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The Stadl family (also spelled von Stadler or von Stadel) was the name of an Austrian noble family from

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, which also belonged to the provincial nobility in

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. The lords of Stadl from the Kornberg line were raised to

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, a side branch to

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styled as ''Reichsgraf von und zu Stadel-Kornberg''. The male line of the family died out at the end of the 19th century.

History

The Stadl family was first mentioned in 1180 with Hugo von Stadl. The Knights of Stadl achieved great wealth and prestige in 1539 through the marriage of Christoph von Stadl to Anna von Graben, the heiress to the Lords

von Graben Herren von Graben, also named ''von (dem) Graben'', ''vom Graben'', ''Grabner'', ''Grabner zu Rosenburg'', ''Graben zu Kornberg'', ''Graben zu Sommeregg'', ''Graben von (zum) Stein'', and ''ab dem Graben'' was the name of an old Austrian nobility, ...

zu Kornberg. Subsequently, Emperor Maximilian I. granted the Stadler dynasty the combination of their coat of arms with that of the lords of Graben (the Grabnerish with the upright spade). The inheritance of the lords of Graben included numerous and widely scattered lordships, estates and castles. This included the important lordship of Kornberg near Riegersburg with Kornberg Castle (1564–1825), as well as the

Lordship Marburg A lordship is a territory held by a lord. It was a landed estate that served as the lowest administrative and judicial unit in rural areas. It originated as a unit under the feudal system during the Middle Ages. In a lordship, the functions of econ ...

, including the office and

Marburg Castle The Marburger Schloss (or ''Marburg castle''), also known as Landgrafenschloss Marburg, is a castle in Marburg, Hesse, Germany, located on top of Schlossberg (287 m NAP). Built in the 11th century as a fort, it became the first residence o ...

, as well as Obermarburg Castle (Marburg an der Drau/Maribor, historically partly Marchburg; 1564 to around 1620 ). In addition, the inheritance included the possessions of

Rohrbach an der Lafnitz Rohrbach an der Lafnitz is a municipality in Styria, Austria. It is in the judicial district of Hartberg and the political district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld. Geography Rohrbach an der Lafnitz is in the Joglland, approximately north of the cit ...

, Grabenhofen with Alt-Grabenhofen Castle, Liechtenberg and Krottenhofen. In 1597 the Stadl were elevated to the status of

Baron Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knig ...

. The Stadl family had their political heyday in the 16th and 17th centuries, where they provided, among other things, several military officers, politicians and provincial governors of Styria. In 1708, a branch of the family was elevated to the status of

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under the name von und zu Stadel-Kornberg. The Stadl family died out in 1882 through their baronial branch in the male Wehrbauten in Österreich, Schloss Stadl
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Notes

Literature

* ''Genealogisches Taschenbuch der freiherrlichen Häuser'', Gotha, Perthes, 1853, book 3, p 443 f
Digitalisat
* * * Ferdinand Krauss: ''Die Nordöstliche Steiermark.'' Graz, Leykam, 1888, S. 367–36
(Die Stadl auf Schloss Kornberg)
* Adalbert Sikora: ''Die Herren vom Graben.'' In: ''Zeitschrift des historischen Vereines.''

External links

ancient coat of arms Von Stadl

Von Graben Forschung (inkl. Stadl)
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