House of Hatzfeld

The House of Hatzfeld, also spelled Hatzfeldt, is a prominent German family of high nobility originally from Hesse. The family is first mentioned in 1138 and has its ancestral seat in Hatzfeld.

Members

• Melchior von Hatzfeldt (1593–1658), Field Marshal in the Thirty Years' War
• Franz von Hatzfeld (1596–1642), Prince-Bishop of Bamberg
• Carl Friedrich Hatzfeldt zu Gleichen (1718–1793), Austrian statesman
• Franz Ludwig von Hatzfeld (1756−1827), Prussian General
• Sophie von Hatzfeldt (1805–1881), "The Red Countess"
• Paul von Hatzfeld zu Trachenberg (1831–1901), diplomat and Foreign Secretary of Germany
• Elisabeth von Hatzfeldt (1839–1914), Princess of Carolath-Beuthen
• Hermann von Hatzfeldt (1848–1933), politician
• Georg von Hatzfeld (1929–2000), publisher, politician