List of princes of Austria-Hungary

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This page lists princely families in the territories of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, whether extant or extinct. The style of address is Durchlaucht (Serene Highness). Also used was Fürstliche Gnaden (Princely Grace).

Preposition[1] Original name Current name Notes
von Auersperg Auersperg
Batthyány von Német-Ujvár Batthyány-Strattmann junior members were counts
Barth von Barthenheim de Bart also used the preposition de and raised from comital to princely rank in 1917 by Emperor Charles
von Clary und Aldringen Clary-Aldringen junior members were counts
von Collalto und San Salvatore Collalto junior members were counts
von Colloredo-Mansfeld Colloredo-Mansfeld junior members were counts; eldest son of the prince was titled Count of Mansfeld
von Croÿ Croÿ lines of this family were dukes; also used the preposition de
von Dietrichstein 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)
Esterházy von Galántha Esterházy also comital; also used the preposition de
Festetics von Tolna Festetics also used the preposition de
zu Fürstenberg Fürstenberg members use titles outside of Austria; some use the preposition von
von Grassalkovics Grassalkovics
zu Hohenlohe Hohenlohe this family had multiple branches
von Khevenhüller-Metsch Khevenhüller-Metsch junior members were counts
Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau Kinsky junior members were counts; also comital
von Lichnowsky Lichnowsky
von Lobkowicz Lobkowicz
von und zu Liechtenstein von und zu Liechtenstein sovereign since 1719
von Metternich-Winneburg Metternich also used the preposition de
zu Oettingen-Oettingen this family had multiple branches (Oettingen, Wallerstein & Spielberg)
von Orsini und Rosenberg Orsini-Rosenberg junior members were counts
von Rohan Rohan a female line of this family was ducal; also used the preposition de
zu Sayn-Wittgenstein Sayn-Wittgenstein-(subline) this family had multiple branches
von Schönburg Schönburg(-subline) this family had multiple branches; also comital
von Starhemberg Starhemberg junior members were counts
zu Schwarzenberg Schwarzenburg
von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg also comital
von Waldburg Waldburg-(subline) this family had multiple branches; junior members were counts
zu Windisch-Graetz Windisch-Graetz also Windisch-Grätz
 Where this section is blank, it is possible that the preposition is unknown or did not exist.