Montecuccoli
Montecuccoli is the name of an important noble family from the Duchy of Modena .
history
The family's roots go back to the 11th century in the Duchy of Modena . The main seat was the Montecuccolo Castle (German: Kuckucksberg) near Modena. Male representatives of the family entered the imperial service. 1530, the family of Emperor was Charles V in the imperial counts charged. As one of 64 noble families, the family had a hereditary seat in the manor house , the upper house of the Austrian Imperial Council .
- Count Ernesto Montecuccoli (1582–1633) was an imperial general in the Thirty Years War and fought under Wallenstein. Emperor Ferdinand II enfeoffed him in 1624 with the rule of Hohenegg in what is now Lower Austria.
- His nephew, Count Raimondo Montecuccoli (1609–1680) was an Imperial Austrian general, diplomat and statesman, military theorist and writer and creator of the first standing army in Austria. Along with Prince Eugene and Archduke Karl, he is considered the most important general in Austria.
Other important representatives of the family were
- Alfonso Montecuccoli , Admiral of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, led a small fleet against the Turks in 1607
- Giovanni Battista Caprara Montecuccoli, Archbishop
- Girolamo Montecuccoli (1583–1643), secret chamberlain to the Grand Duke of Tuscany and commander of his German bodyguard, later Minister and Councilor of Leopold V of Tyrol
- Hercules Pius Count of Montecuccoli-Laderchi (1664–1729), Field Marshal
- Leopold Philipp Montecuccoli (1663–1698), Imperial Habsburg field marshal lieutenant, son of Raimondo Montecuccoli
- Rudolf Montecuccoli (1843–1922), Austro-Hungarian Admiral and naval commander
- Albert Graf Montecuccoli-Laderchi (1802–1852), district chief of the Salzach district 1831–1838
Possessions
Gut Mitterau has been owned by the noble family in the municipality of Markersdorf an der Pielach near St. Pölten since 1710 , with 950 hectares of forest. The castle was built around 1600 and received its present form in 1754. Around 1740, Count Zeno Montecuccoli moved the manorial seat from Hohenegg to nearby Mitterau Castle. It is managed today by Albert and Felix Montecuccoli.
Montecuccolo Castle near Pavullo nel Frignano
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Montecuculi, the counts, genealogy . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 19th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1868, pp. 43–45 ( digitized version ).
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Montecuculi, the counts, coat of arms . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 19th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1868, p. 50 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Felix Montecuccoli: The Counts Montecuccoli on Hohenegg and Mitterau
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Thomas Jorda: Clear order. In: Nobility obliges: a series from NÖN. Niederösterreichische Nachrichten, October 11, 2010, accessed on May 17, 2012 .
- ^ Page of the German language Wikipedia about Archbishop Franz Lackner , section "Apostolic Succession"
- ^ Albert Count Montecuccoli-Laderchi . In: Salzburger Nachrichten: Salzburgwiki .
- ↑ Thomas Jorda: Bit better. (No longer available online.) In: Nobility obliges: a series from NÖN. Niederösterreichische Nachrichten, April 23, 2012, formerly in the original ; Retrieved May 17, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
