
Freiherr). Franz Hyko had several children: ::*
Hedwig Orianna (1648-1694) was the wife of
Dodo von Knyphausen, and known to
Lütetsburg and Johanna, wife of Count
Jan von Beuren. ::*
Haro Burchhard, (1640-1692), devoted himself with his brother
Franz Heinrich (1643-1693) to the legal sciences at German, Dutch and French academies and made according to the custom at that time with his brother, the cavalier tour of Europe. On his return, he was appointed chamberlain by
Emperor Leopold I. Because of his knowledge, he received the post of
Reichshofrat in
Vienna and died unmarried in
Hamburg as an imperial representative at the Lower Saxony circle. From 1671 he had the water castle Gödens built in its preserved form today. ::*
Karl Philipp (1644-1698) entered the
Order of Malta. After having made imperial service against the Turks in Hungary as well as some campaigns on the Mediterranean against the Barbarians, he became
Grand Prior in
Hungary and died in
Valletta in 1698 when he was preparing a new campaign against
Tunis. ::*
Hico Wilhelm (1645-1711) and
Johann Ernst (1649-1703) chose the spiritual status and entered the
Jesuit order. The former died as an excellent pulpit speaker in
Mastricht, the latter as rector of the Jesuit College in
Halle Brabant. ::*Franz Heinrich, brother of Haro (1643-1694) married
Sophia Elisabeth von Aldenburg, the daughter of Count
Anton von Aldenburg (
House of Oldenburg) and his wife
Auguste Gräfin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein. He followed the career of his older brother. He was appointed imperial chamberlain and
Reichshofrat and from 1656 appointed as an ambassador to the court of the
principality of the
Margraviate of Brandenburg (German: Markgrafschaft Brandenburg) in Berlin. After the death of his brother, he also received his place at the
Lower Saxony circle, one of the
administrative groupings in the
Holy Roman Empire. He and his brothers were promoted by Emperor Leopold on 2 January 1692 to the rank of
Imperial Count. He had two sons and a daughter: :::* Franz Wilhelm (1686-1722) entered the
Royal Saxon Army. He died a
lieutenant colonel in the
Garde du Corps during a stay in Vienna in 1722. :::* Burkard Philipp (1685-1746) also followed the diplomatic career of his father and uncle. After returning from universities and travels, he entered the circle of Imperial
Chamberlains and
Privy Councilors and Emperor
Charles VI added. As an envoy to the Nordic courts in
Stockholm and
Copenhagen, he developed his diplomatic skills. He kept his position until his death in Copenhagen, where he died in 1746 at the age of 61 years. He was married to Countess Edela Augusta Bielke the daughter of the royal Danish Major General Count
Christoph Bielke (1654-1704). His wife brought the fiefdoms of Lopkeld, Oberaha, Nederowe into the family wealth. His son of the same name died shortly after birth. This extinguished the line. The heirs were the descendants of his sister
Maria Juliane (1684-1727), who was married to the royal Danish general
Erhard Friedrich von Wedel-Jarlsberg (1668-1740). Their son
Anton Franz von Wedel (1707-1788) now inherited the glory of Göden, which is since then in the possession of the Counts of
Wedel ==Coat of Arms==