Generalmajor Adam Von Munthe

- 1545

• Name	Adam Von Munthe
  Title	Generalmajor
  Birth	Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1509	Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
  Death	1545	Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
  Person ID	I944	Master
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2020

  
  

  Father	Maitre de l'Eglise Abel Von Munthe,   b. Abt 1457, Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium d. 1486, Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	1462	Saint Jans Church, Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
  Family ID	F266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	+ 1. Ludwig Von Munthe,   b. 1520, Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium d. 1580, Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F264	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - - Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium Residence - 1509 - Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium Death - 1545 - Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Munte Kasteel ter Zinkt Castle De Munte ter Zinkt was a real medieval castle, surrounded by a moat and double equipped with a prison for criminals. In the 18th century was largely demolished, and in the 19th century, the remains turned into a pleasure garden. This castle is a typical example of a romantic castle-interpretation. Sadly, it can only be admired from outside. It was restored in the 1880s by a Ghent architect.
  		Munthe Coat of Arms This coat of arms was given to the brothers Adam and Hans von Munthe by Emperor Maximilian I in a letter of recognition dated Antwerpen 20 March 1509.

  
  

• Notes

  Major General, Adam Von Munte He served during the Imperial reign and reached the rank of General-Major. For his fealty and bravery he was dubbed a nobleman. Due to the persecution of Lutherans carried out by Duc d'Albæ (Duke of Alba) and the Spanish Inquisition he migrated with several families such as "De Fine, Knoph, Paludan, Worm" among others. They traveled to Denmark and purchased a noble manor in Skåne. Along with the property stood the church "Krospe?", where he is believed to be buried. Sources: Giessing: Nye samling af danske, norske og islandske jubellærere. Munthe-stammen. http://genealogy.munthe.net/database/g0001860.html#I11874 The Munthe family goes back to the middle ages and beyond. It is an old Flemish family, "van Munte", that takes its name from a place that still today is called Munte. It lies in the province of Oost-Vlandern about 12Km. south of the city Gent. We first hear about the van Muntes in an old Latin gift letter from the year 990 and it was then spelled Monte. In the following 300 years we find different ways of spelling it like: Munte, Monte, Munta and Monthe, in the 13th century also Munthe, but the normal way of spelling it was Munte. In the year 1072 we find a diploma witnessed by Ascricus van Munte. This Ascricus is the first person we with certainty can name as the ancestor of the family, as in earlier times one would only sign with ones first name, maybe with the addition of the fathers. From the age of the crusades the ancient knight families lost much of their powers and welt, and when Vlandern after the death of Ludwig II was left to the house of Burgundy and the new lords mostly surrounded themselves with foreign nobles, a lot of the "native" families vanished. Many drifted towards the cities like Gent, and in the 15th century the family van Munte seems to have settled here. In the first half of the 16th century the family van Munte disappears from Gent. Actually they fled because of a fail attempted uprising against the Spanish Empire of Charles V in 1539. Flanders in general and Ghent in particular were an international centre of trade and industry and therefore an important source of revenues for Spain. The revolt was a reaction to high taxes, which the Flemish felt, were only used to fight wars abroad. The emperor - who was himself born in Ghent - personally came to the city to suppress the rebellion and obliged the city's nobles to walk in front of him, barefoot and with a strop around the neck. Since this incident the people of Ghent have taken on the sobriquet Stroppendragers (noose bearers). Ascricus MUNTE is born before 1072. HE was marriage with an unknown women in 1102 in St. Peters Church in Gent, Belgium; That is according to a Reference Number:11875 - source not given, but it may be assumed that it is the church ref. no. He died after 1114. That is what we know about the Munthe family in the early days. It is an old 'Flanderske' family living in and near Ghent, Belgium. They held high positions in the St. Peters Church in Ghent. The longest ancestral root extends from Ascricus de Munte, 1072 down to the present generation. The earliest mention of the name Munte is i n 990, but no records are available until in 1072. So, the van Munthe line traces back to the year 1072, Ghent Belgium. They became Priests and Bishops of the State Churches. They inter married with the von Krogh family, the Svane family and the Morgenstieme family. Given the coat of arms by Emperor Maximilian in a letter of recognition dated Antwerpen 20 March 1509. During the Reformation period many of these families fled to Lubeck in Germany and later to Scandinavian. Ludvig Munthe was a merchant in Lubeck. One of his sons was the first Munthe in Sweden priest Ludvig Ludvigsen Munthe i Lund, and another son was Hans Ludvigsen Munthe, who became parish rector in Tikøb in Denmark, he died in 1601 together with his wife and a newborn son. The second son of merchant Ludvig Munthe and Elisabeth Paludan, according to his epitaph. (No information is known about his early youth.) At the early age of 25 he (as his brother Ludvig) worked as page-steward to the Danish royal court during the reign of King Fredrick II. He and his brother were approved as teachers and guides for his sons. There is good reason to believe that the two Munthe boys found guidance and support from their mother's sister Barbara Paludan and her husband court preacher Christopher Knoff also originally a Dutch emigrant. There probably was a close relationship between the emigrant families de Fine, Knoff, Munthe and Paludan all working at court. On 22 January 158 5 by royal commission Hans was appointed to be Duke Ulrich's teacher to assist him with educating the little squires. Ulrich was the second oldest son of the king while Hans' brother Ludvig worked for the crown prince in a similar position. After eighteen months Hans was appointed parish rector of Tikøb between Helsingør and Gilleleje 20 June 1586. Shortly after this he married Catherine de Fine. They probably met each other at the court of the royal Fredericksborg Castle. After fifteen years in Tikøb, fourteen years of marriage he died at the age of 41 in September 1601. Also his wife and one son died during this period all victim s of the plague. In 1608 an epitaph was erected by their children. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Munthe Familien & deres børn Ludvig von Munthe was born in Ghent, Belgium in 1520. He was the son of Maj. Gen. Adam Munthe, the son of Abel Munthe. The family had to flee in 1539 together with some of the local gentry since they participated in a failed rebellion against the Spanish ruler, and refused to pay a new tax that had been ordered. Ludvig became a merchant in Lübeck, Germany, maintaining his commercial connections in the Dutch handelsbyer. The father, Adam von Munthe view, died in 1547 in Lübeck. In 1550, Ludwig von Munthe married Elisabeth Paludan in Lübeck. She was also an emigrant of the Netherlands, the daughter of Hans Paludan and Barbara von der Rhone. Ludvig von Munthe and Elisabeth Paludan had at least 2 sons, Ludvig Ludvigsen Munthe and Hans Ludvigsen Munthe, the latter born in 1660. Hans Ludvigsen Munthe and his brother Ludvig Ludvigsen Munthe at the age of 25 worked as servants of the crown under Frederick II. There is no doubt that the 2 brothers benefitted from their relationship with their mother's sister and her husband, Barbara Paludan & hof preacher Christopher Knoff, both of which were Dutch immigrants. There was probably a close relationship between the emigrant families De Fine, Knoff, Munthe & Paludan, all of whom were refugees from Ghent and all worked for the Royal family. In 1575 Hans was appointed teacher for Crown Prince Christian, and Ludvig as teacher to Prince Ulrich. In the autumn of 1582 Hans was appointed parish priest in Tikøb. He was then married to the young Anna Catharina De Fine-Faster by Bishop Arnold De Fine. It is said that King's Hof musical director, Arnoldus de Fine, ordered a bryllupskantate for his daughter, Catharine De Fines wedding with the young priest in Tikøb, The notes to Catharine bryllupskantate was found in Flensburg, saved by the way, alternately on a kirkeloft and on Latinskolens ceiling. The notes were found/identified by Ole Kongsted in 1984.

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] Lester Welhaven Hansen, Anderson-Krogh Genealogy, (Lester Welhaven Hansen, St. Petersburg FL, 1956).