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Khevenhüller family, the Glossary

The House of Khevenhüller is the name of an old and important Carinthian noble family, documented there since 1356, with its ancestral seat at Landskron Castle.^[1]

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Carinthia
People from Carinthia

Abensberg-Traun

The House of Abensberg und Traun (now usually written Abensperg-Traun) is the name of an ancient Austrian noble family, originally from the Upper Austrian Traungau.

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Adolfo Ruspoli, 2nd Duke of Alcudia

Don Adolfo Ruspoli y Godoy (di Bassano), de Khevenhüller-Metsch y Borbón, dei Principi Ruspoli (December 28, 1822 – February 4, 1914) was a Spanish aristocrat, son of the prince Camillo Ruspoli and wife Carlota de Godoy y Borbón, 2nd Duchess of Sueca.

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Aichelberg Castle

Aichelberg Castle (Burgruine Aichelberg) is a castle in Carinthia, Austria.

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Austria

Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.

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Beilngries

Beilngries (Beilngrias) is a town in the district of Eichstätt, in Bavaria, Germany.

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Borghese family

The House of Borghese is a princely family of Italian noble and papal background, originating as the Borghese or Borghesi in Siena, where they came to prominence in the 13th century and held offices under the commune.

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Burg Hardegg

Burg Hardegg is a castle in Lower Austria, Austria.

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Burg Sommeregg

Sommeregg is a medieval castle near Seeboden in the Austrian state of Carinthia, Austria.

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Burgrave

Burgrave, also rendered as burggrave (from Burggraf, praefectus), was since the medieval period in Europe (mainly Germany) the official title for the ruler of a castle, especially a royal or episcopal castle, and its territory called a Burgraviate or Burgravate (German Burggrafschaft also Burggrafthum, Latin praefectura).

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Burgruine Federaun

Burgruine Federaun is a castle in Carinthia, Austria.

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Burgruine Kühnburg

Burgruine Khünburg is a castle in Carinthia, Austria.

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Burgruine Ortenburg

Ortenburg Castle is a ruined mediaeval castle located in Baldramsdorf, in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

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Burgruine Sternberg

Burgruine Sternberg is a castle in Carinthia, Austria.

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Camillo Ruspoli, Duke of Sueca

Camilo Ruspoli y Khevenhüller-Mestch, dei principi Ruspoli, Duke of Sueca and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, (20 March 1788 – 30 July 1864) was an Italian aristocrat, son-in-law of Manuel Godoy.

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Carinthia

Carinthia (Kärnten; Koroška, Carinzia) is the southernmost and least densely populated Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes.

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Carlota de Godoy, 2nd Duchess of Sueca

Carlota de Godoy y Borbón, 2nd Duchess of Sueca, twice Grandee of Spain (in full, Doña Carlota Luisa Manuela de Godoy (di Bassano) y Borbón, segunda duquesa de Sueca, segunda marquesa de Boadilla del Monte, segunda condesa de Evoramonte, com honras de parente (Portugal), dama de la Orden de María Luisa y de la Orden de Santa Isabel de Portugal; 7 October 1800 – 13 May 1886) was a Spanish aristocrat, daughter of Manuel de Godoy and his first wife, Doña María Teresa Carolina de Borbón y Vallabriga, Farnesio y Rozas.

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Castellan

A castellan, or constable, was the governor of a castle in medieval Europe.

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Chamberlain (office)

A chamberlain (Medieval Latin: cambellanus or cambrerius, with charge of treasury camerarius) is a senior royal official in charge of managing a royal household.

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Charles III

Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms.

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Count Morzin

Count Karl Joseph of Morzin (1717–1783) was a Bohemian aristocrat from the Morzin family (originally from northeastern Italian region of Friuli), remembered today as the first person to employ the composer Joseph Haydn as his Kapellmeister, or music director.

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Counter-Reformation

The Counter-Reformation, also sometimes called the Catholic Revival, was the period of Catholic resurgence that was initiated in response to, and as an alternative to, the Protestant Reformations at the time.

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Duchy of Carinthia

The Duchy of Carinthia (Herzogtum Kärnten; Vojvodina Koroška) was a duchy located in southern Austria and parts of northern Slovenia. Khevenhüller family and duchy of Carinthia are Carinthia.

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Eltz

The House of Eltz is a noted German noble family, belonging to the Uradel.

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Estates of the realm

The estates of the realm, or three estates, were the broad orders of social hierarchy used in Christendom (Christian Europe) from the Middle Ages to early modern Europe.

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Fürst

Fürst (female form Fürstin, plural Fürsten; from Old High German furisto, "the first", a translation of the Latin princeps) is a German word for a ruler as well as a princely title.

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Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor

Ferdinand II (9 July 1578 – 15 February 1637) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1619 until his death in 1637.

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Franconia

Franconia (Franken,; East Franconian: Franggn; Frankn) is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and East Franconian dialect (German: Ostfränkisch).

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Frankenburg am Hausruck

Frankenburg am Hausruck (Central Bavarian: Fraungabuag) is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

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Freiherr

Freiherr (male, abbreviated as Frhr.), Freifrau (his wife, abbreviated as Frfr., literally "free lord" or "free lady") and Freiin (his unmarried daughters and maiden aunts) are designations used as titles of nobility in the German-speaking areas of the Holy Roman Empire and in its various successor states, including Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, etc.

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George Khevenhüller

Georg von Khevenhüller (also spelled as Gjuro or George Khevenhiller; 22 April 1533 – 9 September 1587) was a Carinthian nobleman of the Khevenhüller dynasty.

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German nobility

The German nobility (deutscher Adel) and royalty were status groups of the medieval society in Central Europe, which enjoyed certain privileges relative to other people under the laws and customs in the German-speaking area, until the beginning of the 20th century.

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Gmünd, Carinthia

Gmünd in Kärnten is a municipality and historic town in the district of Spittal an der Drau, in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

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Graf

Graf (feminine: Gräfin) is a historical title of the German nobility and later also of the Russian nobility, usually translated as "count".

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Grandee

Grandee (Grande de España) is an official aristocratic title conferred on some Spanish nobility.

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Gustavus Adolphus

Gustavus Adolphus (9 December 15946 November 1632), also known in English as Gustav II Adolf or Gustav II Adolph, was King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632, and is credited with the rise of Sweden as a great European power (Stormaktstiden).

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Henckel von Donnersmarck

The Henckel von Donnersmarck family is an Austro-German noble family that originated in the former region of Spiš in Upper Hungary (now in Slovakia). Khevenhüller family and Henckel von Donnersmarck are Austrian noble families.

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Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor

Henry II (Heinrich II; Enrico II; 6 May 973 – 13 July 1024), also known as Saint Henry, Obl. S. B., was Holy Roman Emperor ("Romanorum Imperator") from 1014.

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Himmelberg

Himmelberg is a municipality with 2273 inhabitants in the district of Feldkirchen in the Austrian state of Carinthia in Austria.

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Hochosterwitz Castle

Hochosterwitz Castle (Burg Hochosterwitz, Grad Ostrovica) is a castle in Austria, considered one of Austria's most impressive medieval castles.

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Holy Roman Emperor

The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans (Imperator Romanorum, Kaiser der Römer) during the Middle Ages, and also known as the Roman-German Emperor since the early modern period (Imperator Germanorum, Roman-German emperor), was the ruler and head of state of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor.

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House of Auersperg

The House of Auersperg (Auerspergi or Turjaški) is an Austrian princely family and formerly one of the most prominent European noble houses. Khevenhüller family and house of Auersperg are Austrian noble families and Lists of princes.

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House of Fürstenberg (Swabia)

The House of Fürstenberg was an influential Swabian noble family in Germany, based primarily in what is today southern Baden-Württemberg near the source of the Danube river.

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House of Habsburg

The House of Habsburg (Haus Habsburg), also known as the House of Austria, was one of the most prominent and important dynasties in European history.

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House of Liechtenstein

The House of Liechtenstein (Haus Liechtenstein), from which the principality takes its name, is the family which reigns by hereditary right over the principality of Liechtenstein.

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Imperial Count

Imperial Count (Reichsgraf) was a title in the Holy Roman Empire.

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In the Holy Roman Empire, imperial immediacy (Reichsunmittelbarkeit or Reichsfreiheit) was the status of an individual or a territory which was defined as 'immediate' (unmittelbar) to Emperor and Empire (Kaiser und Reich) and not to any other intermediate authorities, while one that did not possess that status was defined as 'mediate' (mittelbar).

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Landskron Castle (Carinthia)

Landskron Castle (Burg Landskron, Grad Vajškra) is a medieval hill castle northeast of Villach in the state of Carinthia, Austria.

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Lichnowsky

The House of Lichnowsky or House of Lichnovský is the name of an influential Czech aristocratic family of Silesian and Moravian origin, documented since the 14th century. Khevenhüller family and Lichnowsky are Austrian noble families.

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Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein, officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a doubly landlocked German-speaking microstate in the Central European Alps, between Austria in the east and north and Switzerland in the west and south.

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List of current Grandees of Spain

Grandees of Spain (Grandes de España) are the highest-ranking members of the Spanish nobility.

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Lower Austria

Lower Austria (Niederösterreich abbreviation LA or NÖ; Austro-Bavarian: Niedaöstareich, Niedaestareich, Dolné Rakúsko, Dolní Rakousy) is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country.

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Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller

Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Graf von Frankenburg-Aichleberg (en: Louis Andrew of Khevenhüller, Count of Aichelberg-Frankenburg) (30 November 1683 – 26 January 1744) was a prominent Austrian Field marshal.

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Luigi Ruspoli, 3rd Marquis of Boadilla del Monte

Don Luigi Ruspoli y Godoy, de Khevenhüller-Metsch y Borbón, dei Principi Ruspoli (August 22, 1828 in Florence – December 21, 1893 in Florence) was an Italian and Spanish aristocrat, son of the Prince Camillo Ruspoli and wife Carlota de Godoy y Borbón, 2nd Duchess of Sueca.

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Lutheranism

Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that identifies primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church ended the Middle Ages and, in 1517, launched the Reformation.

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Maria Theresa

Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position suo jure (in her own right).

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Marquess

A marquess (marquis) is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies.

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Maximilian I of Mexico

Maximilian I (Fernando Maximiliano José María de Habsburgo-Lorena; Ferdinand Maximilian Josef Maria von Österreich; 6 July 1832 – 19 June 1867) was an Austrian archduke who became emperor of the Second Mexican Empire from 10 April 1864 until his execution by the Mexican Republic on 19 June 1867.

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The mediatised houses (or mediatized houses, Standesherren) were ruling princely and comital-ranked houses that were mediatised in the Holy Roman Empire during the period 1803–1815 as part of German mediatisation, and were later recognised in 1825–1829 by the German ruling houses as possessing considerable rights and rank.

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Mensdorff-Pouilly family

The Mensdorff-Pouilly family is a noble family originally from Lorraine.

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Miesitz

Miesitz is a municipality in the district Saale-Orla-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany.

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Moravian Church

The Moravian Church, or the Moravian Brethren (Moravská církev or Moravští bratři), formally the Unitas Fratrum (Latin: "Unity of the Brethren"), is one of the oldest Protestant denominations in Christianity, dating back to the Bohemian Reformation of the 15th century and the Unity of the Brethren (Jednota bratrská) founded in the Kingdom of Bohemia, sixty years before Martin Luther's Reformation.

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Nicolaus Zinzendorf

Nikolaus Ludwig, Reichsgraf von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf (26 May 1700 – 9 May 1760) was a German religious and social reformer, bishop of the Moravian Church, founder of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine, Christian mission pioneer and a major figure of 18th-century Protestantism.

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Order of the Golden Fleece

The Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece (Insigne Orden del Toisón de Oro, Orden vom Goldenen Vlies) is a Catholic order of chivalry founded in Bruges by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in 1430, to celebrate his marriage to Isabella of Portugal.

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Prince of the Holy Roman Empire

Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (princeps imperii, Reichsfürst, cf. Fürst) was a title attributed to a hereditary ruler, nobleman or prelate recognised by the Holy Roman Emperor.

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Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg

The Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg (Hochstift Bamberg) was an ecclesiastical State of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.

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Renaissance architecture

Renaissance architecture is the European architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 16th centuries in different regions, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khevenhüller_family

Also known as Khevenhüller.

, List of current Grandees of Spain, Lower Austria, Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Luigi Ruspoli, 3rd Marquis of Boadilla del Monte, Lutheranism, Maria Theresa, Marquess, Maximilian I of Mexico, Mediatised houses, Mensdorff-Pouilly family, Miesitz, Moravian Church, Nicolaus Zinzendorf, Order of the Golden Fleece, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg, Protestantism, Renaissance architecture, Saxony, Södermanland, Serene Highness, Spittal an der Drau, Swedish riksdaler, Thirty Years' War, Wernberg, Zichy family.

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Carinthia

People from Carinthia

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