Nostitz (family)

Nostitz (family)

The Nostitz family are a Silesian aristocratic family, named after Nostitz in Saxony, with a history dating back to 1280.

Famous members of the family have included:

  • Helene von Nostitz, (1878–1944), writer and salon Dame
  • August Ludwig von Nostitz, (1777–1866), a Prussian general
  • Franz Anton Nostitz-Rieneck, (1725–1794), Bohemian nobleman and patron
  • Friedrich Moritz, Count Nostitz-Rieneck, (1728–1796), Bohemian noble, Habsburg Field Marshal, President of the Hofkriegsrat (Military Council).
  • Johann Nepomuk, Count Nostitz-Rieneck, (1758–1840), son of above. Field Marshal in Napoleonic Wars.

History

  • 1280: Earliest record of Lords of Nostitz
  • 1366: HRE Lordship
  • 1631: HRE Barony
  • 1692: HRE County
  • 1673: Purchased County of Rieneck

References

  • Beiträge zur Geschichte des Geschlechts von Nostitz. 2 Hft. Leipzig (1874–76)
  • Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Band 116, 1998, Adelslexikon

See also

  • Nick Nostitz (born 1969), a German photographer
  • Nostitz (disambiguation)
  • Rieneck (disambiguation)

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