Haugwitz

Haugwitz (Graf von Haugwitz, Czech: (Czech branch) Haugvicové) is a Saxonian noble family originating from Meissen region and may refer to:

The Haugvics are an ancient Lusatian aristocratic family that was very branched in the Middle Ages and was written "von Haugwitz". It spread to the area of Germany (Meissen), Silesia (where more than 12 lineages were created), then to Bohemia and Moravia. At the beginning of the 15th century, the important representatives of the family included Mikuláš Haugvic from Tuhaneč, the court Marshal of Queen Žofia, the wife of King Wenceslas IV. In 1346, the brothers Otto, Sweydiger and Kilian von Haugvic settled in Biskupice, Silesia, who are the founders of the new dynastic Haugvic family from Biskupice, which continued to function completely independently and became the most important Haugvic faction in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. from 1494 to 1668. At present, four lines of the Haugvic family are public:

1) Haugwitz from the Meissen line (to this day in Germany)

2) The Haugwitzs of Biskupitz (to this day in Czech Republic)

3) Haugwitz family from Malá Obíše (to this day in Austria, Canada, Denmark, Sweden)

4) Haugwitz family from the Prussian line (to this day also in Moravia)

• Georg von Haugwitz[1]
• Johann IX. von Haugwitz (1524-1595), Bishop of Meissen
• August Adolph von Haugwitz[2]
• Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Haugwitz (1702, Saxony – 1765), Austrian statesman
• Christian August Heinrich Kurt Graf von Haugwitz (1752, Silesia – 1832), Prussian statesman
• Luise von Haugwitz (1782–1855)[3]
• Lawrence (Lance) Graf von Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow (1936–1972), a playboy