Coudenhove-Kalergi
| Coudenhove-Kalergi | |
|---|---|
| Noble House | |
 Castle Ronsperg | |
| Country | Austria |
| Titles | von Ronspergheim (awarded in 1918)[1][2] |
| Founded | 1903 |
| Founder | Heinrich von Coudenhove-Kalergi |
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Coudenhove-Kalergi is a noble Bohemian family of mixed European descent formed when Franz Karl Coudenhove (1825-1893) married Maria Kalergi (1840-1877). The Coudenhoves had been Counts of the Holy Roman Empire since 1790 and rose to great estate in the Netherlands and Belgium. After the upheaval of the French Revolution, they followed their dukes from the Low Countries into Austria. Maria's family enjoyed high status in Crete.[3]
History
The Coudenhove family dates back to the Duchy of Brabant nobleman and crusader Gerolf I de Coudenhove (died 1259) and, after it fought for the Habsburgs in the Dutch Revolt, it moved to Flanders before the Habsburgs and Coudenhoves were both driven to Austria by that war.[4]
The Kallergis, who are Greeks claimed descent from the Byzantine Phokas family, which produced several generals and an emperor (Nikephoros II). During the Venetian rule over Crete, the Kallergis family was one of the most important Greek Orthodox families in the island.
The two families united when, on 27 June 1857 in Paris, Count Franz Coudenhove married Marie Kalergi, only daughter of Polish pianist Marie Nesselrode and her husband Jan Kalergi. The lands thus combined included the Zamato estate in the Carinthian mountains, the castle of Ottensheim in Upper Austria and the Ronsperg (Czech: Poběžovice) estate and castle in western Bohemia. Franz and Marie's daughter had 6 children, including Heinrich, the first graf to use the double-barrelled name.[5] When his son Johannes Evangelist Virgilio Coudenhove-Kalergi was 24 years old, he asked the Emperor to give him the title Coudenhove-Kalergi of Ronspergheim (von Ronspergheim) and the Emperor granted his request.[1]
Family members
- Count Heinrich von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1859–1906), who married Mitsuko Aoyama and had:
- Johannes Evangelist Virgilio Coudenhove-Kalergi von Ronspergheim (1893–1965), author of the cannibalism novel Ich fraß die weiße Chinesin (I ate the white Chinese) by the pen name Duca di Centigloria.[2]
- Marie-Electa Thekla Elisabeth Christine Helene Sophie "Marina" Coudenhove-Kalergi von Ronspergheim (1927–2000), daughter of Johannes and his first wife Lilly. Married in Phoenix, Arizona in 1954. Died in Los Angeles in 2000.
- Count Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894–1972), Austrian writer, politician and founder of the International Paneuropean Union
- Gerolf Coudenhove-Kalergi / Count Gerolf von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1896–1978)
- Hans-Heinrich Richard Gerolf Karl Urban Maria Omnes Sancti Coudenhove-Kalergi (born 1926)
- Sophia Bowie Marie Coudenhove-Kalergi (born 1970)
- Dominik Cornelius Valentin Gerolf Eugene Coudenhove-Kalergi (born 1973), in 2009 he married Vincenz Liechtenstein's daughter Princess Adelheid Marie Beatrice Zita (born 1981).
- Karl Jakob Maria Coudenhove-Kalergi (born 1928)
- Barbara Coudenhove-Kalergi (* 1932), Czech-Austrian journalist, Gerold's daughter
- Michael Coudenhove-Kalergi (* 1937), painter[2][6]
- Hans-Heinrich Richard Gerolf Karl Urban Maria Omnes Sancti Coudenhove-Kalergi (born 1926)
- Elisabeth Maria Anna Coudenhove-Kalergi (1898–1936), secretary of Engelbert Dollfuss
- Olga Marietta Henriette Maria Coudenhove-Kalergi (1900–1976)
- Ida Friederike Görres (1901–1971), sixth child of Heinrich, Reichsgraf of Coudenhove-Kalergi
- Karl Heinrich Franz Maria Coudenhove-Kalergi (1903–1987)
- Johannes Evangelist Virgilio Coudenhove-Kalergi von Ronspergheim (1893–1965), author of the cannibalism novel Ich fraß die weiße Chinesin (I ate the white Chinese) by the pen name Duca di Centigloria.[2]
Ancestors
Coudenhove family
- Franz Ludwig von Coudenhove (1783−1851), adjutant of Archduke Charles army[2]
- Maximilian von Coudenhove (1805−1889), Austrian feldmarschallleutnant
- Franz Karl Coudenhove (1825–1893), father of Heinrich von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1859–1906)
- Max von Coudenhove / Max Julius Viktor Maria von Coudenhove (1865–1928), Austrian diplomat
Kalergi family
- Dimitrios Kallergis (1803–1867), foreign minister of Greece, minister of military affairs of Greece
- Marie Nesselrode (1822–1874), pianist and patronne having the relationship with many famous people: Heine, Balzac, Chateaubriand, Musset, Mérimée, Delacroix, Richard Wagner, Liszt, Chopin[2]
- Marie Kalergi (1840–1877), mother of Heinrich von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1859–1906)
References
- 1 2 Kleisner, Tomas (2012). "The Medals of The Counts Coudenhove". Series C – Historia Litterarum vol.57. Academia.edu. p. 155. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Familie Coudenhove". Paneuropa Deutschland - Paneuropa-Union. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ↑ http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,791166-2,00.html
- ↑ Coudenhove at patricus.info
- ↑ "http://bischofteinitz.de/orte/ronsperg.htm
- ↑ "http://www.michael-coudenhove-kalergi.com/
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