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[[File:Wappen Lichnowsky Werdenberg.jpg|thumb|Coat of arms of Prince Lichnowsky, Count of [[Werdenberg (Holy Roman Empire)|Werdenberg]]]]
[[File:Wappen Lichnowsky Werdenberg.jpg|thumb|Coat of arms of Prince Lichnowsky, Count of [[Werdenberg (Holy Roman Empire)|Werdenberg]]]]


The '''House of Lichnowsky''' or '''House of Lichnovský''' is the name of an influential Czech aristocratic family of [[Silesia]]n and [[Moravia]]n origin, documented since the 14th century.
The '''House of Lichnowsky''' or '''House of Lichnovský''' is the name of an influential Czech aristocratic family of [[Silesia]]n and [[Moravia]]n origin, documented since the 14th century.


==History==
== History ==
The noble family first appeared in the [[Duchy of Pless]] (Pszczyna) in [[Upper Silesia]], when one Estepan de Woszyczyki, probably from Woszczyce ({{langx|de|Woschtitz}}) near [[Orzesze]], on 17 March 1377 obtained the office of a ''[[Schultheiß]]'' reeve in [[Lędziny]] from the [[Přemyslid dynasty|Přemyslid]] duke [[John I, Duke of Opava-Ratibor|John of Opava]]. His descendant Hanuš (John) of Woszczyki, judge in the Upper Silesian [[Duchy of Krnov]] from 1498 to 1507, by marriage acquired the estates of [[Lichnov (Bruntál District)|Lichnov]] in Moravia. He is first mentioned with his surname Lichnovský in a 1494 deed.
The noble family first appeared in the [[Duchy of Pless]] (Pszczyna) in [[Upper Silesia]], when one Estepan de Woszyczyki, probably from Woszczyce ({{langx|de|Woschtitz}}) near [[Orzesze]], on 17 March 1377 obtained the office of a ''[[Schultheiß]]'' reeve in [[Lędziny]] from the [[Přemyslid dynasty|Přemyslid]] duke [[John I, Duke of Opava-Ratibor|John of Opava]]. His descendant Hanuš (John) of Woszczyki, judge in the Upper Silesian [[Duchy of Krnov]] from 1498 to 1507, by marriage acquired the estates of [[Lichnov (Bruntál District)|Lichnov]] in Moravia. He is first mentioned with his surname Lichnovský in a 1494 deed.


==Ennoblements==
== Ennoblements ==
* Franz Bernhard Lichnowsky (1664–1747): [[Lands of the Bohemian Crown|Bohemian]] ''[[Freiherr]]'' ([[Baron]]) with the [[nobiliary particle]] of an ''[[Edler]] von Woschtitz'' in 1702
* Franz Bernhard Lichnowsky (1664–1747): [[Lands of the Bohemian Crown|Bohemian]] ''[[Freiherr]]'' ([[Baron]]) with the [[nobiliary particle]] of an ''[[Edler]] von Woschtitz'' in 1702<ref name="Pátek 2024" />
* Karl Franz Leopold Bernhard Lichnowsky (1690–1742), son: Bohemian ''[[Graf]]'' ([[Count]]) on 1 January 1721, [[Imperial Count]] on 27 May 1727
* Karl Franz Leopold Bernhard Lichnowsky (1690–1742), son: Bohemian ''[[Graf]]'' ([[Count]]) on 1 January 1721, [[Imperial Count]] on 27 May 1727
*''[[Geheimrat]]'' Friedrich Carl Johann Amadeus Lichnowsky (1720–1788), son: ''[[Fürst]]'' ([[Prince]]) in [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] on 30 January 1773; the princely title was not recognised in [[Austrian Empire|Austria]] until 30 December 1846
* ''[[Geheimrat]]'' Friedrich Carl Johann Amadeus Lichnowsky (1720–1788), son: ''[[Fürst]]'' ([[Prince]]) in [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] on 30 January 1773; the princely title was not recognised in [[Austrian Empire|Austria]] until 30 December 1846
The head of the family was an hereditary member of the [[Prussian House of Lords]] from 12 October 1854 and was granted the title of ''[[Durchlaucht]]'' (Serene Highness) in Prussia on 8 March 1860.
The head of the family was an hereditary member of the [[Prussian House of Lords]] from 12 October 1854 and was granted the title of ''[[Durchlaucht]]'' (Serene Highness) in Prussia on 8 March 1860.


==Notable members==
== Notable members ==
* [[Karl Alois, Prince Lichnowsky]] (1761–1814), patron of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] and [[Ludwig van Beethoven]].
* [[Karl Alois, Prince Lichnowsky]] (1761–1814), patron of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] and [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]<ref name="Boyd 1999" />
* Moritz Lichnowsky (1771–1837), younger brother of Karl Alois and a faithful friend of [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]
* Moritz Lichnowsky (1771–1837), younger brother of Karl Alois and a faithful friend of [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]
* Eduard Lichnowsky (1789–1845), writer
* Eduard Lichnowsky (1789–1845), writer<ref name="Young 1977" />
* [[Felix Lichnowsky|Felix, Prince Lichnowsky]] (5 April 1814 – 18 September 1848), politician
* [[Felix Lichnowsky|Felix, Prince Lichnowsky]] (5 April 1814 – 18 September 1848), politician<ref name="Horsch 2023" />
* [[Karl Max, Prince Lichnowsky]] (8 March 1860 – 27 February 1928), German ambassador in London
* [[Karl Max, Prince Lichnowsky]] (8 March 1860 – 27 February 1928), German ambassador in London<ref name="Schneider 2012" />
* [[Mechtilde Lichnowsky]] (1879–1958), his wife
* [[Mechtilde Lichnowsky]] (1879–1958), his wife<ref name="Emonts 2009" />
* Margarethe von Lichnowsky (1863–1954), wife of [[Count]] [[Karol Lanckoroński]]
* Margarethe von Lichnowsky (1863–1954), wife of [[Count]] [[Karol Lanckoroński]]<ref name="Rombach 1993" />


==External links==
== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="Boyd 1999">{{cite book
| last        = Boyd
| first      = Malcolm
| last2      = Butt
| first2      = John
| title      = J.S. Bach
| publisher  = Oxford University Press
| date        = 1999
| isbn        = 978-0-19-866208-2
| url        = https://www.google.com/books/edition/J_S_Bach/N6sCAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover
| access-date = 27 June 2025
| page        = 385
}}</ref>
<ref name="Emonts 2009">{{cite book
| last        = Emonts
| first      = Anne Martina
| title      = Mechtilde Lichnowsky: Sprachlust und Sprachkritik : Annäherung an ein Kulturphänomen
| publisher  = Königshausen & Neumann
| date        = 2009
| isbn        = 978-3-8260-3912-6
| url        = https://www.google.com/books/edition/Mechtilde_Lichnowsky/mcLGy5_HMngC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA101&printsec=frontcover
| language    = de
| access-date = 27 June 2025
| page        = 101
}}</ref>
<ref name="Horsch 2023">{{cite book
| last        = Horsch
| first      = Nadja
| last2      = Scholz-Hänsel
| first2      = Michael
| last3      = Sonius
| first3      = Marta Oliveira
| title      = Gardens of the Iberian Peninsula: New perspectives on an entangled history
| publisher  = Frank & Timme GmbH
| date        = 22 November 2023
| isbn        = 978-3-7329-0971-1
| url        = https://www.google.com/books/edition/Gardens_of_the_Iberian_Peninsula/uGvmEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA164&printsec=frontcover
| access-date = 27 June 2025
| page        = 164
}}</ref>
<ref name="Pátek 2024">{{cite book
| last        = Pátek
| first      = Jakub
| last2      = Žáková
| first2      = Michaela
| last3      = Županič
| first3      = Jan
| title      = Nobility in the Pre-Modern and Modern Period
| publisher  = Böhlau Wien
| date        = 17 June 2024
| isbn        = 978-3-205-21963-7
| url        = https://www.google.com/books/edition/Nobility_in_the_Pre_Modern_and_Modern_Pe/uUIQEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA42&printsec=frontcover
| access-date = 27 June 2025
| page        = 42
}}</ref>
<ref name="Rombach 1993">{{cite book
| title      = Hofmannsthal: Jahrbuch zur europäischen Moderne
| publisher  = Rombach
| date        = 1993
| isbn        = 978-3-7930-9375-6
| url        = https://www.google.com/books/edition/Hofmannsthal/XfpbAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover
| language    = de
| access-date = 27 June 2025
| page        = 209
}}</ref>
<ref name="Schneider 2012">{{cite book
| last        = Schneider
| first      = Thomas
| last2      = Raulwing
| first2      = Peter
| title      = Egyptology from the First World War to the Third Reich: Ideology, Scholarship, and Individual Biographies
| publisher  = BRILL
| date        = 8 November 2012
| isbn        = 978-90-04-24329-3
| url        = https://www.google.com/books/edition/Egyptology_from_the_First_World_War_to_t/TmKGDb3WUt0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA85&printsec=frontcover
| language    = de
| access-date = 27 June 2025
| page        = 85
}}</ref>
<ref name="Young 1977">{{cite book
| last        = Young
| first      = Harry F.
| title      = Prince Lichnowsky and the Great War
| publisher  = University of Georgia Press
| date        = 1977
| isbn        = 978-0-8203-0385-7
| url        = https://www.google.com/books/edition/Prince_Lichnowsky_and_the_Great_War/TzMKAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover
| access-date = 27 June 2025
| page        = 5
}}</ref>
}}
 
== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160306203927/http://www.kitenews.com.br/Lichnowsky/pages/genealogy.htm Genealogy of the Lichnowsky family]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160306203927/http://www.kitenews.com.br/Lichnowsky/pages/genealogy.htm Genealogy of the Lichnowsky family]


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File:Wappen Lichnowsky Werdenberg.jpg
Coat of arms of Prince Lichnowsky, Count of Werdenberg

The House of Lichnowsky or House of Lichnovský is the name of an influential Czech aristocratic family of Silesian and Moravian origin, documented since the 14th century.

History

The noble family first appeared in the Duchy of Pless (Pszczyna) in Upper Silesia, when one Estepan de Woszyczyki, probably from Woszczyce (Template:Langx) near Orzesze, on 17 March 1377 obtained the office of a Schultheiß reeve in Lędziny from the Přemyslid duke John of Opava. His descendant Hanuš (John) of Woszczyki, judge in the Upper Silesian Duchy of Krnov from 1498 to 1507, by marriage acquired the estates of Lichnov in Moravia. He is first mentioned with his surname Lichnovský in a 1494 deed.

Ennoblements

The head of the family was an hereditary member of the Prussian House of Lords from 12 October 1854 and was granted the title of Durchlaucht (Serene Highness) in Prussia on 8 March 1860.

Notable members

References

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