Borcke

Coat of Arms of the Borcke family

The Borcke family also spelled von Bork, Borke or Borken, was an old Pomeranian noble family of Slavic origin.[1]

History

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]

Notable members

References

  1. ^ Francis Ludwig Carsten (1989). A history of the Prussian Junkers. Scolar Press. p. 2. ISBN 0-85967-805-9. 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.
  2. ^ Seweryn Uruski (1904). Rodzina, herbarz szlachty polskiej (The Family, An Armorial of the Polish Nobility) (in Polish). Heroldium. p. 2. Retrieved 2011-06-19. 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").
  3. ^ "www.borcke.com" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2011-06-25.