The Van Polanen family are a noble family that played an important role in the Netherlands during the Middle Ages. By inheriting the vast properties of the Polanen family, the
House of Nassau
The House of Nassau is a diversified aristocratic dynasty in Europe. It is named after the lordship associated with Nassau Castle, located in present-day Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The lords of Nassau were originally titled "Count o ...
in 1403 became a landowner in the Netherlands for the first time.
History
The van Polanen family were a side branch of the
van Wassenaer
Van Wassenaer is the name of an old Dutch noble family. It was first mentioned in the county of Holland on November 3, 1200. They are one of the few original noble families from Holland that has survived to this day. Members of the family carry ...
family which owned
Kasteel Duivenvoorde
Duivenvoorde Castle ( nl, Kasteel Duivenvoorde) is a castle in the town of Voorschoten, South Holland, in the Netherlands. It was first mentioned in 1226, making it one of the oldest castles in South Holland.
The castle is remarkable in that it ...
since 1226. The branch took its name from ''Kasteel Polanen'', a castle situated in
Monster
A monster is a type of fictional creature found in horror, fantasy, science fiction, folklore, mythology and religion. Monsters are very often depicted as dangerous and aggressive with a strange, grotesque appearance that causes terror and fe ...
which was destroyed in 1351 and finally demolished in 1394.
Philips III van Duivenvoorde received the fief of Polanen in 1295.
Willem van Duvenvoorde
Willem van Duvenvoorde or van Duvoorde (1290–1353), also known as Willem Snikkerieme, was a 14th-century nobleman and financier who served as a financial and political adviser to four successive counts and countesses of Hainaut and Holland.
Lif ...
(1290-1353) purchased
Oosterhout
Oosterhout (; from ''ooster'', "eastern", and ''hout'', "woods") is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. The municipality had a population of in .
Population centers
The municipality of Oosterhout includes the following pla ...
in 1324, together with vast properties around Breda and
Bergen op Zoom
Bergen op Zoom (; called ''Berrege'' in the local dialect) is a municipality and a city located in the south of the Netherlands.
Etymology
The city was built on a place where two types of soil meet: sandy soil and marine clay. The sandy soil p ...
, among them
De Lek De Lek was a ''heerlijkheid'' ( manor) and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province South Holland. It is named after the Lek River.
Heerlijkheid
According to the 19th-century historian Van der Aa, the old ''Heerlijkheid van de L ...
and Schoonenburg Castle (abandoned around 1450). The ruins of ''Kasteel Strijen'', his possible residence, are still preserved in Oosterhout. Philips' son
Jan I van Polanen, received the fief of
Breda
Breda () is a city and municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. The name derived from ''brede Aa'' ('wide Aa' or 'broad Aa') and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. Breda has ...
in 1339, together with his son John II who built a new castle there.
All of these properties were inherited by
Johanna van Polanen
Johanna van Polanen (also spelled as ''Jehenne''; 10 January 1392 – 15 May 1445) was a Dutch noblewoman. She was the daughter of John III of Polanen, Lord of Breda, and his wife, Odilia of Salm. The House of Polanen was a side branch of the ...
who married
Engelbert I of Nassau
Engelbert I of Nassau (, in Dillenburg3 May 1442, in Breda) was a son of Count John I of Nassau-Siegen and Countess Margaret of the Mark, daughter of Count Adolph II of the Marck.
Early years
Engelbert of Nassau was a student in Cologne, ...
. Through this marriage the
House of Nassau
The House of Nassau is a diversified aristocratic dynasty in Europe. It is named after the lordship associated with Nassau Castle, located in present-day Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The lords of Nassau were originally titled "Count o ...
first gained territories in the Netherlands. Much later this fact, among others, led to the
House of Orange-Nassau
The House of Orange-Nassau (Dutch: ''Huis van Oranje-Nassau'', ) is the current reigning house of the Netherlands. A branch of the European House of Nassau, the house has played a central role in the politics and government of the Netherlands ...
's rise to the ruling dynasty of the country.
Kasteel Duivenvoorde 015.jpg, Kasteel Duivenvoorde
Duivenvoorde Castle ( nl, Kasteel Duivenvoorde) is a castle in the town of Voorschoten, South Holland, in the Netherlands. It was first mentioned in 1226, making it one of the oldest castles in South Holland.
The castle is remarkable in that it ...
File:2010-04-25-breda-by-RalfR-12.jpg, Breda
Breda () is a city and municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. The name derived from ''brede Aa'' ('wide Aa' or 'broad Aa') and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. Breda has ...
Castle
File:Ruineoosterhout.jpg, ''Kasteel Strijen'', Oosterhout
Oosterhout (; from ''ooster'', "eastern", and ''hout'', "woods") is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. The municipality had a population of in .
Population centers
The municipality of Oosterhout includes the following pla ...
File:Schoonenburg tussen Nieuw-Lekkerland en Streefkerk.jpg, Schoonenburg near De Lek De Lek was a ''heerlijkheid'' ( manor) and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province South Holland. It is named after the Lek River.
Heerlijkheid
According to the 19th-century historian Van der Aa, the old ''Heerlijkheid van de L ...
Family Tree
* Philips III van Duivenvoorde (c. 1248 - after 1301)
**
Jan I van Polanen (-1342) m. Katherina van
Brederode (-1372)
*** Dirk van Polanen m. Elburg van Asperen
**** Otto van Polanen m. Johanna van
Voorst
Voorst () is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.
Population centres
* Appen (near a wood where nice walks can be taken)
* Bussloo (with a recreation centre with a small lake and beach)
* De Kar (near a motorway junction (A1, ...
***** Elburg van Polanen m. Johan van Langerak
***** Cunegonda van Polanen m. Frederik
van Hekeren genaamd van Rechteren
***** Jan van Polanenm.1 Elburg van Langerak m.2 Katharina von
Gemen
Gemen was an immediate, sovereign lordship of the Holy Roman Empire, in the Lower Rhine region. Since Gemen had a vote in the Imperial Diet it was also an Imperial Estate. It was centered on Gemen, a small town and castle in the present municipal ...
(-1493)
*** Philips van Polanen (-1375) m. Elisabeth van der Maele
**** Elisabeth van Polanen(-1404) m. Hugo van Heenvliet (-1409)
***
Johan II van Polanen (-1378)m.1 Oda van
Hoorne (-1353) m.2 Machteld bastard of
Brabant Brabant is a traditional geographical region (or regions) in the Low Countries of Europe. It may refer to:
Place names in Europe
* London-Brabant Massif, a geological structure stretching from England to northern Germany
Belgium
* Province of Bra ...
(-1366) m.3 Margareta zur
Lippe
Lippe () is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Herford, Minden-Lübbecke, Höxter, Paderborn, Gütersloh, and district-free Bielefeld, which forms the region Ostwestfalen-Lippe.
The d ...
****
Johan III van Polanen (-1394)m. Odilia von
Salm
Salm may refer to
People
* Constance de Salm (1767–1845), poet and miscellaneous writer; through her second marriage, she became Princess of Salm-Dyck
* Salm ibn Ziyad, an Umayyad governor of Khurasan and Sijistan
* House of Salm, a European ...
(-1428)
*****
Johanna van Polanen
Johanna van Polanen (also spelled as ''Jehenne''; 10 January 1392 – 15 May 1445) was a Dutch noblewoman. She was the daughter of John III of Polanen, Lord of Breda, and his wife, Odilia of Salm. The House of Polanen was a side branch of the ...
(1392-1445) m.
Engelbert I of Nassau
Engelbert I of Nassau (, in Dillenburg3 May 1442, in Breda) was a son of Count John I of Nassau-Siegen and Countess Margaret of the Mark, daughter of Count Adolph II of the Marck.
Early years
Engelbert of Nassau was a student in Cologne, ...
(-1442)
**** Oda van Polanen (-1417)m. Hendrik III van Montfoort (1402)
**** Hendrik van Polanen(-1427)m. 1 Johanna de Ghistelles m.2 Adelaide van Stalle
**** Dirk van Polanenm. Gillisje van Cralingen
**** Beatrix van Polanen m. Hendrik VIII van Boutershem
**** Maria van Polanen m. Willem van Cronenburch
**** Otto van der Leck (-1428) m. Sophia
van den Bergh Van den Bergh, Van Den Bergh is a Dutch surname, a variant of Van den Berg. Notable people with the surname include:
*Arnold van den Bergh (notary) (1886‒1950), Amsterdam civil law notary
*Dave van den Bergh (born 1976), Dutch footballer
*Dimitr ...
(-1412)
***** Willem II van Polanen (1404-1465) m. Lutgardis von
Bentheim (-1445)
Literature
* Detlev Schwennicke,
Europäische Stammtafeln ''Europäische Stammtafeln'' - German for ''European Family Trees'' - is a series of twenty-nine books which contain sets of genealogical tables of the most influential families of Medieval European history. It is a standard reference work for thos ...
Band XXVIII (2012) Tafel 152.
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