Preposition[lower-alpha 1] |
Original name |
Most called |
Notes |
von |
Auersperg |
Auersperg |
head of this family also carries the titles of Duke of Gottschee, Princely Count of Wels. All members are Serene Highnesses, Princes(ses) of Auersperg |
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Batthyány-Strattmann[1] |
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junior members were counts |
von |
Clary und Aldringen |
Clary-Aldringen[2] |
junior members were counts |
von |
Collalto und San Salvatore[2] |
Collalto |
junior members were counts |
von |
Colloredo-Mansfeld[3] |
Colloredo-Mansfeld |
junior members were counts; eldest son of the prince was titled Count of Mansfeld; see also House of Mansfeld |
von |
Croÿ[3] |
Croÿ-(subline) |
also known as Croÿ-Dülmen, three branches exist. Heads of this family were dukes; also used the preposition de. |
von |
Dietrichstein |
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became extinct firstly in male line, recreated for husband of heiress; junior members of this family were counts of Dietrichstein & Proskau-Leslie (first family) then Dietrichstein-Mensdorff-Pouilly (second family)[3] |
von |
Eggenberg[4][better source needed] |
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became extinct firstly in male line, Bohemian possessions passed to the nearest male relatives via marriage, the Schwarzenberg family, and Styrian possessions likewise to the Herberstein family.[5][6][7][8] |
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Esterházy von Galántha[9][better source needed] |
Esterházy |
also comital; also used the preposition de |
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Festetics von Tolna[10][better source needed] |
Festetics |
also comital; also used the preposition de |
zu |
Fürstenberg[11][better source needed] |
Fürstenberg |
members use titles outside of Austria; some use the preposition von |
von |
Grassalkovics[12][better source needed] |
Grassalkovics |
became extinct |
von |
Hohenberg |
Hohenberg |
title of Fürst for all members (see here); elevated to ducal status by primogeniture in 1917; the head of this house is titled Herzog von Hohenberg (Duke of Hohenberg) |
zu |
Hohenlohe[13][better source needed] |
Hohenlohe-(subline) |
this family had multiple branches |
von |
Khevenhüller-Metsch[14][better source needed] |
Khevenhüller-Metsch |
junior members were counts |
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Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau[15][better source needed] |
Kinsky |
junior members were counts; also comital |
von |
Koháry |
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry |
also comital; became extinct firstly in male line, possessions passed to the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha branch of the family via marriage to the heiress of the last prince |
von |
Lichnowsky |
Lichnowsky |
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von |
Lobkowicz[16][better source needed] |
Lobkowicz |
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Lónyay de Nagy-Lónya et Vásáros-Namény[17] |
Lónyay |
also comital; also used the preposition de |
von und zu |
Liechtenstein[18][better source needed] |
Liechtenstein |
sovereign since 1719 |
von |
Metternich-Winneburg[19][better source needed] |
Metternich |
also used the preposition de |
von |
Montenuovo |
Montenuovo |
see also House of Neipperg |
zu |
Oettingen-Oettingen[20][better source needed] |
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this family had multiple branches (Oettingen, Wallerstein & Spielberg) |
von |
Orsini und Rosenberg[21][better source needed] |
Orsini-Rosenberg |
junior members were counts |
von |
Rohan[22][better source needed] |
Rohan |
a line of this family was ducal; also used the preposition de |
zu |
Sayn-Wittgenstein[23][better source needed] |
Sayn-Wittgenstein-(subline) |
this family had multiple branches |
von |
Schönburg[24][better source needed] |
Schönburg-(subline) |
this family had multiple branches (Hartenstein & Waldenburg); also comital |
von |
Starhemberg[25][better source needed] |
Starhemberg |
junior members were counts |
zu |
Schwarzenberg[26][better source needed] |
Schwarzenberg |
the head of this house is also Duke of Krumlov, Princely Landgrave in Klettgau, and Count of Sulz |
von |
Thun-Hohenstein |
Thun-Hohenstein[27][better source needed] |
also comital |
von und zu |
Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg[28][better source needed] |
Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg |
also comital |
von |
Waldburg[29][better source needed] |
Waldburg-(subline) |
this family had multiple branches; junior members were counts |
zu |
Windisch-Graetz[2] |
Windisch-Graetz |
also Windisch-Grätz |