Windisch-Graetz
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The House of Windisch-Graetz, also spelled Windisch-Grätz, was a princely family in the Austrian Empire, serving the Habsburg dynasty.
The name derives from the town of Windischgrätz in the Duchy of Styria, which is today Slovenj Gradec in the Carinthia region of Slovenia. According to the Almanach de Gotha, the family was first recorded in 1242.
Alfred Candidus Ferdinand zu Windisch-Graetz was elevated to the rank of Imperial Prince in 1804. The Holy Roman Empire having been abolished, he and his brother Veriand were both created Princes of the Austrian Empire in 1822, Alfred and his successors being the first line of Princes of Windisch-Graetz and Veriand and his successors the second line.[1]
Great Britain's Princess Michael of Kent is descended from this family through her maternal grandmother, while her husband, Prince Michael of Kent, is a first cousin once removed of Archduchess Sophie Franziska of Austria, Princess of Windisch-Graetz.
House members
- Joseph Nicholas of Windisch-Graetz (1744-1802), Chamberlain of Marie Antoinette
- Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1787–1862), Austrian Field Marshal
- Alfred III, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1851–1927), Austrian Statesman
- Otto Weriand, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1873–1952), who was married to Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria.
- Stephanie, Princess of Windisch-Grätz (1909–2005)
- Franz Joseph, Prince of Windisch-Graetz
- Ernst, Prince of Windisch-Graetz
- Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz (1856–1929), married 1881 with Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg
- Mariano Hugo, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1955), married 1990 with Archduchess Sophie Franziska of Austria
Coat of arms
Gules, a wolf's head couped argent.[2]
Windisch-Graetz castles in present Slovenia
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Haasberg, Planina (Hošperk Castle) -
Haasberg, Planina (Hošperk Castle) -
Luegg, Postojna (Predjama Castle) -
Herberg, (Podsreda Castle) -
Wagensberg, (Bogenšperk Castle) -
Wagensberg, (Bogenšperk Castle) -
External links
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