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Walderdorff

Titles	Imperial Knight of Walderdorff Count of Walderdorff
Traditions	Roman Catholicism

Walderdorff is a German noble family. The Walderdorff family belongs to the Uradel of the Rhineland and has strong historic ties to the Catholic Church. Members of the family originally held the rank of Imperial Knight, and were later elevated to comital rank by the Holy Roman Emperor. Since 1657 the family's seat has been Molsberg Castle in Westerwaldkreis.

Notable family members

Wilderich von Walderdorff (1617–1680), Prince-Bishop of Vienna
Johann IX Philipp von Walderdorff (1701–1768), Archbishop-Elector of Trier and Prince-Bishop of Worms
Wilderich of Walderdorf (1739–1810), Prince-Bishop of Speyer
Rudolf Graf Walderdorff (d.1866), Austrian malacologist and entomologist
Tessa Gräfin von Walderdorff (b.1994), American socialite

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