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

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Notable members of the family have included:

  • Franz Anton Nostitz-Rieneck (1725–1794), Bohemian nobleman and patron
  • Friedrich Moritz von Nostitz-Rieneck (1728–1796), Habsburg Field Marshal and President of the Hofkriegsrat (Military Council)
  • Johann Nepomuk von Nostitz-Rieneck (1768–1840), nephew of Friedrich Moritz and Feldmarshall-Leutnant in the Napoleonic Wars
  • August Ludwig von Nostitz (1777–1866), Prussian general
  • Helene von Nostitz (1878–1944), writer and salon Dame
  • Nick Nostitz (born 1968), German photographic journalist

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    History

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  • 1280: earliest record of the Lords of Nostitz
  • 1366: Lordship of the Holy Roman Empire
  • 1631: Barony of the Holy Roman Empire
  • 1673: purchased the County of Rieneck
  • 1692: Counts of the Holy Roman Empire

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    References

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