This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "Mensdorff-Pouilly family" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
House of Mensdorff-Pouilly
Parent familyPouilly
Place of originPouilly-sur-Meuse
FounderEmmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly
Final headAlexander, 3rd Prince von Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg
TitlesPrince von Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg
Count von Mensdorff-Pouilly
Estate(s)Schloss Mikulov (Nikolsburg)
Dissolution1964 (1964)
Comital arms of the family in 1844

The House of Mensdorff-Pouilly is the name of a noble family originally from Lorraine. The family derived its name from the barony of Pouilly at Stenay in Meuse. Through Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, wife of Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly, the family is closely related to the royal families of Belgium, Sweden, Portugal, Bulgaria and the United Kingdom.

History

In 1790, during the French Revolution, Albert Louis de Pouilly (1731–1795) emigrated with his family. His sons Albert and Emmanuel changed the family name to Mensdorff-Pouilly, named for a place in the county of Roussy in Luxembourg.

In 1818, Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly received a comital title from the Austrian Emperor, and he was recognized as noble in Bohemia (the Inkolat) in 1839. The family motto is Fortitudine et caritate. The Mensdorff-Pouilly family succeeded the extinct House of Dietrichstein, one of Europe’s most distinguished noble families.[1]

Through Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, wife of Count Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1777–1852), the family is closely related to the royal families of Belgium, Sweden, Portugal and the United Kingdom.

Notable members

Gallery

Literature

References

  1. ^ http://www.zamekboskovice.cz/en/mensdorff-pouilly
Category