Van Cammingha is an old Frisian noble family and their house from the Dutch province of
Friesland
Friesland ( ; ; official ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia (), named after the Frisians, is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen (p ...
. Currently the town hall of Ballum is located on the Island of Ameland, on the location where the family castle stood until 1828.
History
The oldest known ancestor is Rienck Cammingha who lived in the first part of the 16th century. Different scions of the family lives on the family estate Wiarda in Goutum near the city of
Leeuwarden
Leeuwarden (; ; ; ) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 127,073 (2023). It is the provincial capital and seat of the Provin ...
. The family have played an important role in the Dutch history since the early 17th century. Since 1814 the family belongs to the
Dutch nobility
The Dutch nobility is a small elite social class consisting of individuals or families recognised as nobility, noble, and with or without a title of nobility in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The existence of nobility was established in the Con ...
with the title of
Jonkheer
(female equivalent: ; in the masculine only; ''jonkvrouw'' is used in the feminine, even in French; ) is an honorific in the Low Countries denoting the lowest rank within the nobility. In the Netherlands, this in general concerns a prefix used ...
.
Literature
* Bultsma, P., G.A. Brongers, and A.B. Dull tot Backenhagen. ''Noord-Nederlandse Heraldiek, Familiewapens Drenthe-Friesland-Groningen''. Hoogezand: Uitgeverij Stubeg, 1987.
* , ill. (TPFr-SGKuip). {{ISBN, 90-72572-38-6.
* Nederland's Adelsboek 81 (1990–1991), pp. 41–48.
See also
*
Wijtgaard
Wytgaard ( is a village in Leeuwarden municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 570 in January 2017.
History and name
Wytgaard started as a small hamlet in the 17th century in an area that was that ...
Trivia
* The coat of arms of the family is the emblem of the football club
Cambuur,
SC Cambuur
SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, () is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutc ...
.
* The coat of arms is an example of canting arms, since in Dutch "kam" means comb.
External links
Genealogy of the family van Cammingha
Cammingha
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