Starhemberg

County (Principality) of Starhemberg
County (Principality) of Starhemberg; Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Starhemberg
	1643–1806
Status	State of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital	Starhemberg
Government	Principality
Historical era	Early modern period
• Castle built by; Ottokar of Styria	; 1140–45
• County gained; Reichsfreiheit	1643
• Raised to principality	1765
• Mediatised to the; Austrian Empire	1806
	Succeeded by
Austrian Empire

Starhemberg is the name of an old Austrian noble family originating from Upper Austria, specifically Steyr and Steinbach.[1] They were imperial counts (Reichsgrafen) from 1643, then were raised to princely rank (Reichsfürsten) in 1765. The family belongs to the high nobility,[2] and their Starhemberg Palace (German: Schloss Starhemberg) in Eferding, Upper Austria, includes a museum about the family's history.

Original arms of the family

Arms of the Princes of Starhemberg

Mediatized Princes of Starhemberg

Camillo, 1st Prince (1804-1872)
- Camillo, 2nd Prince 1872-1900 (1835-1900)
  - Ernst Rüdiger, 3rd Prince 1900-1927 (1861-1927)
    - Ernst Rüdiger, 4th Prince 1927-1956 (1899-1956)
      - Heinrich, 5th Prince 1956-1997 (1934-1997)
    - Prince Georg (1904-1978)
      - Prince Franz (1933-1995)
        Georg Adam, 6th Prince 1997–present (b.1961)
        Constantin, Hereditary Prince of Starhemberg (b.1992)
        
        Prince Ernst (b.1995)
        
        Prince Franz (b.1963)
        Prince Nicolaus (b.2001)

Eberhard IV of Starhemberg (ca 1370–1429), Archbishop of Salzburg from 1427 until his death
Erasmus of Starhemberg
Count Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (1638–1701), Austrian politician, field marshal, the defender of Vienna against the Turks in 1683, commander of the Vienna city defence
Maximilian Lorenz Starhemberg (ca 1640–89), Imperial field marshal and commander of the fortress of Philippsburg, brother of Ernst Rüdiger
Gundaker Thomas Starhemberg (1663–1745), half-brother of Ernst Rüdiger, financial expert
Bohunka Starhemberg (died 1530), wife of the Bohemian noble Jost III of Rosenberg, who died at the birth of their daughter
Guido Starhemberg (1657–1737), Austrian commander during the War of the Spanish Succession
Maximilian Adam Graf Starhemberg (1669-1741), brother of Guido and also Austrian field Marshal.
Maria Eva Sophia of Starhemberg (1722–73)
Georg Adam, Prince of Starhemberg (1724-1807)
Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (1861–1927), Austrian politician and landowner
Fanny von Starhemberg (1875–1943), Austrian politician for the Christian Social Party
Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg (1899–1956), Austrian politician, Vice-Chancellor of Austria and Heimwehr
Heinrich Starhemberg (1934–97), son of Ernst Rüdiger and Nora Gregor, actor and writer using the pseudonym Henry Gregor

Schwerdling, Johann (1830). Geschichte des Hauses Starhemberg (in German). Linz: gedruckt bey Jos. Feichtinger's sel., Witwe.
Graf Thürheim (1889). Ludwig, Fürst Starhemberg (in German). Graz. p. 171.

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