Starhemberg
This article is about the Austrian noble family. For the ruined castle in Lower Austria, see Burgruine Starhemberg.
County (Principality) of Starhemberg | ||||||||
Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Starhemberg | ||||||||
State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
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Capital | Starhemberg | |||||||
Government | Principality | |||||||
Historical era | Early Modern Age | |||||||
• | Castle built by Ottokar III, Margrave of Styria |
1140–45 | ||||||
• | County gained Reichsfreiheit |
1643 | ||||||
• | Raised to principality | 1765 | ||||||
• | Mediatised to the Austrian Empire |
1806 | ||||||
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Starhemberg is the name of an Austrian noble family originating from Upper Austria, specifically Steyr and Steinbach.[1] They were imperial counts (Reichsgrafen) from 1643, then raised to princely rank (Reichsfürsten) in 1765.[2] The family's museum is located in Starhemberg Castle (Schloss Starhemberg) in Eferding, Upper Austria.
Mediatized Princes of Starhemberg
- Camillo, 1st Prince (1804-1872)
- Camillo, 2nd Prince 1872-1900 (1835-1900)
- Ernst Rüdiger, 3rd Prince 1900-1927 (1861-1927)
- Ernst Rüdiger, 4th Prince 1927-1956 (1899-1956)
- Heinrich, 5th Prince 1956-1997 (1934-1997)
- Prince Georg (1904-1978)
- Prince Franz (1933-1995)
- Georg Adam, 6th Prince 1997-present (b.1961)
- Constantin, Hereditary Prince of Starhemberg (b.1992)
- Prince Ernst (b.1995)
- Prince Franz (b.1963)
- Prince Nicolaus (b.2001)
- Georg Adam, 6th Prince 1997-present (b.1961)
- Prince Franz (1933-1995)
- Ernst Rüdiger, 4th Prince 1927-1956 (1899-1956)
- Ernst Rüdiger, 3rd Prince 1900-1927 (1861-1927)
- Camillo, 2nd Prince 1872-1900 (1835-1900)
Notable people
- Eberhard IV of Starhemberg (ca 1370–1429), Archbishop of Salzburg from 1427 until his death
- Erasmus of Starhemberg
- Count Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (1638–1701), Austrian politician, field marshal, the defender of Vienna against the Turks in 1683, commander of the Vienna city defence
- Maximilian Lorenz Starhemberg (ca 1640–89), Imperial field marshal and commander of the fortress of Philippsburg, brother of Ernst Rüdiger
- Gundaker Thomas Starhemberg (1663–1745), half-brother of Ernst Rüdiger, financial expert
- Bohunka Starhemberg (died 1530), wife of the Bohemian noble Jost III of Rosenberg, who died at the birth of their daughter
- Guido Starhemberg (1657–1737), Austrian commander during the War of the Spanish Succession
- Maximilian Adam Graf Starhemberg (1669-1741), brother of Guido and also Austrian field Marshal.
- Maria Eva Sophia of Starhemberg (1722–73)
- Georg Adam, Prince of Starhemberg (1724-1807)
- Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (1861–1927), Austrian politician and landowner
- Fanny von Starhemberg (1875–1943), Austrian politician for the Christian Social Party
- Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg (1899–1956), Austrian politician, Vice-Chancellor of Austria and Heimwehr
- Heinrich Starhemberg (1934–97), son of Ernst Rüdiger and Nora Gregor, actor and writer using the pseudonym Henry Gregor
References
- ↑ Schwerdling, Johann (1830). Geschichte des Hauses Starhemberg (in German). Linz.
- ↑ Graf Thürheim (1889). Ludwig, Fürst Starhemberg (in German). Graz. p. 171.
- ↑ Online Gotha - Starhemberg
Further reading
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon Band XIV, Gesamtreihe Band 131, C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg/Lahn, 2003, pp. 24-26 (in German).
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