House of Windisch-Grätz

The House of Windisch-Graetz, also spelled Windisch-Grätz, is an Austrian aristocratic family, descending from Windischgraz in Lower Styria (present-day Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia). The noble dynasty serving the House of Habsburg achieved the rank of Freiherren in 1551, of Imperial Counts in 1682 and of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire in 1804. The family belongs to high nobility. Created Imperial Baron: 1551; Imperial Count: 1658; Imperial Prince: 1804 (primogeniture), 1822. Act VIII of 1886 confirmed the hereditary seat of the descendants of Count Franz Joseph Windisch-Graetz and Barons Adam and Gottlieb Windisch-Graetz at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary

1732. Austria. House of Windisch-Grätz. Leopold Victor Johann (1727-1746) Taler. Vienna Mint. DAV-1202, Holzmair-107. KM-5. Obv: Armored and draped bust right. Rev: 3-fold helmeted arms supported by 2 wolves. NGC AU-58.

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