House of Stolberg

The princes and counts of Stolberg are a widespread noble house in the high nobility of the Holy Roman Empire.

History

About the lineage of the Counts of Stolberg, there are over ten different theories, but of which could not enforce final. Most likely a descent from the Counts of Hohenstein seems to be. The first representative of this family is found in a charter of 1210 Count Henry of Stolberg, who was first mentioned in 1200 when Count Henry of Voigtstedt. While initially Voigtstedt was this Marquis at Artern the seat, it was later than the beginning of the 13th century Stolberg (Harz). The local castle was up to the expropriation of the land reform in 1945 in the possession of the family.

1429 succeeded the Count of Stolberg in the context of inheritance contract to purchase the county of Wernigerode in the northern Harz and thereby expand their sphere of influence much.

1535 died Eberhard IV of Eppstein and his nephew Ludwig of Stolberg inherited by will the county Königstein with the residence castle Königstein im Taunus and the rule Gedern and shares in the Office Ortenberg. Königstein fell in 1581 to the electorate of Mainz, Gedern and Ortenberg have remained to the present day in the possession of the lines Wernigerode or Roßla.

1645 was the permanent division in the older main line Stolberg- Wernigerode and Stolberg- Stolberg younger main line. From Stolberg- Wernigerode diverged at the beginning of the 18th century, the lines Stolberg- Gedern ( until 1804 ) and Stolberg- Schwarza ( to 1748 ) from. Stolberg- Stolberg was divided in 1706 into the two lines of Stolberg- Stolberg and Stolberg- Roßla.

Representatives of the line Stolberg- Gedern reached the 1742 survey in the Imperial Prince by Emperor Charles VII.

In the 18th century ( mediatization ), the rich had immediate Count of Stolberg- Wernigerode the Kingdom of Prussia and the Counts of Stolberg- Stolberg, the Counts of Stolberg- Roßla subordinate to the Electorate of Saxony. With the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation in 1806 Stolberg lost their kingdom and earldom were 1815 final Prussian lords.

The respective nobleman or his firstborn son and presumptive successor in the family estate of Stolberg- Wernigerode houses or Stolberg- Stolberg and Stolberg- Roßla received on October 22, 1890 and 1893 by Kaiser Wilhelm II, the granting of the royal or princely title. A branch of Stolberg- Stolberg line in 1980 the Dutch nobility incorporated, but without recognition of the princely title.

Possessions (selection)

Territories

  • County of Stolberg
  • County of Stolberg- Roßla
  • County of Wernigerode
  • Rule Schwarza
  • Rule Gedern
  • Office Altstedt (1542-1575)
  • Office Bärenrode ( 1518-16? ), Then at Anhalt- Bernburg
  • Office Elbingerode (1427-1600)
  • Office Kelbra (since 1419 jointly held with the counts of Schwarzburg; stolbergischer share 1592/93 pledged to Schwarzburg- Rudolstadt, initiated in 1815 by Prussia; 1836 Stolberg- Roßla )
  • Office herring (since 1419 jointly held with the counts of Schwarzburg; stolbergischer share 1592/93 pledged to Schwarzburg- Rudolstadt, initiated in 1815 by Prussia; 1836 Stolberg- Stolberg )

Goods

  • Noble estate Bramstedt, Holstein (around 1650-1797 )
  • Hausbruch ( Hattingen ) (1853 -? )
  • Castle Diersfordt, Wesel (1831 - 1996)
  • Ebersburg (Harz) ( 1326 )
  • Forstgut Emskirchen, Middle Franconia (since? Today )
  • Erich Castle Mountain (1320 - 1346)
  • Hunting lodge Ernst castle
  • Gedern Castle, Hesse (1535 - 1987) and Forstgut Gedern (since 1535 to present)
  • Grasburg ( Rottleberode ), prehistoric wall -shaped Fliehburg in the Old Stolberg
  • Castle Heinrichsberg with village Breitenstein (Harz) ( 1307 )
  • Castle Hohenstein (Harz) ( from about 1420 ); Hohnsteiner forest in Dieter village in Roßla ( bought back )
  • Ilsenburg Abbey and Castle Bracknell ( since the 16th century - 1945)
  • Jannowitz Castle, Lower Silesia ( - 1945)
  • Burg Königstein (1535 - 1581)
  • Kreppelhof Castle, Lower Silesia (1765 - 1945)
  • Kühtai Hunting Lodge, Tirol (since 1917)
  • Hofgut Luis pleasure in Hirzenhain, Hesse (1535 to present)
  • Morungen (1445 - 1496)
  • Oberröblingen (1446 - 1520)
  • Schloss Ortenberg (Hesse) ( since 1535 to present)
  • Castle and lordship Peterswaldau, Lower Silesia (1765 - 1945)
  • Räckelwitz, Upper Lusatia (18 -? 1903)
  • Hofgut Ranstadt, Hesse
  • Castle of Rochefort, Belgium (1544 - 1574 and 1737 - 1811)
  • Roßla Castle, Harz (1341 - 1945)
  • Schloss Schlemmin, Pomerania (1892 - 1945)
  • Castle and Kammergut Schwarza (Thuringian Forest) ( 1549-1885 )
  • Stolberg Castle ( 1200 - 1945) and Forstgut in Stolberg ( Harz), repurchased partially
  • Wernigerode Castle (1429 - 1945)
  • Good westheim, Sauerland (1840 - 1947)

The Counts of Stolberg also had claims to the Belgian Agimont and led this name in their title. However, it had made a spelling mistakes. Only by a rescript of December 6, 1780 corrected Count Christian Frederick of Stolberg- Wernigerode the misspelling Aigmont in Agimont used until then.

Significant representatives (selection)

Older Earls of Stolberg

  • Count Henry of Stolberg († 1357 ), Bishop of Merseburg
  • Count Botho zu Stolberg the Elder ( † 1455 )
  • Countess Katharina zu Stolberg (1463-1535), abbess of the monastery Drubeck
  • Count Henry the Younger of Stolberg (1467-1508), governor of Friesland
  • Count Botho zu Stolberg (1467-1538)
  • Wolfgang Graf zu Stolberg (1501-1552)
  • Anna II of Stolberg (1504-1574), Rich Abbess of Quedlinburg
  • Anna III. Stolberg (1565-1601), Rich Abbess of Quedlinburg
  • Count Ludwig zu Stolberg (1505-1574)
  • Countess Juliana of Stolberg (1506-1580), Countess of Nassau- Dillenburg, ancestress of the House of Orange
  • Count Henry of Stolberg (1509-1572)
  • Wolf Graf Ernst zu Stolberg (1546-1606)
  • Heinrich Ernst Graf zu Stolberg (1593-1672), founder of the older main line of the House of Stolberg
  • Count Johann Martin Stolberg (1594-1669), founder of the younger branch of the House of Stolberg
  • Count Ernst zu Stolberg (1650-1710)

Stolberg- Wernigerode line

  • Count Christian Ernst of Stolberg- Wernigerode (1691-1771), Regent of the county of Wernigerode
  • Heinrich Ernst Graf zu Stolberg - Wernigerode (1716-1778), Regent
  • Count Christian Frederick of Stolberg- Wernigerode (1746-1824), Regent
  • Countess Luise of Stolberg- Wernigerode (1771-1856), abbess of the monastery Drubeck
  • Count Stolberg- Wernigerode to Henrich (1772-1854), the last ruler of the county of Wernigerode, Lord of the rule Gedern, representative of the entire house Stolberg Congress of Vienna
  • Anton Graf zu Stolberg - Wernigerode (1785-1854), Heir to Kreppelhof, Lower Silesia
  • Stolberg- Wernigerode Erbgraf Hermann (1802-1841), Erbgraf
  • Wilhelm Graf zu Stolberg - Wernigerode (1807-1898), Prussian politician and General
  • Count Eberhard zu Stolberg - Wernigerode (1810-1872)
  • Countess Anna of Stolberg- Wernigerode (1819-1868), superior of Bethany
  • Count Stolberg- Wernigerode to Bolko (1823-1884), District Administrator of Franzburg
  • Count Theodor zu Stolberg- Wernigerode (1827-1902), member of the German Reichstag
  • Countess Eleonore of Stolberg- Wernigerode (1835-1903)
  • Prince Otto of Stolberg- Wernigerode (1837-1896), President of the Province of Hannover, German Vice-Chancellor under Bismarck
  • Princess Anna of Stolberg- Wernigerode (1837-1907), wife of Prince Otto
  • Udo Count of Stolberg- Wernigerode (1840-1910)
  • Count Constantin of Stolberg- Wernigerode (1843-1905), President of the Province of Hannover
  • Prince Christian Ernst of Stolberg- Wernigerode (1864-1940), German nobleman, Prince of Stolberg- Wernigerode 2
  • Wilhelm of Stolberg- Wernigerode ( diplomat ) ( 1870-1931 ), German politician
  • Magdalene Countess of Stolberg- Wernigerode (1875-1955), abbess of the monastery Drubeck
  • Albrecht Graf zu Stolberg- Wernigerode (1886-1948)
  • Otto Graf zu Stolberg- Wernigerode (1893-1984)
  • Prince Botho of Stolberg- Wernigerode (1893-1989), 3rd Duke

Line Stolberg- Gedern

  • Prince Carl Friedrich of Stolberg- Gedern (1693-1767), Lord of the rule Gedern
  • Princess Louise of Stolberg- Gedern (1752-1824), wife of Charles Edward Stuart ( " Bonnie Prince Charlie" )
  • Princessin Carolina of Stolberg- Gedern (1755-1828), wife of Carlos Bernardo Fitz- James Stuart y Silva, IV Duke of Liria and Jerica

Stolberg- Stolberg line

  • Countess Sophie Eleonore of Stolberg- Stolberg (1669-1745), Funeral Sermon Collector
  • Christoph Friedrich Graf zu Stolberg - Stolberg (1672-1738 in Stolberg ), regent of the county Stolberg
  • Count Christian of Stolberg- Stolberg (1748-1821), translator and poet
  • Count Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg - Stolberg (1750-1819), poet, translator and lawyer
  • Countess Augusta Louise of Stolberg- Stolberg (1753-1835), sister of Christian and Friedrich Leopold
  • Countess Marianne of Stolberg- Stolberg (1780-1814), née Countess von der Mark
  • Count Christian Ernst of Stolberg- Stolberg (1783-1846), an Austrian officer
  • Caius Count of Stolberg- Stolberg (1797-1874), estate owners and member of the Reichstag
  • Count Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg - Stolberg (1799-1840), District Chief
  • Countess Louise of Stolberg- Stolberg (1799-1875), poet, translator and editor
  • Count Joseph Theodor zu Stolberg- Stolberg (1804-1859), Catholic politician
  • Alfred Graf zu Stolberg - Stolberg (1835-1880), estate owners and member of the Reichstag
  • Count Friedrich of Stolberg- Stolberg (1836-1904), rule owner and member of the Reichstag
  • Count of Stolberg- Stolberg Adalbert (1840-1885), estate owners and member of the Reichstag
  • Hermann Joseph Graf zu Stolberg- Stolberg (1854-1925) on West Good Home, politicians
  • Christoph Graf zu Stolberg- Stolberg (1888-1968), Major General
  • Rupert Graf zu Stolberg ( b. 1970 ), Episcopal Vicar of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising

Line Stolberg- Roßla

  • Count Jost Christian of Stolberg- Roßla senior (1676-1739)
  • Count Friedrich Botho zu Stolberg - Roßla (1714-1768), 1739 Regent in Roßla
  • Count Jost Christian of Stolberg- Roßla junior (1722-1749), in 1739 briefly co-ruler
  • Count Wilhelm Christoph Stolberg- Roßla (1748-1826), Regent of the county Stolberg- Roßla
  • Karl Graf zu Stolberg - Roßla (1822-1870), German nobleman
  • Prince Botho of Stolberg- Roßla (1850-1893), German nobleman
  • Christoph Martin Fürst zu Stolberg- Roßla (1888-1949), German nobleman, Lord on Roßla and Ortenberg

Luise of Stolberg- Gedern (1752-1824), Countess of Albany, wife of the English pretender to the throne

Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg- Stolberg (1750-1819), poet

Coat of arms

Ancestral Arms: In a gold border black deer; on the helmet with black -and-gold ceiling a natural peacock tail between 2 silver ostrich feathers.

Stolberg- Wernigerode

Stolberg (extended arms of 1597)

Lords of Eppstein Louis, Count of Stolberg Mediatisation Allstedt Anhalt-Bernburg Erichsburg (Harz) Grasburg (Rottleberode) Alter Stolberg Breitenstein, Saxony-Anhalt Hohnstein Castle Ilsenburg House Janowice Wielkie Hastière Frisia Anna III, Abbess of Quedlinburg Henry Ernest, Count of Stolberg Ernest, Count of Stolberg-Ilsenburg Otto of Stolberg-Wernigerode Christian Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode Henry Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode Christian Frederick of Stolberg-Wernigerode Louise of Stolberg-Wernigerode Henry of Stolberg-Wernigerode Anton of Stolberg-Wernigerode Anna of Stolberg-Wernigerode Otto von Bismarck Frederick Charles of Stolberg-Gedern Christian of Stolberg-Stolberg Augusta Louise zu Stolberg-Stolberg Constantin von Wurzbach
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