Wildenstein (Styrian noble family)

Family coat of arms of those of Wildenstein ( Styria ), colored, after Siebmacher

Wildenstein (also barons , later counts of Wildenstein or Wildenstain ) is the name of an ancient Styrian noble family that lived in Carinthia before 1348 .

history

Origin and possessions

The Wildensteiners got their name after the headquarters they built, Wildenstein Castle in Carinthia . This was destroyed by the earthquake in Friuli and Carinthia in 1348 . The Wildenstein waterfall and the Wildenstein district ( Podkanja vas ) of the cadastral municipality of Gallizien are a reminder of the former castle. The loss of their headquarters led the Wildenstein family to Styria .

The sex is said to have originally lived in Bavaria (Franconia; Palatinate). It is said to have branched out to Carinthia and Styria, where it gained great possession and political power until it finally spread to Silesia. In 1156 an Uveriand de Wildenstein was named as a witness in a deed of donation from Duke Bertolt von Maranien in favor of the Cistercian monastery Viktring near Klagenfurt .

Nobilitations and dynastic marriages

The Wildensteiners received the hereditary Austrian baron and later the title of count. Through their daughters and daughters-in-law, the family was bound by dynastic marriages with the formerly "most handsome families in Austria". These include the noble families Thurn , Welzer , Herberstein , Saurau , Gallenstein, Teuffenbach , Attems , Keutschach , Khuenburg , Steinpeiß , Trauttmansdorff , Gloyach , Zöllner, Wagensberg , Schrattenbach and Wurmbrand .

coat of arms

Blazon : The coat of arms shows in gold a black claws wings of golden eagle leg; the helmet covers are gold and black; the crest repeats the motif of the shield.

Well-known namesake

• Franz Philipp von Wildenstein (* 1696; † 1770): Knight of the Teutonic Order
• Johann Christoph Graf von Wildenstein (* before 1714; † 1742): governor of Styria (1714–1742)
• Johann Maximilian Graf von Wildenstein (* before 1763; †?): Governor of Styria (1763–1773)

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Wildenstein, the counts and barons, genealogy . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 56th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1888, p. 146 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Constantin von Wurzbach : Wildenstein, the counts and barons, coat of arms . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 56th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1888, p. 150 ( digitized version ).
• Genealogical manual of the nobility , Adelslexikon Volume XVI, Volume 137 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2005, ISSN  0435-2408 . P. 213 f.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} ALO docView - 56 Biographical Lexicon of the Austrian Empire (1888). Retrieved March 19, 2020 .