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The '''House of Nostitz''' ({{lang-cs|Nostic}}) is an old and influential [[Silesia]]n [[German nobility|aristocratic family]], whose members occupied many important positions within [[Holy Roman Empire]] and later in [[Austria-Hungary|Austria]], [[Bohemia]], [[German Empire|Germany]] and [[Russian Empire|Russia]]. |
The '''House of Nostitz''' ({{lang-cs|Nostic}}) is an old and influential [[Silesia]]n [[German nobility|aristocratic family]], whose members occupied many important positions within [[Holy Roman Empire]] and later in [[Austria-Hungary|Austria]], [[Bohemia]], [[German Empire|Germany]] and [[Russian Empire|Russia]]. |
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The family was named after [[Nostitz (Weißenberg)|Nostitz]] in [[Saxony]], with its history dating back to 1280 in [[Upper Lusatia|Oberlausitz]], today's [[Germany]]. They [[Imperial immediacy|reigned]] over the [[County of Rieneck|Imperial County of Rieneck]] from 1673, when it was purchased by {{ill|Count Johann Hartwig of Nostitz-Rieneck|de|Johann Hartwig von Nostitz-Rieneck}} (1610–1683), until 1803 when they sold it to the Princes of [[Colloredo-Mansfeld]]. Apart from Nostitz-Rieneck several other branches of the family existed: ''Nostitz-Unwürde'', ''Nostitz-Jänkendorf'', ''Nostitz-Wallwitz'', ''Nostitz-Drzewiecky'', ''Nostitz-Rokitnitz'' and ''Nostitz-Ransen'' which lived and spread through [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]], [[Austria-Hungary|Austria]], [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]], [[Poland]] and [[Russian Empire|Russia]]. |
The family was named after [[Nostitz (Weißenberg)|Nostitz]] in [[Saxony]], with its history dating back to 1280 in [[Upper Lusatia|Oberlausitz]], today's [[Germany]]. They [[Imperial immediacy|reigned]] over the [[County of Rieneck|Imperial County of Rieneck]] from 1673, when it was purchased by {{ill|Count Johann Hartwig of Nostitz-Rieneck|de|Johann Hartwig von Nostitz-Rieneck}} (1610–1683), until 1803 when they sold it to the Princes of [[Colloredo-Mansfeld]]. Apart from Nostitz-Rieneck several other branches of the family existed: ''Nostitz-Unwürde'', ''Nostitz-Jänkendorf'', ''Nostitz-Wallwitz'', ''Nostitz-Drzewiecky'', ''Nostitz-Rokitnitz'' and ''Nostitz-Ransen'' which lived and spread through [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]], [[Austria-Hungary|Austria]], [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]], [[Poland]] and [[Russian Empire|Russia]]. |
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The House of Nostitz (Template:Lang-cs) is an old and influential Silesian aristocratic family, whose members occupied many important positions within Holy Roman Empire and later in Austria, Bohemia, Germany and Russia.
History
The family was named after Nostitz in Saxony, with its history dating back to 1280 in Oberlausitz, today's Germany. They reigned over the Imperial County of Rieneck from 1673, when it was purchased by Count Johann Hartwig of Nostitz-Rieneck (1610–1683), until 1803 when they sold it to the Princes of Colloredo-Mansfeld. Apart from Nostitz-Rieneck several other branches of the family existed: Nostitz-Unwürde, Nostitz-Jänkendorf, Nostitz-Wallwitz, Nostitz-Drzewiecky, Nostitz-Rokitnitz and Nostitz-Ransen which lived and spread through Prussia, Austria, Bohemia, Poland and Russia.
Notable members
- Franz Anton von Nostitz-Rieneck (1725–1794), Bohemian nobleman and patron
- Friedrich Moritz, Graf von Nostitz-Rieneck (1728–1796), a field marshal in imperial service to the House of Habsburg
- Johann Nepomuk von Nostitz-Rieneck (1768–1840), nephew of Friedrich Moritz, commanded a cavalry division in the army of the Austrian Empire during 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
- Georg von Nostitz (Georg Karl von Nostitz-Jänkendorf, 1781—1838), German military officer in Imperial Russian service
- Gustav-Adolf von Nostitz-Wallwitz (1898–1945), general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II
- Nick Nostitz (born 1968), German photographic journalist
Lordships
- 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
Further reading
- Beiträge zur Geschichte des Geschlechts von Nostitz. 2 Hft. Leipzig (1874–76)
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Band 116, 1998, Adelslexikon
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