Boje ( Swede. Boije af Gennäs ) is a baronial and noble family .
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| Emblem description according to Dolgorukov In a blue field there are three golden barrels located in a triangle. On the coat of arms is a noble helmet and a crown, out of which comes two pipes, semi-golden, semi-blue, and between them a golden keg. Basting a gold, planted with blue. | |
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 Grand Duchy of Finland | |
 Russian empire | |
Old Bohemian genus. In the XV century. Karl von Boye moved from Bohemia to Finland. At the end of the XVI century. One branch of the Boye clan moved from Finland to Livonia.
By the diploma of the Swedish king Gustav III , dated October 4/15, 1771, the governor of Niland and Tavagus, Hans-Heinrich Boye-af-Gennes, was raised to the baronial dignity of the Swedish kingdom with his descendants.
By the letter of the same king, dated February 11/22, 1773, baronial dignity was extended to the nephews of the baron: captain John-Gustav , guard captain Geran , captain Erich-Ernst , lieutenant of the fleet Karl-Wilhelm , captain Frederick and ensign Beng-Axel Beue-Beue -Hennes .
The descendants of Beng-Axel Boye-af-Gennes were entered on February 16/28, 1818, into the matrikul of the Knightly House of the Grand Duchy of Finland, in the number of baronial clans, under number 20.
Emblem Description
In the Armorial of Anisim Titovich Knyazev of 1785 there is an image of the seal with the emblem of Peter Ivanovich Boye: on the princely mantle there is a shield with a blue field and a golden border. On the shield are marked in two rows, three golden buoys (boje), two on top and one below. The shield and the princely mantle are crowned: in the middle is the usual noble crown, on the sides of which are two noble helmets. Crest : golden buoy between two buffalo horns (Rietstap) [1] .
In the Baltic Armorial , translated KA Klingspore, field and crest figures are described as vertical ovals with two ears along the vertical axis. The color of the horns in the crest is also different; they are crossed by gold and blue chess [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Comp. A.T. Knyazev . Armorial Anisim Titovich Knyazev 1785. Edition S.N. Troinitsky 1912 Ed., Prepared text after the HE. Naumov. - M. Ed. “Old Basmannaya”. 2008 Boye. p. 35. ISBN 978-5-904043-02-5.
Literature
- Neporozhnev N. Lists titled clans and persons of the Russian Empire. Publication of the Department of Heroldia Government Senate. - SPb., 1892. - p. 201.
- Boyer, Barons and Nobles // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 tons (82 tons and 4 extra). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Dolgorukov P.V. Russian genealogical book . - SPb. Type E. Weimar, 1856. - Vol. 3. - p. 305.
- Adliga ätten nr. 1 Boije af Gennäs (Swedish) .