Mensdorff-Pouilly (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of those von Mensdorff-Pouilly

Mensdorff-Pouilly is a widely ramified noble family from Lorraine . It derives its origin from the rule of Pouilly near Stenay , which was elevated to a barony in 1395 , and still exists today.

From 1871 to 1964 the Dietrichstein-Mensdorff-Pouilly line was the succession of the Dietrichstein family .

history

Emmanuel (* 1777; † 1852), became an imperial-royal general and in 1818 Austrian Count von Mensdorff-Pouilly, progenitor of numerous descendants
Sophie Friederike (* 1778; † 1835), b. Princess of Saxony-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess of Saxony, wife of Count Emmanuel Mensdorff-Pouilly
Alexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly (* 1813, † 1871), Austrian general and foreign minister, 1st Prince of Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg (portrait of Friedrich von Amerling )

origin

The family originally comes from Pouilly-sur-Meuse, a small town northwest of Stenay in the French region of Lorraine. The lineage begins with Aubertin de Pouilly , first mentioned in a document in 1418. The sex split into several lines. The line of the Barons Pouilly-Chaufour, later called Mensdorff-Pouilly , was only in service in Lorraine and owned the County of Roussy north of Thionville and thus also bore the title of Count of Roussy. The de Pouilly family received the French count with the de Roussy title in 1760.

Via Prussia to Austria

Albert-Louis Baron de Pouilly et de Chaufour , Comte de Roussy (* 1731; † 1795) served in the royal army with the rank of maréchal de camp . In 1789 the nobility of Verdun elected him as a deputy to the Estates General. After the revolutionary events in Paris , Albert-Louis and his family were one of the first to leave France in July 1790 and accompanied the royal princes into emigration. He, his wife Marie-Antoinette-Philippine, née de Custine (* 1746; † 1800) (she was the second wife of Count Albert-Louis), and the children, had during the French Revolution in 1789, after the name of a small village in their county Roussy (near Betzdorf in Luxembourg ) adopted the name Mensdorff in order not to be recognized in the event of a possible capture by Republican troops. In exile, Count Albert-Louis, in the position of lieutenant-général , represented the French princes at the court of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm II. With his two sons Albert-Louis (* 1775, † 1799), killed in battle in Italy on the Trebbia , and Emmanuel (* 1777; † 1852) he took part in the 1792 campaign of the Prussian troops to France. Emanuel entered the service of the Habsburgs on July 1, 1793 and married Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (* 1778; † 1835), daughter of Duke Franz von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld , on February 22, 1804 .

The family in Austria

In Austria, Emmanuel made it to the position of Imperial and Royal Major General and Knight of the Military Order of Maria Theresa . On November 29, 1818 he, Emanuel Comte de Pouilly , was granted the Austrian title of Count as von Mensdorff-Pouilly in Vienna , the Bohemian incolat in the gentry's status followed on December 7, 1839 for the same as the owner of Preitenstein in the Karlowitz district, Czech Republic . He received a change of the Austrian coat of arms as an imperial-royal chamberlain , secret councilor , lieutenant field marshal and court war councilor - vice-president in Vienna on March 26, 1844.

A decree of December 27, 1909 declared the respective Fideikommissherrn on Preitenstein a hereditary member of the manor house of the Austrian Imperial Council .

Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein

Alexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly (* 1813; † 1871), Imperial and Royal General of the Cavalry, Knight of the Military Maria Theresa Order , Austrian Foreign Minister 1864–1866, married to Alexandrine (* 1824; † 1906) since 1857, the Daughter of Joseph Franz von Dietrichstein-Proskau-Leslie, 9th Imperial Prince of Dietrichstein , owner of the rule of Nikolsburg in Moravia (* 1798, † 1858), received in Primogenitur by the highest resolution (AE) of Emperor Franz Joseph of December 23, 1868 ( the diploma was issued in Vienna on March 20, 1869) the Austrian prince status with the name of Prince von Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg , Count von Mensdorff-Pouilly and the title of Serene Highness . The children who were born later received the Austrian authorization to use the title and name of Count or Countess von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein by AE on February 26th, Diploma Vienna April 6th, 1887 . After the death of the 1st Prince of Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg from the House of Mensdorff-Pouilly in 1871, his son Hugo (* 1858; † 1920) followed as the 2nd Prince, then his son Alexander Albert (* 1899; † 1964). With the 3rd Prince of Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg from the House of Mensdorff-Pouilly this line in the male line became extinct. The descendants of Prince Hugo received the Austrian approval to use the title and name of Count or Countess of Dietrichstein-Mensdorff-Pouilly by AE on July 12, Diploma Vienna August 3, 1917 .

The last prince of this name left a daughter, whose son is now called Leloir von Dietrichstein-Mensdorff-Pouilly .

Possessions

Boskovice Castle

The family's past and present possessions include:

coat of arms

The family coat of arms of the family shows a (red armored) blue lion on a silver background; in the coat of arms of the diploma from 1844 is on the shield the marquis crown and on it a crowned helmet with blue-silver blankets, whereupon a silver pelican, nourishing his young with his blood, underneath a fluttering blue ribbon with the field cry “Sans varier” ( no change ). Shield holder : two opposing golden griffins; the motto of the Mensdorff-Pouilly family is: “Fortitudine et caritate” ( With bravery and love ).

  • Family coat of arms of those of (Mensdorff-) Pouilly

  • Helmet of the Counts von Mensdorff-Pouilly: a self-sacrificing pelican

  • Coat of arms of the Counts of Mensdorff-Pouilly

The shield of the princes of Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg from the House of Mensdorff-Pouilly and their descendants, the Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein, is square : In fields 1 and 4 in silver a red armored blue lion (Mensdorff-Pouilly), 2 and 3 in field divided diagonally by gold and red, two shiny winegrower's knives with golden handles ( Dietrichstein ); on the shield of the prince's hat .

Prominent members

literature

Web links

Commons : Mensdorff-Pouilly  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h GHdA , Adelslexikon Volume VIII, Volume 113 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg / Lahn 1997, p. 432 f.
  2. ^ Title and name of the descendants of the respective Prince von Dietrichstein, Count von Mensdorff-Pouilly : Count or Countess von Dietrichstein-Mensdorff-Pouilly , until July 12th (Austrian diploma August 3rd) 1917, however, still as Count or Countess von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein , cf. GHdA, Adelslexikon Volume II (1974).
  3. ^ Descendant Emmanuel, Count von Mensdorff-Pouilly (* 1777; † 1852)
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h Biography of Count Emanuel Mensdorff-Pouilly ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuk-wehrmacht.de
  5. ↑ a b c GHdA, Adelslexikon Volume II, Complete Series Volume 58, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg / L. 1974, p. 485
  6. ↑ Mensdorff-Pouilly trunk series
  7. ↑ Family table of the last of the line Dietrichstein-Mensdorff-Pouilly
  8. ↑ Book of Arms of the Austrian Monarchy , Volume 15, Nuremberg 1845, Plate 5