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originating from Königswart,

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. In the middle of the eighteenth century, their ancestor Jonas Hirsch Königswarter emigrated to

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, where he established a business that made him wealthy. At his death (1805) he left five sons, who founded banking houses successively in

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Family tree

* Jonas Hirsch Königswarter ( 1740–1805) ** Hermann Hirsch Königswarter (1767–1847) ** Markus Königswarter (1770–1850) ***

Jonas von Königswarter Jonas Marcus von Königswarter (10 August 1807 – 23 December 1871) was an Austrian Jewish banker and railway entrepreneur. He was a member of the Königswarter family. Born in Frankfurt shortly after the Napoleon invasion of Germany, Jona ...

(1807–1871) **** Fanny von Königswarter (1830–1852) **** (1837–1893), married to Charlotte Edle von Wertheimstein (1841–1929) ***** Heinrich Königswarter (1861–1931) ***** Hermann Königswarter (1864–1915) ***** Wilhelm Königswarter (1866–1927) *** Zacharias Markus Königswarter (1812–1872) *** (1818–1877) ** (1778–1854), married to Lisette Lämelsfeld von Lämel ( 1778–1814), sister of

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(1766–1845) *** Fanny Königswarter (1804–1861), married to Adolph Meyer (1807–1866) *** (1809–1887) ** Moritz Königswarter (1780–1829) *** Josefine Königswarter (1811–1861), married to her cousin

** Julius Jonas Königswarter (1783–1845) *** (1814–1878) **** Jules Kœnigswarter (1844–1919) ***** Louis de Kœnigswarter (1870–1931) ****** Jules de Kœnigswarter (1904–1995), married to Pannonica Rothschild (1913–1988) ***** Hélène Joséphine Kœnigswarter (1873–1922), married to

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(1864–1948) ***** (1878–1963), married to

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(1872–1917) *** Wilhelm Königswarter (1816–1857) **** (1854–1918) ***** (1890–1966) *** (1817–1878) **** Maurice de Kœnigswarter (1858–1938) *** Henri Kœnigswarter (1819–1876) **** Jules Kœnigswarter (1848–1882)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Koenigswarter Jews from Bohemia Jewish-German families Jewish-Hungarian families Austrian noble families