Nostitz (family)

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

Famous members of the family have included:

• Helene von Nostitz, (1878–1944), writer and salon Dame
• August Ludwig von Nostitz, (1777–1866), a Prussian general
• Franz Anton Nostitz-Rieneck, (1725–1794), Bohemian nobleman and patron
• Friedrich Moritz, Count Nostitz-Rieneck, (1728–1796), Bohemian noble, Habsburg Field Marshal, President of the Hofkriegsrat (Military Council).
• Johann Nepomuk, Count Nostitz-Rieneck, (1758–1840), son of above. Field Marshal in Napoleonic Wars.

History

• 1280: Earliest record of Lords of Nostitz
• 1366: HRE Lordship
• 1631: HRE Barony
• 1692: HRE County
• 1673: Purchased County of Rieneck

References

• Beiträge zur Geschichte des Geschlechts von Nostitz. 2 Hft. Leipzig (1874–76)
• Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Band 116, 1998, Adelslexikon

See also

• Nick Nostitz (born 1969), a German photographer
• Nostitz (disambiguation)
• Rieneck (disambiguation)