Nostitz family

The Nostitz family is an old and important Silesian aristocratic family, named after Nostitz in Saxony, with a history dating back to 1280.

Counts of Nostitz

Notable members of the family have included:

  • Franz Anton Nostitz-Rieneck (1725–1794), Bohemian nobleman and patron
  • Friedrich Moritz von Nostitz-Rieneck (1728–1796), Habsburg Field Marshal and President of the Hofkriegsrat (Military Council)
  • Johann Nepomuk von Nostitz-Rieneck (1768–1840), nephew of Friedrich Moritz and Feldmarshall-Leutnant in the Napoleonic Wars
  • August Ludwig von Nostitz (1777–1866), Prussian general, fought in the Waterloo Campaign
  • Helene von Nostitz (1878–1944), writer and salon Dame
  • Nick Nostitz (born 1968), German photographic journalist

History
Arms of the Counts of Nostitz-Rieneck
  • 1280: earliest record of the Lords of Nostitz
  • 1366: Lordship of the Holy Roman Empire
  • 1631: Barony of the Holy Roman Empire
  • 1673: purchased the County of Rieneck
  • 1692: Counts of the Holy Roman Empire

See also

References
  • Beiträge zur Geschichte des Geschlechts von Nostitz. 2 Hft. Leipzig (1874–76)
  • Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Band 116, 1998, Adelslexikon


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