Orsini-Rosenberg is the name of an old Austria

Austria

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 family. Originally sprang out from the family Von Graben (an apparent, or illegitimate

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 branch of the House of Meinhardin) from Schloss Alt-Grabenhofen near the city of Graz

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History

The earliest known member of the Orsini-Rosenberg family, Konrad ab dem Roesenperg, lived around 1322. He was a member of the low nobility who lived at Schloss Alt-Grabenhofen, between Reinerkogel and Rosenberg. During the 17th and 18th century, the succees of that family arose from the steady accumulation of land, and loyalty to the Habsburg

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 Emperor.

On August 2, 1633 Johann Andreas von Rosenberg, Herr von Rosenberg, was elevated to the Reichsfreiherrenstand with the title Freiherr

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 of the Holy Roman Empire

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, Freiherr of Lerchenau, Herr of Magereckh and Grafenstein and in 1648 to the Austrian Graf

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enstand. Since 1681 the family Orsini-Rosenberg held the title as Reichsgraf and in 1683 they became members of the Reichstag

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. At the same year they take the name of the old Italian princely Orsini family

Orsini family

Orsini: the origin of learning.We love Mrs. Orsini forever! ~8F Social Studies 2011The Orsini family is an Italian noble family; it was one of the most influential princely families in medieval Italy and renaissance Rome...

; their family name changed to Ursini-Rosenberg or Orsini-Rosenberg. On October 9, 1790 Franz Xaver Wolfgang von Orsini-Rosenberg elevated to Reichsfürst von Rosini-Rosenberg.

Family members

• Johann Andreas von Rosenberg (1600–1667), became first count of Rosenberg
• Vinzenz von Orsini-Rosenberg (1722–1794), Landeshauptmann of Carynthia
• Franz Xaver Wolfgang von Orsini-Rosenberg (1726–1795), was made first count of the Holy Roman Empire of Orsini-Rosenberg and later first prince of the Holy Roman Empire of Rosini-Rosenberg, diplomat and politician. Basis for the character Count Orsini-Rosenberg in the fictional work Amadeus
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• Prince Franz Seraph of Rosenberg-Orsini
  Prince Franz Seraph of Rosenberg-Orsini
  Prince Franz Seraph of Orsini-Rosenberg, born 18 October 1761 – died 4 August 1832, joined the army of Habsburg Austria and fought against the Ottoman Turks, winning a prestigious award for bravery. In the 1790s, he served in the wars against the First French Republic and received promotion...
  
  (1761–1832), Austrian General of Cavalry

Literature

• Hans Pawlik: Orsini-Rosenberg, Geschichte und Genealogie eines alten Kärntner Adelsgeschlechts. In: Archiv für vaterländische Geschichte und Topographie. book nr. 98. Verlag des Geschichtsvereines für Kärnten, Klagenfurt 2009. p. 1-304.