This page lists comital families in the territories of the

Austro-Hungarian Empire Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...

, whether extant or extinct. Mediatized counts (''Reichsgrafen'') were entitled to the style of ''

Erlaucht His/Her Illustrious Highness (abbreviation: H.Ill.H.) is the usual English-language translation for ''Erlaucht'', a style historically attributed to certain members of the European aristocracy. It is not a literal translation, as the German word ...

'' (Illustrious Highness), while others bore the style of ''

Hochgeboren Hochgeboren (, "high-born"; la, illustrissimus) is a form of address for the titled members of the German and Austrian nobility, ranking just below the sovereign and mediatised dynasties. The actual address is ''"Euer" Hochgeboren''. It is the p ...

'' (High Born). The Austrian

comital title Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility.L. G. Pine, Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty'' ...

(''Graf'') was the second most prestigious

title A title is one or more words used before or after a person's name, in certain contexts. It may signify either generation, an official position, or a professional or academic qualification. In some languages, titles may be inserted between the f ...

of the

Austrian nobility The Austrian nobility (german: österreichischer Adel) is a status group that was officially abolished in 1919 after the fall of Austria-Hungary. The nobles are still part of Austrian society today, but they no longer retain any specific privil ...

, forming the higher nobility (''hoher Adel'') alongside the

princes A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary title, hereditary, in some Euro ...

(''Furst''); this close inner circle, called the ''100 Familien'' (100 families), possessed enormous riches and lands. They also had great influence at the court and thus played an important role in

politics Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

and

diplomacy Diplomacy comprises spoken or written communication by representatives of states (such as leaders and diplomats) intended to influence events in the international system.Ronald Peter Barston, ''Modern diplomacy'', Pearson Education, 2006, p. 1 ...

.The German forms of the titles are ''

Graf (feminine: ) is a historical title of the German nobility, usually translated as "count". Considered to be intermediate among noble ranks, the title is often treated as equivalent to the British title of "earl" (whose female version is "coun ...

'' (count) and ''

Gräfin (feminine: ) is a historical title of the German nobility, usually translated as "count". Considered to be intermediate among noble ranks, the title is often treated as equivalent to the British title of "earl" (whose female version is "coun ...

'' (countess), while Hungarian forms are '' gróf'' (count) and '' grófnő'' (countess born or granted with the title) or ''grófné'' (wife of a count). Nobility was formally abolished in Austria in 1919. :Where this section is blank, it is possible that the preposition is unknown or did not exist.

Comital families

The list of comital families from the Hungarian half of

Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...

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Althann The House of Althann (also spelled Althan, Altham or Altheim) is the name of an ancient German noble family that originated from Lower Bavaria, whose members occupied many important political and clerical positions during the Holy Roman Empire. F ...

Andrássy The House of Andrássy is the name of a Hungarian noble family of very ancient lineage that was prominent in Hungarian history. The full family name is ''Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka''. ''Csíkszentkirály'' is a town in modern- ...

Apponyi The Apponyi, also Apponyi de Nagy-Appony, were a prominent and powerful Hungarian family group of the high upper nobility of the Kingdom of Hungary, whose's members remained notable even after the kingdom's dismemberment in the successor states o ...

* Auersperg * Baldasseroni *

Batthyány The House of Batthyány () is the name of an ancient and distinguished Hungarian Magnate family. Members of this family bear the title Count/Countess ( Graf/Gräfin) Batthyány von Német-Ujvar respectively, while the title of Prince (Fürst) vo ...

Bánffy Bánffy is a Hungarian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Katalin Bánffy, 16th-century Hungarian noblewoman * Dezső Bánffy (1843–1911), Hungarian politician * Eszter Bánffy (born 1957), Hungarian prehistorian, archaeologist, ...

* Báthory *

Beckers Beckers is an occupational surname, especially common in both Dutch and Belgian Limburg and the neighboring part of Germany. It is equivalent to the English Baker, Dutch Bakker and Backer, and German Becker. Geographical distribution As of 201 ...

* Beleznay * Bellegarde * Benyovszky *

Berchtold Berchtold (also Berthold, Bertold, Bertolt) is a Germanic name, from the Old High German ''beruht'' "bright" or "brightly" and ''waltan'' "rule over". The name comes into fashion in the German High Middle Ages, from about the 11th century. The cogn ...

* Berényi *

Bethlen The House of Bethlen is the name of two Hungarian ancient noble families, ''Bethlen de Iktár'' and ''Bethlen de Bethlen''. Although they have similar coat of arms, those two families don't have proven mutual ancestry. Both can trace their noble li ...

* Béldi * Bissingen-Nippenburg *

Blankenstein Blankenstein is a village and a former municipality in the district Saale-Orla-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the municipality Rosenthal am Rennsteig Rosenthal am Rennsteig is a municipality in the district Saa ...

* Bolza *

Bombelles Bombelles is the name of an old French aristocratic family which originated from Lorraine. Members of the family later settled in Austria and Portugal. They held the title of Marquis in France and Count in Austria. Notable members * Jeanne Renee ...

* Breunner * Breyner * Buttler * Brunswick * Cavriani * Chamaré * Chotek * Crenneville-Folliot * Csáky * Csáky-Pallavicini de Körösszegh et Adorján * Csekonics * Czebrian * Cziráky * Degenfeld-Schonburg * Dessewffy * Dezasse * Draskovich * Eltz-Kempenich *

Erdődy The House of Erdődy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló (also House of Erdödy) is the name of an old Hungarian- Croatian noble family with possessions in Hungary and Croatia. Elevated to the Hungarian nobility in 1459, the family was subsequently r ...

Esterházy The House of Esterházy, also spelled Eszterházy (), is a Hungarian noble family with origins in the Middle Ages. From the 17th century, the Esterházys were the greatest landowner magnates of the Kingdom of Hungary, during the time that it ...

Festetics The House of Festetics (singular, not plural) or Feštetić in Croatian is the name of a historic family which dates back to 1566 of Hungarian counts and princes of Croatian origin. A prominent family during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, they are mos ...

/ Feshtetich * Forgách *

Gyulai Gyulai may refer to : * A type of Hungarian sausages, Hungarian sausage People * Ignaz Gyulai (1763-1831), Austrian Empire general of the Napoleonic Wars. Father of Ferencz Gyulai. * Ferencz Gyulai (Pest, 1798 - Vienna, 1868), also known as ''Feren ...

* Gyürky *

Hadik Hadik is a surname. Notable people from the noble Hungarian Hadik de Futak family include: *András Hadik Count András Hadik de Futak ( hu, gróf futaki Hadik András; german: Andreas Graf Hadik von Futak; sk, Andrej Hadík; 16 October 1710 ...

* Haller *

Harrach The House of Harrach is an old and influential Bohemian and Austro-German noble family. The ''Grafen'' (Counts) of Harrach were among the most prominent families in the Habsburg Empire. As one of few mediatized families, it belongs to high nobility ...

, width="30%" align="left" valign="top" style="border:0", * Horváth-Tholdy *

Hoyos Hoyos is a municipality located in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2005 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 988 inhabitants. It is the administrative capital of the Sierra de Gata. History It was ...

* Hugonnai * Hunyady * Kálnoky * Karácsonyi *

Károlyi Károlyi is the name of a Hungarian noble family and a surname, and may refer to: * Károlyi family ** Alexander Károlyi (1668–1743), first count ** Alajos Károlyi (1825–1899), Austro-Hungarian count ** Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947), former ...

* Keglevich de Buzin; family of the

Military Frontier The Military Frontier (german: Militärgrenze, sh-Latn, Vojna krajina/Vojna granica, Војна крајина/Војна граница; hu, Katonai határőrvidék; ro, Graniță militară) was a borderland of the Habsburg monarchy and l ...

with

Jus gladii High, middle and low justices are notions dating from Western feudalism to indicate descending degrees of judicial power to administer justice by the maximal punishment the holders could inflict upon their subjects and other dependents. Low just ...

since 1526 explicitly mentioned in the Peace Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699. * Khevenmüller-Metsch * Khuen-Belasi * Khuen-Héderváry *

Kinsky The House of Kinsky (formerly Vchynští, sg. ''Vchynský'' in Czech; later (in modern Czech) Kinští, sg. ''Kinský''; german: Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau) is a prominent Czech noble family originating from the Kingdom of Bohemia. During the ...

* Kornis * Kottulinsky *

Königsegg-Aulendorf Königsegg-Aulendorf was a county of southeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was created in 1622 as a baronial partition of the Barony of Königsegg, and it was raised to a county in 1629. By 1806, the territories of Königsegg-Aulendorf we ...

* Königsegg-Rottenfels * Kulmer * Kún *

Lamberg The House of Lamberg is the name of an ancient Austrian noble family, whose members occupied significant positions within Holy Roman Empire and later in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. History The family name first appeared in the 14th century in ...

* Lázár * Lazsánszky *

Ledóchowski Ledóchowski (feminine form: Ledóchowska, plural: Ledóchowscy; uk, Ледуховські) is the name of a Ruthenian, Polish and Austrian noble family of Ruthenian origin from Volhynia. Members of the family have over the centuries distingui ...

* Lónyay * Mailáth * Mészkő * Migazzi * Mikes * Mittrowsky * De la Motte * Nádasdy * Nákó *

Nemes Nemes were pieces of striped head cloth worn by pharaohs in ancient Egypt. It covered the whole crown and behind of the head and nape of the neck (sometimes also extending a little way down the back) and had lappets, two large flaps which hung ...

Nesselrode The House of Nesselrode is an ancient German noble family originating in the Duchy of Berg. Over the centuries, the family expanded their possessions through marriage with the most powerful families of the region. As a former ruling family they ...

* Niczky * Nugent * Nyáry * Orshich *

Paar The Paar is a river of Bavaria, Germany, a right tributary of the Danube. For several tens of kilometers it flows parallel to the Lech, at only a few km distance. Near Augsburg, the Paar leaves the Lech valley and turns north-east towards Ingolst ...

Pálffy Pálffy or Palffy is a Hungarian surname which means "son of Pál (Paul)". The family name is common in Hungary and Slovakia. Pálffy ab Erdöd noble family The most famous bearers of the name Pálffy are the members of the Austro-Hungarian noble ...

Pallavicini The House of Pallavicini, also known as Pallavicino and formerly known as Pelavicino, is an ancient Italian noble family founded by Oberto II ''Pelavicino'' of the Frankish Obertenghi family. The Pallavicini of Genoa The first recorded member o ...

* Péchy * Pejácsevich * Pellegrini * Pergen * Pongrácz , width="30%" align="left" valign="top" style="border:0", * Porcia * Ráday * Renoldi-Staud * Reviczky * Richter de Mocz * Rudwo-Rudzinsky * Rhédey * Sáry * Schafftgotsch * Schiedegg * Schönborn * Schwartzenberg * Scilern * Serényi * Sermage * Sigray * Somssich * Spannochi *

Starhemberg The House of Starhemberg is the name of an old and distinguished Austrian nobility, Austrian noble family originating from Upper Austria, specifically Steyr and :de:Burgstall Steinbach, Steinbach. Members of the family played important polit ...

* Stainlein * Stubenberg *

Szapáry The House of Szapáry (Hungarian: ''Szapáry de Muraszombath, Széchysziget et Szapár'') is the name of an old and important Hungarian noble family, which derived its name from the village of Szapár. The family belonged to the Hungarian nobilit ...

* Széchényi * Szécsen * Szirmay *

Szilágyi Szilágyi ( ro, Silaghi) is a Hungarian surname. It also refers to a county in the Kingdom of Hungary by the name of Szilágy. The region has been part of Romania since 1918.Sztáray *

Teleki Teleki is the name of an old Hungarian noble family whose members, for centuries, occupied many important positions in the Principality of Transylvania, in the Holy Roman Empire and later in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. History The family was o ...

* Tholdalagi * Thoroczkay *

Thun und Hohenstein The House of Thun und Hohenstein, also known as Thun-Hohenstein, belonged to the historical Austrian and Bohemian nobility. There is one princely and several comital branches of the family. The princely branch of the family lived at Děčín (Te ...

* Tige *

Tisza The Tisza, Tysa or Tisa, is one of the major rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. Once, it was called "the most Hungarian river" because it flowed entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national borders. The Tisza be ...

* Török *

Traun Traun () is an Austrian city located on the north bank of the river Traun and borders Linz, the capital of Upper Austria, to the east. The name ''Traun'' is derived from the Celtic word for river (''dru''). Traun is the fifth largest city in U ...

Trauttmansdorff Trauttmansdorff Castle is a castle located south of the city of Meran, South Tyrol, northern Italy. It is home to the Touriseum, a museum of tourism and since 2001 the surrounding grounds have been open as the Trauttmansdorff Castle Gardens, a ...

* Ugrinovics * Vay * Vécsey * Voikffy * Waldstein * Wartensleben *

Wass Wass or WASS may refer to: People * Wass de Czege, a Hungarian noble family in Transylvania In arts and entertainment * Albert Wass (1908–1998), Hungarian nobleman, forest engineer, novelist, poet and member of the Wass de Czege family * Ashle ...

* Wenckheim * Wilczek * Wilczek-Gratz *

Windisch-Graetz The House of Windisch-Graetz, also spelled Windisch-Grätz, is an Austrian-Slovenian aristocratic family, descending from Windischgraz in Lower Styria (present-day Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia). The noble dynasty serving the House of Habsburg achieve ...

* Zay *

Zichy Zichy is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Mihály Zichy (1827–1906), Hungarian painter and graphic artist * Maria Anna Stubenberg Zichy (1821-1912), composer * Eleonóra Zichy (1867–1945), Hungarian noblewoman * Géza Zichy ( ...

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Nobility Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy (class), aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below Royal family, royalty. Nobility has often been an Estates of the realm, estate of the realm with many e ...

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Counts Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility.L. G. Pine, Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty'' ...