Kaunitz (noble family)

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Common coat of arms of the Kaunitz and the Stosch
Coat of arms of the von Kaunitz-Rietberg family from 1699. The Kaunitz family coat of arms is the heart shield in the middle.

The Kaunitz family (Czech z Kounic ) was an old Bohemian aristocratic family, which belonged to the Kaunitz family, as its ancestral coat of arms with the crossed water lily stalks indicates that it has the same origins as the Silesian Stosch and the Bohemian Augezdecz, the Martinic , the Talmberg , the Richnowsky von Reichenau and the Černčický from Kácov is. The common ancestor is said to go back to the Werschowitz (Vrsovci, Wrschowetze on Vrsovice near Laun an der Eger), probably a branch of the Přemyslids .

The documented lineage of those von Kaunitz begins with Zawiss von Augezdecz and Kunicz, 1327–1333 chief chamberlain in the Kingdom of Bohemia, a son of Hroznata von Husicz, burgrave of Prague, married to a daughter of Zawiss von Krumlov from the house of the Witigonen .

The family was also mentioned in writing in the 14th and 15th centuries as lords in Troppau , which were divided into two branches: Stošové z Kounic and Šiškové z Kounic. The main line branched out into the line of the Counts and Princes of Kaunitz-Rietberg and Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg . With the inheritance of the imperial county Rietberg in 1699 and 1726, the family rose to the high nobility .

genealogy

According to an unknown source, the ancestor of the family is said to be a Wenzel von Kaunitz (Kunicz) (1380–1428) who fell near Schlapanitz . His grandchildren Ulrich, Peter and Johann acquired the Schlakau rule around 1519.

Ulrich lived from 1546 to 1570, his son Ulrich (1569–1617) held Austerlitz Castle in the second half of the 16th century. The marriages with Apollonia von Waldstein and Lidmila Roupovská von Roupov each had two sons. The Bohemian descendants came from the elder, Friedrich, and the Moravian line from the younger, Leo Wilhelm.

Wenzel (1380–1428) ⚭ Agnes von Mansfeld (* 1396)

  • Georg (1424–1481) ⚭ Barbara Brtnicka von Waldstein (* 1438)
    • Ulrich (1470–1519) ⚭ Katharina von Rican (* 1490)
      • Peter (1517–1560) ⚭ 1545 Dorota Geraltowska (Polish Gierałtowska ) alias Saszowska von Geraltowitz (Gierałtowice), from the Silesian noble family House Saszowski (* 1522)
        • Ulrich (1546–1570) ⚭ Anezka Cernohorska von Boskovic (* 1547)
          • Ulrich (1569–1617) ⚭ (1) 1590 Apollonia von Waldstein (1565–1597), ⚭ (2) 1598 Lidmila Roupovská von Roupov (1576–1626)
            • (1) Friedrich (1597–1627) ⚭ 1627 Marie Eusebie Sezimova (* 1604) → Bohemian line
            • (2) Leo Willem (1614–1655 / 65) v (1) Maria Eusebia von Sesyma and ⚭ (2) 1646 Eleonore von Dietrichstein (1623–1687) → Moravian Line

Moravian line

  • Leo Wilhelm (1614–1655) came from the marriage of Ulrich von Kaunitz and his wife Lidmila von Roupov. On June 12, 1642 he was appointed Imperial Count. At the same time he received permission to include the symbol of the Lords of Alttabor in his coat of arms as heir . After the death of his first wife Maria Eusebia von Sesyma, he was married to Eleonore von Dietrichstein (1623–1687) in his second marriage .
    • Dominik Andreas I. von Kaunitz (1655–1705) ⚭ 1675 Marie Eleonore von Sternberg (1657–1706)
      • Maximilian Ulrich (1679–1746), was imperial privy councilor, knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece and governor of Moravia , ⚭ 1699 the daughter of Count Ferdinand Max von Ostfriesland and Rietberg , Countess Maria Ernestine Franziska (1686–1758), who died in 1690 . The inheritance dispute over this Westphalian county with the Liechtenstein family was settled in 1726 by means of a settlement that Rietberg would remain with Countess Maria and her male descendants, but the Liechtenstein family should succeed after the kaunitz-Rietberg male line had died out.
        • Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz (1711–1794) ⚭ 1736 Maria Ernestine Countess of Starhemberg (1717–1749). After the end of the Seven Years' War on April 8, 1764, he and his male heirs were raised to the rank of imperial princes for the services he had rendered to Maria Theresa as Austrian state and conference minister.
          • Prince Ernst Christoph (1737–1797) ⚭ Leopoldine von Öttingen-Spielberg (1741–1795). His father entrusted him with the management of the family property in Moravia at an early age. He was also the trustee of his brothers. Just like his grandfather, he was the recipient of the Golden Fleece. As the highest court marshal, he took part in the election of Pope Clement XIV as ambassador in Naples .
          • Dominik Andreas (1739–1812) ⚭ 1762 Bernardine von Plettenberg - Wittem (1743–1779). He was appointed by Count Johann Adam von Questenberg († 1752), a brother-in-law of Anton Wenzel, to inherit his property and dignity and, at the instigation of his aunt Maria Antonia, widow of the last Bohemian Questenberg, took the title “Count of Questenberg ”and since then has called himself Count von Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg and partly resided in Jarmeritz until he succeeded his brother in the government as the third prince in 1797.
            • Aloys Wenzel Dominik (1774–1848) succeeded his father as prince; in imperial service he rose to the position of Reich Vice Chancellor. In 1798 he married Franziska Xaverie Countess Ungnad von Weissenwolf (1773-1859) and had four daughters with her
              • Karoline Leopoldine Johanna (1801–1875), married in 1831 to Count Anton Gundaccar von Starhemberg (1776–1842) and in 1860 to Peter von Arenberg (1790–1877).
              • Leopoldine Dominika Karoline (1803–1888), ⚭ 1820 Anton Karl [Antal Karoly] Prince Pálffy von Erdöd (1793–1879).
              • Ferdinande Karoline Luise (1805–1862), ⚭ 1822 Count Ludwig (Lajos) Count Karoly (1799–1863).
          • Franz Wenzel (1742–1825) took up military service and rose to the rank of Feldzeugmeister.

With the death of Aloys Wenzel Prince von Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg, the Moravian line in the male line died out in 1848. What the lavish prince did not have to sell during his lifetime went to Count Albrecht von Kaunitz (1829–1897) from the Bohemian line.

After the male line of Kaunitz became extinct, Rudolf Christian Graf Wrbna and Freudenthal († 1927) acquired a name and coat of arms as "Wrbna-Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg and Freudenthal" for himself and his successors as the owner of the Kaunitz Fideikommiss .

Possessions

In addition to the imperial Westphalian county of Rietberg, the princely house of Kaunitz-Rietberg in Bohemia and Moravia owned the Fideicommiss dominions and estates Austerlitz , Hungarian Brod , Groß-Orczechau , Mährisch-Pruss , Jarmeritz , Banow, Bauschitz, Kojetein and Jakobau .

Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz was an Austrian statesman and diplomat.

Bohemian line

Possessions

Houska Castle , Neuschloß , Osov , Slavkov u Brna ( Austerlitz ), Hungarian Brod , Otschehau , Kojetein , Priesen

Personalities

Portrait of Countess Ferdinandine Karolyi, b. Princess Kaunitz-Rietberg, around 1840. Painting by Moritz Daffinger
  • Friedrich (1597–1627), ⚭ 1627 Marie Eusebie Sezimova (* 1604)
    • Rudolf Freiherr von Kaunitz (1628–1664), Oberstjägermeister in the Kingdom of Bohemia, married in Vienna (Schottenpfarrei) on October 15, 1645 Maria Elisabeth von Waldstein at Neuschloss with Böhmisch-Leipa (* 1624), daughter of the second marriage of the Prince and Duke of Friedland Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Waldstein, called Wallenstein , with Isabella Katharina Countess von Harrach zu Rohrau, * 1601, died 1556, daughter of Karl Reichsgraf von Harrach, Baron von Rohrau, Imperial Privy Councilor, married to Maria Elisabeth Freiin von Schrattenbach . The married couple Rudolf and Thekla von Kaunitz became the first parents of the Bohemian line of the Kaunitz family. Rudolf Graf von Kaunitz (1628–1664) had the brother Leo Wilhelm von Sezima-Austy, Graf von Kaunitz, Baron von Austy (dd1642) from Austerlitz (* there January 16, 1614, died on October 31, 1655 in Brno ).
      • Johann Wilhelm (* 1650/56; † March 20, 1721), ⚭ Maria Anna von Sternberg (1662–1724).
        • Johann Adolf Graf von Kaunitz (1696–1771), head of the district von Beraun and Leitmeritz, Knight of the Wenceslas Order ⚭ 1739 Marie Theresia Countess von Ogilvy (1718–1775), from a noble family in Scotland
          • Michael Karl (1745–1820), Appellate Councilor, ⚭ 1769 Marie Christine von Salm Reifferscheid Hainspach (1751–1820)
            • Vincent Karl (1774–1829), ⚭ 1801 Pauline Julie de Longueval Countess of Bucquoy (1780–1857)
              • Michael Karl (* 1803; † April 10, 1852), ⚭ 1828 Eleonora Woracziczky von Pabienitz (Czech Voračická z Paběnic) (* 1809; † January 10, 1898), a Czech patriot who in her younger years with Josef Dobrovský , František Palacký and Pavel Jozef Šafárik . After the death of her husband, she worried about the upbringing of her 10 children.
                • Albrecht (1829–1897), Imperial Chamberlain, Knight of Honor of the Order of Malta and hereditary member of the gentry, ⚭ 1854 Elisabeth von Thun and Hohenstein (1831–1910).
                  • Marie (March 28, 1855 - January 18, 1918), ⚭ 1877 Egon Karl zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1853-1896).
                  • Wilhelm Michael (1859-1860)
                  • Karl Wilhelm (1861–1888)
                  • Eleonora (1862–1936 / 38), ⚭ 1882 Géza Andràssy (1856 / 57–1938)
                • Christina (1830-1875)
                • Rudolf (1831-1889)
                • Heinrich (1832–1912), ⚭ 1869 Wilhelmine Widtmann (1842–1914)
                • Ferdinand (December 27, 1833 - May 21, 1885)
                  • Franz (1880–1928)
                    • Descendants
                  • Georg (1884–1942)
                    • Descendants
                • Georg (1835–1909), ⚭ 1887 Zdenka von Wimmer (1841–1923)
                • Elisabeth (1836–1903)
                • Emanuel (1839-1859)
                • Eugen (1841–1919) ⚭ 1871 Anna Fenzl (1848–1909)
                • Wenzel Robert von Kaunitz (1848–1913), ⚭ 1877 Josefina Čermáková (1849–1895) and 1908 Josefina Horová (1881–1961)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Procházka novel : Kaunitz (z Kunicz, Kaunitz-Rittberg, Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenburg), origin, partial lineages and pedigree, in: Genealogical handbook of extinct Bohemian gentry families , Neustadt an der Aisch, 1973, page 137, ISBN 3-7686- 5002-2 .
  2. ^ Gall, p. 359.
  3. ^ Roman von Procházka : Genealogical handbook of extinct Bohemian gentry families , Neustadt an der Aisch 1973, there: Friedland (zu Mecklenburg) from the Waldstein house, page 94, ISBN 3-7686-5002-2