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- History
- (Mediatized) Princes of Windisch-Graetz Elder Line Younger Line
- Coat of arms
- Notable family members
- Former family estates in present-day Slovenia
- References
- External links
{{Expand German|Windisch-Graetz|date=December 2009}}The House of Windisch-Graetz, also spelled Windisch-Grätz, is an Austrian aristocratic family, descending from Windischgraz in Lower Styria (present-day Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia). The noble dynasty serving the House of Habsburg achieved the rank of Freiherren in 1551, of Imperial Counts in 1682 and of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire in 1804. HistoryAccording to the Almanach de Gotha, the family was first recorded in 1242. They temporarily served as ministeriales of the Patriarchs of Aquileia. One Conrad of Windischgracz (d. 1339) acted as a Habsburg administrator in the Habsburg Duchy of Styria from 1323 onwards. In 1574 the dynasty obtained Inkolat in Bohemia; later, however, several members converted to Lutheranism and lost their estates in the course of the Thirty Years' War. The Austrian diplomat Gottlieb of Windisch-Graetz (1630–1695) again converted to Roman Catholicism in 1682 and was elevated to the rank of Count of the Holy Roman Empire by Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, in the same year. In 1693 his son Ernest Frederick (1670–1727) acquired Červená Lhota Castle in Southern Bohemia, which his descendant Joseph Nicholas of Windisch-Graetz (1744–1802) had to sell in 1755. Count Alfred Candidus Ferdinand zu Windisch-Graetz (1787–1862) was elevated to the rank of Fürst (Prince) in 1804. After the Holy Roman Empire was abolished two years later, he and his brother Weriand were both created Princes of the Austrian Empire in 1822, with Alfred and his successors being the first line of Princes of Windisch-Graetz, and Weriand and his successors being the second line.[1]Great Britain's Princess Michael of Kent is descended from this family through her maternal grandmother, while her husband Prince Michael of Kent is a first cousin once removed of Archduchess Sophie Franziska of Austria, Princess of Windisch-Graetz. (Mediatized) Princes of Windisch-GraetzJoseph Nicholas of Windisch-Graetz (1744–1802) was the father of both of the men whose lines are given below.[2] Elder Line {{Tree list}}- {{Tree list/final branch}} Alfred (1787–1862), Count 1802–1804, 1st Prince 1804–1862
- Alfred (1819–1876), 2nd Prince 1862–1876
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Alfred (1851–1927), 3rd Prince 1876–1927
- Prince Ludwig (1830–1904)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Ludwig Aladar (1882–1968), 4th Prince 1927–1968
- Prince Alfred (b. 1939) – renounced his succession rights
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Anton (b. 1942), 5th Prince 1968–present
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Prince Joseph (1832–1906)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Prince Franz (1867–1947)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Prince Otto (1913–2011)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Prince Johann-Nepomuck (b. 1953)
Younger Line {{Tree list}}- {{Tree list/final branch}} Weriand (1790–1867), 1st Prince 1822–1867
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Hugo (1823–1904), 2nd Prince 1867–1904
- Hugo (1854–1920), 3rd Prince 1904–1920
- Hugo (1887–1959), 4th Prince 1920–1959
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Maximilian (1914–1976), 5th Prince 1959–1976
- Mariano Hugo (b. 1955), 6th Prince 1976–present, married 1990 Archduchess Sophie Franziska of Austria
- Maximilian Hugo, Hereditary Prince of Windisch-Graetz (b. 1990)
- Prince Alexis Ferdinand (1991-2010)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Larissa Maria Grazia Helen Leontina Maria Luisa (b.1996)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Prince Manfred (b. 1963)
- Prince Nicolò (b. 1997)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Prince Brando (b. 2008)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Prince Alfred Weriand (1890–1972), married Marie Isabella zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg
- Christiane Anna
- Gottfried Maximilian
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Hugo Weriand Antonius Franziskus Thomas Maria, married Caroline Knott
- Constantin Weriand Alfred Maria (b. 1962)
- Leopold Weriand
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Otto Atticus
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Franz Karl Weriand Gottlieb Albrecht Maria (b. 1964)
- Maximiliana Anastasia Christiane Isabella (b. 2004)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Augustin George Veriand Franziskus Ferdinand (b. 2006)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Princess Marie (1856–1929)
- {{Tree list/final branching}} Ernst Ferdinand of Windisch-Graetz (1827–1918), married Kamilla Amalia Caroline Notgera zu Oettingen-Spielberg
- Karl Otto Hugo Weriand of Windisch-Graetz
- Otto Weriand of Windisch-Grätz, married Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria
- {{Tree list/final branching}} Marie Gabriele of Windisch-Graetz
Coat of arms Gules, a wolf's head couped argent.[3] Notable family members - Joseph Nicholas of Windisch-Graetz (1744-1802), chamberlain of Marie Antoinette
- Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1787–1862), Austrian field marshal
- Alfred III, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1851–1927), Austrian statesman
- Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz (1856–1929), married Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg in 1881
- Prince Otto Weriand of Windisch-Graetz (1873–1952), married Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria
- Princess Stephanie of Windisch-Graetz (1909–2005), daughter of Prince Otto Weriand of Windisch-Graetz
- Stéphanie Windisch-Graetz (b. 1939), daughter of Prince Franz Joseph of Windisch-Graetz (son of Prince Otto Weriand)
- Mariano Hugo, Prince of Windisch-Graetz (b. 1955), married Archduchess Sophie Franziska of Austria in 1990
- Prince Arnold zu Windisch-Graetz (1929-2007), Lutheran pastor
- Princess Katalin zu Windisch-Graetz (b. 1947), Hungarian designer
Former family estates in present-day Slovenia References 1. ^Almanach de Gotha, 1910 edition, pp 245-248, Justus Perthes
2. ^Online Gotha - Windisch-Graetz
3. ^{{cite book|authors=Moncreiffe, Ian, and Pottinger, Don|title=Simple Heraldry Cheerfully Illustrated|page=54|publisher=Thomas Nelson}}
External links {{Commonscat|House of Windisch-Graetz}}- {{cite web |last=Marek |first=Miroslav |url=http://genealogy.euweb.cz/windisch/windisch4.html |title= Family tree |publisher= Genealogy.EU}}
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