This page lists princely families

Austrian nobility

Historically, the Austrian nobility was a privileged social class in Austria. The nobility was officially abolished in 1919 after the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Former noble families and their descendants are still a part of Austrian society today, but they no longer retain any specific...

 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). The Austrian princely title

Prince

Prince is a general term for a ruler, monarch or member of a monarch's or former monarch's family, and is a hereditary title in the nobility of some European states. The feminine equivalent is a princess...

 (Furst) was the most prestigious title of the Austrian nobility

Austrian nobility

Historically, the Austrian nobility was a privileged social class in Austria. The nobility was officially abolished in 1919 after the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Former noble families and their descendants are still a part of Austrian society today, but they no longer retain any specific...

, forming the higher nobility (hoher Adel) alongside the counts (Graf); this close inner circle, called the 100 Familien (100 families), possessed enormous riches and lands. They also had great influence at the court and thus played an important role in politics

Politics

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 and diplomacy

Diplomacy

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	Original name	Current name	Notes
von	Auersperg Principality of Auersperg Auersperg was an Austrian princely family, which held estates in Austria and Thengen...
	Batthyány-Strattmann		junior members were counts
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; See also House of Mansfeld House of Mansfeld The House of Mansfeld was a princely German house, which took its name from the town of Mansfeld in the present-day state of Saxony-Anhalt. Mansfelds were archbishops, generals, supporters as well as opponents of Martin Luther, and Habsburg administrators....
von	Croÿ House of Croÿ The House of Croÿ is an international family of European mediatized nobility which held a seat in the Imperial Diet from 1486, and was elevated to the rank of Imperial Princes in 1594...	Croÿ(-subline)	Also known as Croÿ-Dülmen, three branches exist. 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)
von	Eggenberg Eggenberg -Places:*Eggenberg , a district of the Austrian city of Graz*Schloss Eggenberg , a palace in Graz*Eggenberg, Switzerland, a village in the municipality of Mühleberg, canton of Berne*Eggenberg House, city palace in Sopron , Hungary...		became extinct firstly in male line, Bohemian possessions passed to the nearest male relatives via marriage, the Schwarzenberg House of Schwarzenberg -History:The family was first mentioned in 1172. A branch of the Seinsheim family was created when Erkinger I of Seinsheim acquired the Franconian barony of Schwarzenberg, the castle Schwarzenberg and the title Baron of Schwarzenberg, in 1405–21. At this time, they also possessed some fiefdoms in...  family, and Styrian possessions likewise to the Herberstein family.
	Esterházy von Galántha Esterházy The House of Esterházy was a Hungarian noble family in Hungary beginning in the Middle Ages. From the 17th century they were among the great landowner magnates of the Kingdom of Hungary, during the time it was part of the Habsburg Empire and later Austria-Hungary.-History:The Esterházys arose...	Esterházy	also comital; also used the preposition de
	Festetics von Tolna	Festetics	also comital; also used the preposition de
zu	Fürstenberg Fürstenberg (princely family) Fürstenberg is the name of a noble house in Germany, based primarily in southern Baden-Württemberg. The family derives its name from the fortified town of the line's founder, Count Heinrich von Fürstenberg, today part of Hüfingen...	Fürstenberg	members use titles outside of Austria; some use the preposition von
von	Grassalkovics	Grassalkovics	became extinct
zu	Hohenlohe Hohenlohe Hohenlohe is the name of a German princely family and the name of their principality.At first rulers of a county, its two branches were raised to the rank of principalities of the Holy Roman Empire in 1744 and 1764 respectively; in 1806 they lost their independence and their lands formed part of...	Hohenlohe	this family had multiple branches
von	Khevenhüller-Metsch	Khevenhüller-Metsch	junior members were counts
	Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau Kinsky The Kinsky family of the Counts and later Princes was one of the oldest and most illustrious families originating from Bohemia...	Kinsky	junior members were counts; also comital
von	Lichnowsky Prince Lichnowsky Lichnowsky -Freiherr und Edler Herr von Woschutz :* Franz Bernhard Lichnowsky, Freiherr und Elder Herr von Woschutz 1664-1747)* Franz Bernhard Lichnowsky, Graf Lichnowsky ...	Lichnowsky
von	Lobkowicz Lobkowicz The Lobkowicz family is one of the oldest still existing Bohemian noble families dating back to the 14th century...	Lobkowicz
von und zu	Liechtenstein Princely Family of Liechtenstein The Liechtenstein dynasty, from which the principality takes its name, is the family which reigns by constitutional, hereditary right over the nation of Liechtenstein...	von und zu Liechtenstein	sovereign Liechtenstein The Principality of Liechtenstein is a doubly landlocked alpine country in Central Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and by Austria to the east. Its area is just over , and it has an estimated population of 35,000. Its capital is Vaduz. The biggest town is Schaan...  since 1719
von	Metternich-Winneburg	Metternich	also used the preposition de
zu	Oettingen-Oettingen		this family had multiple branches (Oettingen Öttingen-Öttingen Oettingen-Oettingen was a noble family and county in modern-day eastern Baden-Württemberg and western Bavaria, Germany.Oettingen-Oettingen was created as a partition of Oettingen in 1423, became extinct in 1731 and was inherited by Oettingen-Wallerstein.... , Wallerstein Öttingen-Wallerstein Oettingen-Wallerstein is a noble family related to a former County in modern-day eastern Baden-Württemberg and western Bavaria, Germany.Oettingen-Wallerstein was twice created; first as a partition of Oettingen in 1423 which became extinct in 1517 and was inherited by Oettingen-Oettingen, and the...  & Spielberg Öttingen-Spielberg Oettingen-Spielberg was a noble family and county in modern-day eastern Baden-Württemberg and western Bavaria, Germany.Oettingen-Spielberg was a partition of Oettingen-Wallerstein in 1602... )
von	Orsini und Rosenberg	Orsini-Rosenberg	junior members were counts
von	Rohan Rohan (family) The House of Rohan is a family of viscounts, later dukes and princes, coming from the locality of Rohan in Brittany. Their line descends from the viscounts of Porhoët and said to trace back to the legendary Conan Meriadoc. Through the Porhoët, the Rohan are related to the Dukes of Brittany, with...	Rohan	a line of this family was ducal; also used the preposition de
zu	Sayn-Wittgenstein Sayn-Wittgenstein Sayn-Wittgenstein was a county of mediæval Germany, located in the Sauerland of eastern North Rhine-Westphalia. Sayn-Wittgenstein was created when Count Salentin of Sayn-Homburg married the heiress Countess Adelaide of Wittgenstein in 1345...	Sayn-Wittgenstein-(subline)	this family had multiple branches
von	Schönburg-Hartenstein Schönburg-Waldenburg	Schönburg(-subline)	this family had multiple branches; also comital
von	Starhemberg Starhemberg ----Starhemberg is the name of an Austrian noble family hailing from Upper Austria, specifically Steyr and Steinbach, who were Counts of the Empire from 1643, raised to princes in 1765...	Starhemberg	junior members were counts
zu	Schwarzenberg House of Schwarzenberg -History:The family was first mentioned in 1172. A branch of the Seinsheim family was created when Erkinger I of Seinsheim acquired the Franconian barony of Schwarzenberg, the castle Schwarzenberg and the title Baron of Schwarzenberg, in 1405–21. At this time, they also possessed some fiefdoms in...	Schwarzenberg	Head of the house is also Count of Sulz, Princely Landgrave in Klettgau and Duke of Krumlov.
von	Thun-Hohenstein Thun-Hohenstein Thun und Hohenstein, also known as Thun-Hohenstein, is a family which belonged to the historical Bohemian and Austrian nobility. One branch of the family has dwelled at Děčín , Bohemia, for more than 200 years....	Thun-Hohenstein	also comital
von und zu	Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg http://genealogy.euweb.cz/trautt/trautt2.html#FF	Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg	also comital
von	Waldburg House of Waldburg The House of Waldburg is a princely family of Upper Swabia, founded some time previous to the 12th century; the cadet lineages are comital families.... http://genealogy.euweb.cz/waldburg/waldburg4.html	Waldburg-(subline)	this family had multiple branches; junior members were counts
zu	Windisch-Graetz Windisch-Graetz The House of Windisch-Graetz, also spelled Windisch-Grätz, was a princely family in the Austrian Empire, serving the Habsburg dynasty.The name derives from the town of Windischgrätz in the Duchy of Styria, which is today Slovenj Gradec in the Carinthia region of Slovenia...	Windisch-Graetz	also Windisch-Grätz