Windisch-Graetz










Princely arms of Windisch-Graetz


The House of Windisch-Graetz, also spelled Windisch-Grätz, is an Austrian aristocratic family, descending from Windischgraz in Lower Styria (present-day Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia). The noble dynasty serving the House of Habsburg achieved the rank of Freiherren in 1551, of Imperial Counts in 1682 and of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire in 1804.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 (Mediatized) Princes of Windisch-Graetz


    • 2.1 Elder Line


    • 2.2 Younger Line




  • 3 Coat of arms


  • 4 Notable family members


  • 5 Former family estates in present-day Slovenia


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





History


According to the Almanach de Gotha, the family was first recorded in 1242. They temporarily served as ministeriales of the Patriarchs of Aquileia. One Conrad of Windischgracz (d. 1339) acted as a Habsburg administrator in the Habsburg Duchy of Styria from 1323 onwards.


In 1574 the dynasty obtained Inkolat in Bohemia; later, however, several members converted to Lutheranism and lost their estates in the course of the Thirty Years' War. The Austrian diplomat Gottlieb of Windisch-Graetz (1630–1695) again converted to Roman Catholicism in 1682 and was elevated to the rank of Count of the Holy Roman Empire by Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, in the same year. In 1693 his son Ernest Frederick (1670–1727) acquired Červená Lhota Castle in Southern Bohemia, which his descendant Joseph Nicholas of Windisch-Graetz (1744–1802) had to sell in 1755.


Count Alfred Candidus Ferdinand zu Windisch-Graetz (1787–1862) was elevated to the rank of Fürst (Prince) in 1804. After the Holy Roman Empire was abolished two years later, he and his brother Weriand were both created Princes of the Austrian Empire in 1822, with Alfred and his successors being the first line of Princes of Windisch-Graetz, and Weriand and his successors being 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.



(Mediatized) Princes of Windisch-Graetz





Alfred, 1st Prince of Windisch-Graetz (1787–1862)


Joseph Nicholas of Windisch-Graetz (1744–1802) was the father of both of the men whose lines are given below.[2]



Elder Line


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  • Alfred (1787–1862), Count 1802–1804, 1st Prince 1804–1862


    • Alfred (1819–1876), 2nd Prince 1862–1876

      • Alfred (1851–1927), 3rd Prince 1876–1927



    • Prince Ludwig (1830–1904)

      • Ludwig Aladar (1882–1968), 4th Prince 1927–1968

        • Prince Alfred (b. 1939) – renounced his succession rights


        • Anton (b. 1942), 5th Prince 1968–present





    • Prince Joseph (1832–1906)

      • Prince Franz (1867–1947)

        • Prince Otto (1913–2011)
          • Prince Johann-Nepomuck (b. 1953)







Younger Line




Family tree of Hugo, 3rd Prince of Windisch-Graetz (1854–1920)





  • Weriand (1790–1867), 1st Prince 1822–1867


    • Hugo (1823–1904), 2nd Prince 1867–1904


      • Hugo (1854–1920), 3rd Prince 1904–1920


        • Hugo (1887–1959), 4th Prince 1920–1959

          • Maximilian (1914–1976), 5th Prince 1959–1976


            • Mariano Hugo (b. 1955), 6th Prince 1976–present, married 1990 Archduchess Sophie Franziska of Austria

              • Maximilian Hugo, Hereditary Prince of Windisch-Graetz (b. 1990)

              • Prince Alexis Ferdinand (1991-2010)

              • Larissa Maria Grazia Helen Leontina Maria Luisa (b.1996)



            • Prince Manfred (b. 1963)

              • Prince Nicolò (b. 1997)

              • Prince Brando (b. 2008)






        • Prince Alfred Weriand (1890–1972), married Marie Isabella zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg

          • Christiane Anna

          • Gottfried Maximilian

          • Hugo Weriand Antonius Franziskus Thomas Maria, married Caroline Knott

            • Constantin Weriand Alfred Maria (b. 1962)

              • Leopold Weriand

              • Otto Atticus



            • Franz Karl Weriand Gottlieb Albrecht Maria (b. 1964)

              • Maximiliana Anastasia Christiane Isabella (b. 2004)

              • Augustin George Veriand Franziskus Ferdinand (b. 2006)










      • Princess Marie (1856–1929)





    • Ernst Ferdinand of Windisch-Graetz (1827–1918), married Kamilla Amalia Caroline Notgera zu Oettingen-Spielberg

      • Karl Otto Hugo Weriand of Windisch-Graetz

      • Otto Weriand of Windisch-Grätz, married Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria



      • Marie Gabriele of Windisch-Graetz






Coat of arms


Gules, a wolf's head couped argent.[3]






  • Original coat of arms of the family







  • Arms of Mariano Hugo, Prince of Windisch-Graetz (b. 1955)






Notable family 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


  • Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz (1856–1929), married Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg in 1881


  • Prince Otto Weriand of Windisch-Graetz (1873–1952), married Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria


  • Princess Stephanie of Windisch-Graetz (1909–2005), daughter of Prince Otto Weriand of Windisch-Graetz


  • Stéphanie Windisch-Graetz (b. 1939), daughter of Prince Franz Joseph of Windisch-Graetz (son of Prince Otto Weriand)


  • Mariano Hugo, Prince of Windisch-Graetz (b. 1955), married Archduchess Sophie Franziska of Austria in 1990

  • Prince Arnold zu Windisch-Graetz (1929-2007), Lutheran pastor


  • Princess Katalin zu Windisch-Graetz (b. 1947), Hungarian designer



Former family estates in present-day Slovenia






  • Haasberg, Planina (Hošperk Castle)







  • Haasberg, Planina (Hošperk Castle)







  • Luegg, Postojna (Predjama Castle)







  • Herberg
    (Podsreda Castle)







  • Wagensberg (Bogenšperk Castle)







  • Wagensberg (Bogenšperk Castle)







  • Slovenske Konjice (Trebnik Mansion)






References





  1. ^ Almanach de Gotha, 1910 edition, pp 245-248, Justus Perthes


  2. ^ Online Gotha - Windisch-Graetz


  3. ^ Moncreiffe, Ian, and Pottinger, Don. Simple Heraldry Cheerfully Illustrated. Thomas Nelson. p. 54.CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link).mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




External links







  • Marek, Miroslav. "Family tree". Genealogy.EU.











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