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The following is a translation of the article 'De bornholmske væbnerslægter Uf og Splid - noget nyt
om deres våbener', written by Sigvard Mahler Dam, published in the 'Heraldisk Tidsskrift'.
In 'Heraldisk Tidsskrift' (Heraldic Periodical), nr. 23, page 111, Sven Tito Achen made the
assumption that the Danish 'sparre-våben' (sparre =chevron or truss, våben = coat-of-arms) - shown
in the Gelre-Armorial belongs to a person of the Bornholm/Skånsk family Uf. This caused an
extensive bit of research, and I would like to present you with the results thereof in this
article.
The 'sparre-våbenet' is pictured in the above mentioned Heraldisk Tidsskrift and shows a red
chevron on a white background, and Sven Achen tells us that it probably was painted no later than
1375. Furthermore it seems that since the person was placed as the fourth-last of the 25 eligible,
he was situated well below the governing-plateau of the highest social class. The name attached to
this coat-of-arms is: Joenz U. You might argue that 'U' can not so easily be interpreted to mean
'Uf', but if you follow the members of that family through the years, you find them sometimes
documented as 'We', others as 'Wff' or simply 'W'. For instance a 'Johannes dictus Wff' from 1299
(1), and another: 'Otte Wff', in 1493 (2). 'Anders og Peder W', in 1511 (3), and 'Maaghns W' in
1533(4). You may remember that there was no distinct difference between theletters 'u', 'w' and 'v'
in the middle ages. Therefore Gelre's 'Joenz U'could easily belong to the Uf-family.
The 'Hjelmfiguren' (Helmet-design) is not shown in the Gelre-Armorial, neither is it pictured in
the 'Nyt dansk Adelsleksikon' (New Danish Noblemen's Encyclopaedia), nor in the 'Danske
Adelsvåbener' (Danish Noblemen's Coat-of-Arms), even though the helmet-design has been preserved in
the design of numerous seals! The reason for the disappearance of the helmet-design seems to stem
from the younger Bornholm generation of the Uf-family, they rejected the family-name and only used
their patronym.
The rejection of the family-name seems to have come from the fact that there were two Uf-family
lines on Bornholm. To distinguish between these two related families, I shall - likewise as there
is a Sparre-Kås' and a'Mur-Kås' - introduce the name 'Sparre-UF' for the family of 'Joenz U',and
the name 'Agern-Uf' for the related women line of the family (these families are mentioned as 'Uf
I' and 'Uf II' in 'Danske Adelsvåbener').The Sparre-Uf's rejected the family-name in the same
generation that the Agern-Uf's adopted it - possibly on purpose.