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.
Notable members of the family have included:
- Franz Anton Nostitz-Rieneck (1725–1794), Bohemian nobleman and patron
- Friedrich Moritz von Nostitz-Rieneck (1728–1796), Habsburg Field Marshal and President of the Hofkriegsrat (Military Council)
- Johann Nepomuk von Nostitz-Rieneck (1768–1840), nephew of Friedrich Moritz and Feldmarshall-Leutnant in the Napoleonic Wars
- August Ludwig von Nostitz (1777–1866), Prussian general, fought in the Waterloo Campaign
- Helene von Nostitz (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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