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Nostitz family
The
Nostitz
family
is an old and important Silesian
aristocratic family
, named after Nostitz in
Saxony
, with a history
dating
back to 1280.
Notable
members of the family have included:
Franz Anton Nostitz-Rieneck
,
Bohemian
nobleman and patron
Friedrich Moritz von Nostitz-Rieneck
, Habsburg
Field Marshal
and
President
of the
Hofkriegsrat
Johann Nepomuk von Nostitz-Rieneck
, nephew of Friedrich Moritz and Feldmarshall-Leutnant in the
Napoleonic Wars
August Ludwig von Nostitz
,
Prussian
general, fought in the
Waterloo Campaign
Helene von Nostitz
, writer and salon Dame
Nick Nostitz
,
German
photographic
journalist
History
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