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Tasziló Festetics (Hungarian Noble, Born 1850)
Prince Tasziló Festetics de Tolna (5 May 1850 – 4 May 1933) was a Hungarian landowner and a member of the House of Festetics. Early life He was born in Vienna, the son of Count György Festetics de Tolna, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary from 1867 to 1871, and his wife, Countess Eugénia Erdõdy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló (1826-1894). His paternal grandparents were Count Laszlo Festetics von Tolna (1785–1846) and his wife, Princess Josefine of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1790-1856). His maternal grandparents were Count Kajetan Erdődy (1795-1856) and his wife, Countess Ernestine of Lerchenfeld-Prennberg (1798-1863). Career On 21 June 1911 Count Tasziló Festetics de Tolna was made a Prince with the style of Serene Highness (''Durchlaucht'') by Emperor Francis Joseph I of Austria. Personal life In 1880, Festetics married Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (1850–1922), the former wife of Albert I, Prince of Monaco. Lady Mary was the only dau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna
Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. Its larger metropolitan area has a population of nearly 2.9 million, representing nearly one-third of the country's population. Vienna is the Culture of Austria, cultural, Economy of Austria, economic, and Politics of Austria, political center of the country, the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fifth-largest city by population in the European Union, and the most-populous of the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. The city lies on the eastern edge of the Vienna Woods (''Wienerwald''), the northeasternmost foothills of the Alps, that separate Vienna from the more western parts of Austria, at the transition to the Pannonian Basin. It sits on the Danube, and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Karl-Emil Von Fürstenberg, (née Countess Marie Mathilde Georgine Festetics De Tolna)
Princess is a title used by a female member of a regnant monarch's family or by a female ruler of a principality. The male equivalent is a prince (from Latin ''princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or for the daughter of a monarch. A crown princess can be the heir apparent to the throne or the spouse of the heir apparent. Princess as a substantive title Some princesses are reigning monarchs of principalities. There have been fewer instances of reigning princesses than reigning princes, as most principalities excluded women from inheriting the throne. An example of a princess regnant is Constance of Antioch, princess regnant of Antioch in the 12th century. Since the president of France, an office for which women are eligible, is ''ex-officio An ''ex officio'' member is a member of a body (notably a board, committee, or council) who is part of it by virtue of holding another office. The term ''List of Latin p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Otto Of Windisch-Graetz
Prince Otto of Windisch-Graetz (born 7 October 1873 in GrazFootnote 209: "Otto Prinz v. Windisch-Graetz (Graz, 7.10.1873–25.12.1952, Lugano)." In: Peter Broucek (ed.): ''Ein General im Zwielicht. Die Erinnerungen Edmund Glaises von Horstenau'' ("A general in the twilight. The memoirs of Edmund Glaise von Horstenau"). Volume 1: '' K. u. K. Generalstabsoffizier und Historiker'' ("Imperial and Royal General Staff Officer and historian"). (= Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für neuere Geschichte Österreichs ("Publications of the Commission for Modern Austrian History"), Volume 67). Böhlau, Vienna/Cologne/Graz 1980, , p. 200 (). as ''Otto Weriand Hugo Ernst Prince of Windisch-Graetz'', from 1902 ''Fürst of Windisch-Graetz''; died 27 December 1952 in Lugano) was an Austrian nobleman, who became known through his marriage to Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, the so-called “Red Archduchess”. Early life Otto was born into the House of Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windisch-Grätz
The House of Windisch-Graetz, also spelled Windischgrätz, is an ancient Austrian aristocratic family, descending from Windischgrätz in Lower Styria (present-day Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia). The noble dynasty serving the House of Habsburg achieved the rank of ''Freiherren'' in 1551, of Imperial Counts in 1682 and of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire in 1804. As a mediatised house, the family belongs to high nobility. History According to the Almanach de Gotha, the family was first recorded in 1242. They temporarily served as ''ministeriales'' of the Patriarchs of Aquileia, owners of Windischgrätz until the mid 14th century. One Conrad of Windischgracz (d. 1339) acted as a Habsburg administrator in the Habsburg Duchy of Styria from 1323 onwards. The family owned Thal, Styria a former Von Graben possession, between 1315 and 1605. In 1574 the dynasty obtained '' Inkolat'' in Bohemia; later, however, several members converted to Lutheranism and lost their estates in the course o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haugwitz
The House of Haugwitz (''Graf von Haugwitz'', ) is an old and influential Saxon noble family originating from the Meissen region. History The Haugwitzs are an ancient aristocratic family from the Lusatia region. 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. In 1346, the brothers Otto, Sweydiger, and Kilian von Haugvic settled in Biskupice, Silesia, who founded the new dynastic Haugvic family from Biskupice, which continued to function independently and eventually became the most important Haugvic faction in Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia. This lasted from 1494 to 1668. Lines of the family As of now, four lines of the Haugwitz family are public: 1) Haugwitz from the Meissen line (to this day in Germany) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard, 5th Prince Of Khevenhüller-Metsch
Richard Emanuel Desiderius Johann, 5th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch (23 May 1813 – 29 November 1877), was an Austrian prince. Early life Richard was born on 23 May 1813 at Thalheim bei Wels, in the Wels-Land District of Upper Austria. He was the son of Franz, 4th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch, and, his third wife (and niece), Countess Krisztina "Christina" Zichy, Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő. His father had previously been married to, and widowed from, Countess Maria Elisabeth von Kuefstein (a daughter of Count Johann Adam von Kuefstein) and Countess Maria Josepha von Abensberg and Traun (a daughter of Johann Otto, 8th Count of Abensberg and Traun). Among his siblings were Count Othmar von Khevenhüller-Metsch (who married Baroness Leontine Kress von Kressenstein) and Countess Hedwig Maria von Khevenhüller-Metsch (who married Count Hermann Locatelli). His paternal grandparents were Johann, 2nd Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch and Princess Maria ''Amalia'' Susanna of House of Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khevenhüller Family
The House of Khevenhüller is an old and prominent Austrian noble family, documented in Carinthia since 1356, with its ancestral seat at Landskron Castle. In the 16th century, the family split into the two branches of ''Khevenhüller-Frankenburg'', Imperial Counts (i.e. immediate counts of the Holy Roman Empire) from 1593, and ''Khevenhüller-Hochosterwitz'', raised to Imperial Counts in 1725 and, as ''Khevenhüller-Metsch'', to princely rank (''Fürsten'') in 1763. The family was mediatised in 1806 and therefore belongs to high nobility. In the present-day Austrian state of Carinthia, the princely family of Khevenhüller-Metsch owns the Renaissance castle of Hochosterwitz, a significant edifice and major tourist attraction. History The noble family originally possibly originated in Kevenhüll (today part of Beilngries) in Franconia; they were vassals of the Bishops of Bamberg, who had received large estates in Carinthia from the hands of King Henry II of Germany in 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Maximilian Egon I Of Fürstenberg
Prince Maximilian Egon I of Fürstenberg (29 March 1822 – 27 July 1873), was a German politician. Early life He was born at his family's Princely Palace in Donaueschingen, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire, on 29 March 1822. He was the second son of Charles Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg and Princess Amalie of Baden. Among his siblings were Princess Marie Elisabeth, Charles Egon III, Prince of Fürstenberg, Princess Maria Amalia (who married Viktor I of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Duke of Ratibor), Prince Emil Egon, and Princess Pauline Wilhelmine (who married Hugo, Prince of Hohenlohe-Oehringen). His father was the only son of the Austrian General Karl Aloys zu Fürstenberg (a grandson of Joseph Wilhelm Ernst, Prince of Fürstenberg) and Princess Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis (a daughter of Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis). His maternal grandparents were Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, and his second wife, Louise Caroline of Hochberg. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Fürstenberg (Swabia)
The House of Fürstenberg () was an influential Swabian noble family in Germany, based primarily in what is today southern Baden-Württemberg near the source of the Danube river. Numerous members of the family have risen to prominence over the centuries as soldiers, churchmen, diplomats, and academics. Sometimes the name is gallicized as de Furstenberg or anglicized as Furstenberg. History Fürstenberg was a county of the Holy Roman Empire in Swabia, present-day southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The county emerged when Count Egino IV of Urach inherited through marriage large parts of the Duchy of Zähringen upon the death of Duke Berthold V in 1218, and was originally called the county of Freiburg. Egino's grandson Count Henry began to take as his surname the name of his residence at Fürstenberg Castle around 1250. File:Burg Hohenurach gesehen vom Eppenzillfelsen.jpg, Urach Castle File:01, Burg Fürstenberg (Hüfingen).JPG, Land works of the former Fürstenberg Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Of Monaco
The sovereign prince () is the monarch and head of state of the Principality of Monaco. All reigning princes and princesses have taken the name of the House of Grimaldi. When Prince Rainier III died in 2005, he was Europe's longest reigning monarch. The Grimaldi family, which has ruled Monaco for eight centuries, is Europe's longest-ruling royal family. The reigning prince is Albert II, who ascended in April 2005. Powers of the prince Monaco, along with Liechtenstein and Vatican City, is one of only three states in Western Europe where the monarch still plays an active role in day-to-day politics. The Prince of Monaco exercises his authority in accordance with the Constitution and laws. He represents the principality in foreign relations, and any revision, either total or partial, of the Constitution must be jointly agreed to by the monarch and the National Council. Legislative power is divided between the Prince who initiates the laws, and the National Council which vote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis II, Prince Of Monaco
Louis II (Louis Honoré Charles Antoine Grimaldi; 12 July 1870 – 9 May 1949) was Prince of Monaco from 26 June 1922 to 9 May 1949. Early years Born in Baden-Baden, Louis II was the only child of Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848–1922), and Lady Mary Douglas-Hamilton, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (1850–1922). His mother was a daughter of William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton and Princess Marie Amelie of Baden. Louis was born within a year of his parents' marriage, but his mother, a strong-willed 19-year-old, disliked Monaco and was unhappy with her husband. She left the country permanently shortly after the birth, and the couple's marriage was annulled in 1880. Louis was raised in Germany by his mother and stepfather, Count (later Prince) Tassilo Festetics von Tolna, along with his eldest half-sister Maria-Mathilde (later grandmother of Princess Ira von Fürstenberg); he did not see his father until age 11 when he was obliged to return to Monaco to be trained for hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Marie Amelie Of Baden
Princess Marie Amelie of Baden (Marie Amelie Elisabeth Caroline; 11 October 1817 – 17 October 1888) was the youngest daughter of Charles, Grand Duke of Baden and Stéphanie de Beauharnais. In 1843, she married the Scottish nobleman William Hamilton, Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale. They became the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton upon the death of William's father in 1852. Their only daughter Mary married the future Albert I, Prince of Monaco and was the mother of Louis II. Princess Marie Amelie was a cousin of Napoleon III of France, as well as a friend of his and his wife's, Empress Eugénie. She often accompanied the couple at official events, and provided them lodging when they visited her outside France. Family and early life Princess Marie Amelie was born in Karlsruhe, the youngest daughter of Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, and his wife Stéphanie de Beauharnais, the adopted daughter of Napoleon I of France. Charles's daughters married into several great European ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
