Nostitz family
The Nostitz family is an old and important Silesian aristocratic family, named after Nostitz in Saxony, with a history dating back to 1280 in Oberlausitz. They reigned over the Imperial County of Rieneck from 1673 when it was purchased by Count Johann Hartwig of Nostitz-Rieneck until 1803 when they sold it to the Princes of Colloredo-Mansfeld. Apart from Nostitz-Rieneck several other branches of the family existed: Nostitz-Unwürde, Nostitz-Jänkendorf, Nostitz-Wallwitz, Nostitz-Drzewiecky and Nostitz-Rokitnitz.
Notable members of the family have included:
- Count Franz Anton Nostitz-Rieneck (1725–1794), Bohemian nobleman and patron
- Count Friedrich Moritz von Nostitz-Rieneck (1728–1796), Habsburg Field Marshal and President of the Hofkriegsrat (Military Council)
- Count Johann Nepomuk von Nostitz-Rieneck (1768–1840), nephew of Friedrich Moritz and Feldmarshall-Leutnant in the Napoleonic Wars
- Count August Ludwig von Nostitz-Rieneck (1777–1866), Prussian general, fought in the Waterloo Campaign
- Helene von Nostitz-Wallwitz (1878–1944), writer and salon Dame
- Nick Nostitz (born 1968), German photographic journalist
History
- 1280: earliest record of the Lords of Nostitz
- 1366: Lordship of the Holy Roman Empire
- 1631: Barony of the Holy Roman Empire
- 1673: purchased the County of Rieneck
- 1692: Counts of the Holy Roman Empire
See also
References
- Beiträge zur Geschichte des Geschlechts von Nostitz. 2 Hft. Leipzig (1874–76)
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Band 116, 1998, Adelslexikon
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