The House of Haugwitz (''Graf von Haugwitz'', cs, (Czech branch) Haugvicové) is a Saxonian noble family originating from

Meissen Meissen (in German orthography: ''Meißen'', ) is a town of approximately 30,000 about northwest of Dresden on both banks of the Elbe river in the Free State of Saxony, in eastern Germany. Meissen is the home of Meissen porcelain, the Albrecht ...

region.

History

The Haugvitcs are an ancient

Lusatia Lusatia (german: Lausitz, pl, Łużyce, hsb, Łužica, dsb, Łužyca, cs, Lužice, la, Lusatia, rarely also referred to as Sorbia) is a historical region in Central Europe, split between Germany and Poland. Lusatia stretches from the Bóbr ...

n aristocratic family that was very branched in the Middle Ages and was written "von Haugwitz". It spread to the area of Germany (Meissen), Silesia (where more than 12 lineages were created), then to Bohemia and Moravia. At the beginning of the 15th century, the important representatives of the family included Mikuláš Haugvic from Tuhaneč, the court Marshal of Queen Sophia, the wife of

Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia Wenceslaus IV (also ''Wenceslas''; cs, Václav; german: Wenzel, nicknamed "the Idle"; 26 February 136116 August 1419), also known as Wenceslaus of Luxembourg, was King of Bohemia from 1378 until his death and King of Germany from 1376 until he w ...

. In 1346, the brothers Otto, Sweydiger and Kilian von Haugvic settled in Biskupice, Silesia, who are the founders of the new dynastic Haugvic family from Biskupice, which continued to function completely independently and became the most important Haugvic faction in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia from 1494 to 1668.

Lines of the family

At present, four lines of the Haugwitz family are public: 1) Haugwitz from the Meissen line (to this day in Germany) 2) The Haugwitzs of Biskupitz (to this day in Czech Republic) 3) Haugwitz family from Malá Obíše (to this day in Austria, Canada, Denmark, Sweden) 4) Haugwitz family from the Prussian line (to this day also in Moravia)

Notable members

Anna Margareta von Haugwitz Anna Margareta von Haugwitz (16 January 1622 in Calbe (Saale) – 20 March 1673 in Stockholm), was a German noble, married to the Swedish count, statesman and military commander Carl Gustaf Wrangel. Life Anna Margareta von Haugwitz was a da ...

, wife of Swedish count, statesman and military commander

Carl Gustaf Wrangel ''Fältmarskalk'' Carl Gustaf Wrangel (also Carl Gustav von Wrangel; 23 December 1613 – 5 July 1676) was a Swedish Statesman and Military Commander who commanded the Swedish forces in the Thirty Years', Torstenson, Bremen, Second Northe ...

* Georg von Haugwitz * Johann IX. von Haugwitz (1524-1595),

Bishop of Meissen The Bishop of Dresden-Meissen is the Ordinary (Catholic Church), ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dresden-Meissen in the Archdiocese of Berlin. The diocese covers an area of and was erected as the Diocese of Meissen on 24 June 1921. Th ...

* August Adolph von Haugwitz * Friedrich Wilhelm ''Graf von'' Haugwitz (1702, Saxony – 1765), Austrian statesman * Christian August Heinrich Kurt ''Graf von'' Haugwitz (1752, Silesia – 1832), Prussian statesman * Luise von Haugwitz (1782–1855) :de:Luise von Haugwitz * Lawrence (Lance) ''Graf von'' Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow (1936–1972), a playboy

References

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