Coat of arms of the Counts von Haugwitz

The House of Haugwitz (Graf von Haugwitz, Czech: (Czech branch) Haugvicové) is the name of an old and influential Saxon noble family originating from Meissen region.

History

The Haugvitcs 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 Sophia, the wife of Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia. 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.

Lines of the family

At present, four lines of the Haugwitz 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)

Notable members

References


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