Noble and titled houses in Carinthia

It is my goal to publish an extensive work on the genealogy of noble houses in Carinthia in the near future, including historical, genealogical and heraldical explanations which could serve as representative reference book.

By publishing such a volume, I expect to close a substantial gap in the genealogical and heraldical literature of Carinthia, which has already now taken a lot of work, time and money from me. Up until now, the material I will be presenting has not, or only fragmentally, been processed and has rarely been open to the public.

Of course, it will probably never be possible to raise the claim of completeness for such a work, however, my research from the past 30 years has amassed a substantial dataset, which only in certain areas requires some additions.

What I have in mind in my research on the Carinthian nobility is the following: predominantly, all dynasties known to me, blooming or extinct, that belong(ed) to the nobility based in the duchy of Carinthia, then all those comprising the estates of the country, and those having had their domiciles in the country for an extended time or at least served there. Among them are also the dynasties which owe their title not to the emperors grace, but to the sovereign of the country or a Palatinus major. Finally, I also include the houses of which I am not sure if they were really noble, also those of patrician way of life, which nonetheless had coats of arms and tenure. This last group is usually referred to as (due to the Dominican Felix Fabri 1488/89) "half-noble circle".

On this page you will find a comprehensive compilation of all my electronically recorded genealogies of noble houses in Carinthia, including all estates of the country since 1591, as well as those belonging to the half-noble circle as described earlier. Apart from the ca. 2500 dynasties listed here I further possess 1.700 lists of houses of "smaller genealogies". The list below is therefore only a momentary stock which is continuously increasing due to my research. The volume of data for each dynasty is of course very heterogeneous, ranging from one up to more than 25 generations.

Explanations:

Since I am continuously researching and updating the compilation of genealogical data in my lists of dynasties, I chose to design the lists via running and interjected arrangements. That is, a list of several generations I seperated according to the principles of interjected lists into either seperate clans, lines, branches or houses, each of which would then be shown as a running list. Counting commences with the oldest secured ancestor (Agnate) and continues with their children, grandchildren etc. The Roman numbers at the beginning of each paragraph refer to the respective generation. Further, I endeavoured to include all important characteristics, by introducing a chronological short bio to every person, according to the following structure: general life data such as place and date of birth, wedding, death, with reference to memorials if applicable (as well as their inscriptions as footnote), land tenure, purchase, sale, acquisition, call for tenure, buildings, foundations; functions in the family, i.e. oldest of the clan, master of the patrimonial court; education, professional career, military and war service; honorary offices, such as knighthood, hereditary honours, holder of medals; name and dates also for spouses, including their parents and information on their property, function, profession, also of their father.

In the course of the last thirty years I systematically looked into every Carinthian (337) catholical parish civil register, as well as numerous Tyrolean, Styrean, Slovenian, Gorician, Friulian, Venetian etc.

In order to obviate confusion between noble and possibly patrician branches in a part of a region/rectorate of a dynasty, I also included the common name bearers and possible illegitimate offspring if needed. This facilitates the proof of nobility-usurpation by namesakes.

For every house I also included acts of nobilitation or mercy, the blazon (description of coat of arms), a chronological register of certificates, and of course my sources. Images of coats of arms and seals, usually in colour, improve the articles.

In addition, due to my meticulous and time-consuming research in the past thirty years, I was able to determine various gaps, errors and discrepancies in the published literature on noble houses of Carinthia, which leads to he conclusion that also my work may not be completely error-free.

Therefore, I ask you to not only disclose unpublished articles on noble Carinthian houses (with sources) to me, but also additions and corrections to already published works.

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ABBICH-GREIFFENSTEIN. ABELE-LILIENBERG. ABENSPERG-TRAUN. ACKERL. AICHLBERG/AICHLBURGER (AICHELBERG/AICHELBURGER). AICHELBURG. AICHER-AICHENEGG. AICHOLT. AICHPICHLER (AICHPUECHLER, AICHPICHL, AICHPUECHL). AICHWALDER (AICHBALDER). AIGNER. AINETHER-AINETH. ALBER-GLANSTAETTEN. ALBL-ALMBERG. ALCAINI. ALLESCH. ALTHAUS (ALTENHAUS). ALTENBURGER. ALTENFELS (JABORNEGG). ALTERSBERGER. ALTHAMER. ALTHAN-ALTHESIN. ALTMANN. AMBERGER. AMBROSY-DOLFINGEN. AMBTHOFER-AMBTHOFFEN (ANTHOFER). AMBTMANN-HEIDEN. AMERIGHI. AMIGAN. AMLACHER. AMMAN-AMMANSEGG. AMON. AMPACH-GRIENFELDEN. AMPFINGER. AM STEIN. ANDRIOLI. ANDROCHA (ANDROCHA-ANDROS-STUPNICA). ANGERMAYR. ANGERMILLER. ANKERSHOFEN (HOFFER). ANKHELLIN. ANREITER-ZIRNFELD. ANSELM (ANSELMB). ANTONELLI (ANTONELLO). ARCO. ARNOLD-TOBLACH. ASCHAU. ASCHAUER-ACHENRAIN. ASCHINGER. ASPACH. ATTEMS. AUER. AUER-GEIERSBERG. AUER-WELSBACH. AUERSPERG. AUFFENBERG. AUFENSTEIN. AUSSEZ-MIRNAU. AYRER. AZULA.