- Nostitz (family)
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The Nostitz family are a Silesian aristocratic family, named after Nostitz in Saxony, with a history dating back to 1280.
Famous members of the family have included:
- Helene von Nostitz, (1878–1944), writer and salon Dame
- August Ludwig von Nostitz, (1777–1866), a Prussian general
- Franz Anton Nostitz-Rieneck, (1725–1794), Bohemian nobleman and patron
- Friedrich Moritz, Count Nostitz-Rieneck, (1728–1796), Bohemian noble, Habsburg Field Marshal, President of the Hofkriegsrat (Military Council).
- Johann Nepomuk, Count Nostitz-Rieneck, (1758–1840), son of above. Field Marshal in Napoleonic Wars.
History
- 1280: Earliest record of Lords of Nostitz
- 1366: HRE Lordship
- 1631: HRE Barony
- 1692: HRE County
- 1673: Purchased County of Rieneck
References
- Beiträge zur Geschichte des Geschlechts von Nostitz. 2 Hft. Leipzig (1874–76)
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Band 116, 1998, Adelslexikon
See also
- Nick Nostitz (born 1969), a German photographer
- Nostitz (disambiguation)
- Rieneck (disambiguation)
Categories:- House of Nostitz-Rieneck
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- Sorbian-language surnames
- German noble families
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- Silesian nobility
- Bohemian noble families
- Moravian noble families
- Czech people of German descent
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- Austrian history stubs
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