The House of Orsini-Rosenberg (also Ursin-Rosenberg) is the name of an old Austrian noble family. The family is

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and as such belongs to the

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. It originally sprang out from the Graben family (an apparent or

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branch of the House of Meinhardin) from Castle Alt-Grabenhofen near the city of

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History

The earliest known member of the Orsini-Rosenberg family, Konrad (von Graben) ab dem Roesenperg, lived around 1322.Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels. Ostsee, C. A. Starke., 2004, p. 264, Orsini u. Rosenberg
/ref> He was a member of the low nobility who lived at Schloss Alt-Grabenhofen, between ''Reinerkogel'' and ''Rosenberg''. During the 17th and 18th centuries, the success of the family arose from the steady accumulation of land, and loyalty to the

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Emperor. On 2 August 1633, Johann Andreas von Rosenberg, ''Herr von Rosenberg'', was elevated to the ''Reichsfreiherrenstand'' with the title of ''

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of the

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, Freiherr of Lerchenau, Herr of Magereckh and Grafenstein'', and in 1648 to the Austrian ''

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enstand''. Since 1681, the family held the title of ''

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'', and in 1683 they became members of the '' Reichstag''. In the same year, they took the name of the old Italian princely

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; their family name changed to Ursini-Rosenberg or Orsini-Rosenberg. On 9 October 1790, Franz Xaver Wolfgang von Orsini-Rosenberg was elevated to ''

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von Orsini-Rosenberg''.

Princes of Orsini-Rosenberg (1790)

* Vincenz, 1st Prince 1790-1794 (1722-1794) **

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, 2nd Prince 1794-1832 (1761-1832) *** Ferdinand, 3rd Prince 1832-1859 (1790-1859) **** Heinrich, 4th Prince 1859-1929 (1848-1929) ***** Johannes, 5th Prince 1929-1932 (1893-1932) ****** Heinrich, 6th Prince 1932-2011 (1925-2011) ******* Johannes, 7th Prince 2011-present (b.1949) ******** Heinrich, Hereditary Prince of Orsini-Rosenberg (b.1979) ******** Count Paul (b.1982) ******* Count Ferdinand (b.1953) ******** Count Konrad (b.1982) ******** Count Ludwig (b.1989) ******* Count Markus (b.1955) ******** Count Maximilian (b.1988) ******* Count Mathias (b.1955) ******** Count Philipp (b.1998) ******** Count Douglas (b.2000) ******** Count Leopold (b.2004) ****** Count Johann (1926-2004) ******* Count Andreas (b.1954) ******** Count Raphael (b.1984) ******** Count Luca (b.1986) ******** Count Luis (b.1988) ******* Count Hubertus (b.1962) ******** Count Paul (b.1999) *** ''Prince Friedrich (1801-1887), male heirs exist''

Family members

Francis Prince Orsini Thaler 1793 obverse

Francis Prince Orsini Thaler 1793 reverse

* Johann Andreas von Rosenberg (1600–1667), became first Count of Rosenberg. *

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(1722–1794), ''Landeshauptmann'' of

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. * Franz Xaver Wolfgang von Orsini-Rosenberg (1726–1795), diplomat and politician, was made first Count of the

of Orsini-Rosenberg and later first

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of Orsini-Rosenberg; he was the basis for the character Count Orsini-Rosenberg in the fictional work ''

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''. * Prince Franz Seraph of Orsini-Rosenberg (1761–1832), Austrian General of Cavalry.

Notes

Literature

* Hans Pawlik: Orsini-Rosenberg, Geschichte und Genealogie eines alten Kärntner Adelsgeschlechts. In: Archiv für vaterländische Geschichte und Topographie. book nr. 98. Verlag des Geschichtsvereines für Kärnten, Klagenfurt 2009. p. 1-304.

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