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Stubenberg is the name of a noble family from
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
documented since about 1160, with its ancestral seat at
Stubenberg, Styria
Stubenberg, called Stubenberg am See, is a municipality in the district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld, in Styria, Austria. It is located roughly 50 km from Graz and 200 km from Vienna. It has a population of 2.287 as of April 2010.
Emblem ...
. The family held important posts in the
Habsburg monarchy
The Habsburg monarchy (german: Habsburgermonarchie, ), also known as the Danubian monarchy (german: Donaumonarchie, ), or Habsburg Empire (german: Habsburgerreich, ), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities ...
and had hereditary membership in the Hungarian
House of Magnates
The House of Magnates ( hu, Főrendiház) was the upper chamber of the Diet of Hungary. This chamber was operational from 1867 to 1918 and subsequently from 1927 to 1945.
The house was, like the current British House of Lords, composed of hered ...
.
History
Originally from
Pitten
Pitten is a Market Municipality in the district of Neunkirchen in the Austrian federal state of Lower Austria
Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Aust ...
in present-day
Lower Austria
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, the family's ancestors took their residence at Stubenberg in the
March of Styria
The March of Styria (german: Steiermark), originally known as Carantanian march (''Karantanische Mark'', ''marchia Carantana'' after the former Slavic principality of Carantania), was a southeastern frontier march of the Holy Roman Empire. It was ...
about 1160. One Ulrich of Stubenberg is documented as a participant of the
Fifth Crusade
The Fifth Crusade (1217–1221) was a campaign in a series of Crusades by Western Europeans to reacquire Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land by first conquering Egypt, ruled by the powerful Ayyubid sultanate, led by Al-Adil I, al-Adil, brothe ...
, killed at
Damietta
Damietta ( arz, دمياط ' ; cop, ⲧⲁⲙⲓⲁϯ, Tamiati) is a port city and the capital of the Damietta Governorate in Egypt, a former bishopric and present multiple Catholic titular see. It is located at the Damietta branch, an easter ...
in 1218. The Stubenbergs established contacts to the rising
House of Habsburg
The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...
at an early stage and revolted against the rule of King
Ottokar II of Bohemia
Ottokar II ( cs, Přemysl Otakar II.; , in Městec Králové, Bohemia – 26 August 1278, in Dürnkrut, Lower Austria), the Iron and Golden King, was a member of the Přemyslid dynasty who reigned as King of Bohemia from 1253 until his dea ...
, who finally was defeated by his Habsburg rival King
Rudolf I of Germany
Rudolf I (1 May 1218 – 15 July 1291) was the first King of Germany from the House of Habsburg. The first of the count-kings of Germany, he reigned from 1273 until his death.
Rudolf's election marked the end of the Great Interregnum whic ...
in the 1278
Battle on the Marchfeld
The Battle on the Marchfeld (''i.e. Morava Field''; german: Schlacht auf dem Marchfeld; cs, Bitva na Moravském poli; hu, Morvamezei csata) at Dürnkrut and Jedenspeigen took place on 26 August 1278 and was a decisive event for the history o ...
. Under Habsburg rule, the family members were able to restore their devastated estates; in the mid 14th century they had
Neuhaus Castle
Neuhaus (German for "new house") may refer to:
Places
*in Germany:
**in Bavaria:
*** Neuhaus an der Pegnitz, in the district Nürnberger Land
*** Neuhaus am Inn, in the district of Passau
**in Lower Saxony:
*** Amt Neuhaus, in the district of ...
(''Burg Neuhaus'') erected near Stubenberg and built Stubenberg Castle as their new residence.
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However, about one hundred years later, the Stubenbergs fought against the Habsburg Emperor
Frederick III side by side with the
Hungarian king
Matthias Corvinus
Matthias Corvinus, also called Matthias I ( hu, Hunyadi Mátyás, ro, Matia/Matei Corvin, hr, Matija/Matijaš Korvin, sk, Matej Korvín, cz, Matyáš Korvín; ), was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to 1490. After conducting several m ...
. Once Frederick had prevailed, the Stubenberg possessions were seized and the dynasty retired to their estates in
Gutenberg
Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (; – 3 February 1468) was a German inventor and craftsman who introduced letterpress printing to Europe with his movable-type printing press. Though not the first of its kind, earlier designs w ...
and at
Oberkapfenberg in
Upper Styria
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. From 1739 the Styrian branch of the family resided in the town of
Kapfenberg.
In 1548 one Wolfgang von Stubenberg acquired the estates of
Nové Město nad Metují
Nové Město nad Metují (; german: Neustadt an der Mettau) is a town in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,100 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an ...
(''Neustadt an der Mettau'') in
Bohemia
Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...
from the heirs of late governor
John III of Pernstein
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* John (given name)
* John (surname)
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Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
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* Second ...
. The Stubenbergs had the local castle rebuilt in a lavish
Renaissance
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style and became notable members of the
Protestant
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Bohemian nobility. Upon the 1618
Bohemian Revolt
The Bohemian Revolt (german: Böhmischer Aufstand; cs, České stavovské povstání; 1618–1620) was an uprising of the Bohemian estates against the rule of the Habsburg dynasty that began the Thirty Years' War. It was caused by both relig ...
against the Habsburg archduke
Ferdinand II and the
Battle of the White Mountain
), near Prague, Bohemian Confederation(present-day Czech Republic)
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, the Nové Město estates were seized and ceded to
Albrecht von Wallenstein
Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein () (24 September 1583 – 25 February 1634), also von Waldstein ( cs, Albrecht Václav Eusebius z Valdštejna), was a Bohemian military leader and statesman who fought on the Catholic side during the Th ...
. Likewise, when Ferdinand II,
Holy Roman Emperor
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since 1619, had the Protestant nobles expelled from the Habsburg hereditary lands, several members of the Styrian Stubenbergs went into exile in the
Electorate of Saxony or in the
imperial cities
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of
Nuremberg
Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...
and
Regensburg.
Notable members
*Wulfing von Stubenberg (1259–1318), Bishop of
Lavant and
Archbishop of Bamberg This is a list of bishops and archbishops of the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamberg in Germany.
__TOC__ Bishops, 1007–1245
* Eberhard I 1007-1040
* Suidger von Morsleben 1040-1046 (Later Pope Clement II)
* Hartw ...
*Joseph von Stubenberg (1740–1824),
Bishop of Eichstätt
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and
Archbishop of Bamberg This is a list of bishops and archbishops of the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamberg in Germany.
__TOC__ Bishops, 1007–1245
* Eberhard I 1007-1040
* Suidger von Morsleben 1040-1046 (Later Pope Clement II)
* Hartw ...
*
Maria Anna Stubenberg
Maria Anna Stubenberg (August 9, 1821December 1, 1912) was a German composer who used Hungarian and gypsy folk tunes in her compositions.
Biography
Maria Anna Herrin und Gräfin von Buttlar-Stubenberg was born in Graz, Austria, to Gustav Adolf J ...
(1821-1912), composer
Styrian governors
*Jakob von Stubenberg, ''
Landeshauptmann'' 1418–1419
*Hans von Stubenberg, ''Landeshauptmann'' 1435–1450
*Leutold von Stubenberg, ''Landeshauptmann'' 1453–1470
*Georg von Stubenberg, ''Landeshauptmann'' 1687–1703
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