The House of Wrede is the name two different noble families, the German princely one, originating in Bavaria and a more ancient one, Finnish-Swede von Wrede family, also of German descent, originating in Westphalia, whose members held the title of Baron and Count. [1] [2]
Wrede is also a German surname.
The Richthofen family is an old and prominent German noble family, whose members held the title of Baron in Bohemia and Count in the Kingdom of Prussia. The most famous member is the air ace Manfred von Richthofen (1892–1918), also known as the "Red Baron", but a number of other members of his family are also notable for various reasons.
The Waldersee family is an old German noble family, representing illegitimate branch of the House of Anhalt-Dessau.
Luckner is the name of the German noble family, originated from Upper Palatinate, whose members occupied significant positions in France, Denmark, Saxony and later within the German Empire. On 31 March 1784, the family was awarded with the title of Count in Denmark by King Christian VII.
The Hügel family is a German noble family originating from Württemberg. In 1790, members of the younger branch of the family were elevated to the rank of Imperial Baron by Leopold II, while in 1801 members of the elder line of family were raised to the same rank by Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor. On 13 June 1879 the elder branch of the family was raised to the hereditary title of Count in the Kingdom of Württemberg by King Charles I. This comital branch of the Hügel family was closely related to the Dukes of Teck, morganatic branch of the House of Württemberg. Countess Amalie von Hügel was paternal aunt of Queen Mary.
Archduke Rudolf of Austria was the sixth child and youngest son of Emperor Charles I of Austria and Zita of Bourbon-Parma.
The Marcolini family is old Italian noble family, whose members held the title of Count. In the 1752, one branch of the family, Marcolini-Ferretti, settled in the Electorate of Saxony and served there mostly as statesman, while members of the Italian Marcolini branch held signicifant ecclesiastical postions throughout history of Roman Catholic Church.
The Uexküll family is the name of an old and distinguished Baltic German noble family, which derived its name from the town of Uexküll, today Ikšķile in Latvia.
The House of Bothmer is the name of an ancient German noble comital family whose members occupied significant military and diplomatic positions in the Kingdom of Hanover, Kingdom of Bavaria and later within the German Empire.
The Banffy family is an ancient Hungarian noble family, whose members occupied many important political positions in the Kingdom of Hungary and later within the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The Marzano family was an old medieval Italian noble family originated in the Kingdom of Naples. The Head of the family held the titles Prince of Rossano, Duke of Sessa and Duke of Squillace. Members of the family intermarried with other most significant families of the region. They went extinct at the beginning of the 16th century.
The House of Hardenberg is an old German noble family of the Princes, Counts and Barons von Hardenberg or their Danish branch with their ancestral seat at Nörten-Hardenberg since 1287 to this day.
The Bellegarde family is an Austrian noble family from Savoy, of French origin, whose members held the title of Count in Bohemia, granted to them on 13 September 1741.
The Korff family or Korff-Schmising family is an ancient German noble family, known since the first half of the 13th century that originated in the County of Mark, Westphalia.
The House of Szapáry is the name of an old and important Hungarian noble family, which derived its name from the village of Szapár.
The Gudenus family is a prominent German noble family, originating in Hesse, Germany, whose noble ancestry can be traced back to the 16th century.
The Kielmansegg family is the name of an old German noble family. Members of the family held the title of Imperial Count, granted to them on 23 February 1723 by Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor.
The Hohenthal family is a noted German noble family hailing from Könnern, Saxony-Anhalt. There were two lines of the family, an elder and a younger one. Members of the elder line family held the title of Imperial Count, awarded to them on 7 August 1790 by Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, as the Vicar of the Holy Roman Empire. They went extinct in 1860, while the younger, baronial branch survived until today. Hohenthal is also a German surname, meaning high valley.
Schlieben is the name of an old German noble family, who can trace it's ancestry back to 1144 in Niederlausitz. They held the title of Count in Prussia and were also part of the nobility of Saxony.
The Lerchenfeld family is an ancient German noble family originating from Bavaria, whose members held significant positions within the Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of Bavaria, Poland and Russia.
The Beroldingen family is a prominent German noble family that can trace it's ancestry to Thurgau, in what is today Switzerland.
