Borcke
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Coat of Arms of the von Borcke family
The von Borcke family also spelled von Bork, Borke or Borken, was a Pomeranian noble family of Slavic origin.[1] Accordíng to Seweryn Uruski (1817-1890) the family was originally known as Borek or z Borku.[2] The family itself traces the name back to Pribislaus, son of Borko ("Pribislaus, Filius Borkonis"), who was mentioned in a medieval document in 1186/87. In 1297 Nikolaus Borko was the first to use this as a family name.[3]
Borcke may refer to:
- Sidonia von Borcke (1548-1620), noble woman executed for witchcraft
- Georg Matthias von Borcke (1671-1740)
- Adrian Bernhard von Borcke (1668-1741)
- Kaspar Wilhelm von Borcke (1704-1747)
- Heinrich Adrian von Borcke (1715-1788)
- Karl August Ferdinand von Borcke (1776-1830), general
- Johann August Heinrich Heros von Borcke (1835-1895), officer of the Confederate States
- Fabian von Borcke (born 1966), politician
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Only the Slav Christian names used in many noble families indicated such a mixed descent. In Pomerania the von Borcke, the von Kleist and other well known families were certainly of Slav origin.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Rodzina Borków von Borcke, lub von Borek, należy do najdawniejszych pomorskich i jest słowiańskiego pochodzenia, jej nazwa Borek, ma znaczyć w dawnem narzeczu pomorskiem „Złodziej lub wilk" (Family Borek von Borck, or von Borek, belongs to the oldest Pomeranian families and is of Slavic origin, its name Borek, mean in the old Pomeranian dialect "the thief or a wolf").
- ↑ www.borcke.com
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