Harrach

History

• 1195 — first mentions of the family in Ranshofen monastery.
• 14th century — owned lands in Austria, Carinthia and Styria.
• 1524 — Leonhard III von Harrach acquired Rohrau Castle.
• 4 January 1552 — Leonhard IV von Harrach received the title of Imperial Baron from Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 6 November 1627 — Karl von Harrach received the title of Imperial Count from Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1701 — Ferdinand Bonaventura I purchased Jilemnice.
• 1708 — Aloys Thomas Raimund von Harrach married Cecilia von Thannhausen and attached her surname to his family name.

  Residences

• Rohrau Castle, Rohrau, Austria: formerly the seat of the elder branch; with notable private collection of paintings known as Graf Harrach’sche Familiensammlung. Rohrau has meanwhile been inherited by the counts of Waldburg-Zeil.
• Prugg Castle, Bruck an der Leitha, Austria: still the seat of the younger branch.
• Palais Harrach an der Freyung, Vienna, Austria.
• Palais Harrach in der Ungargasse, Vienna, Austria.
• Palais Harrach, Prague, Czech Republic.
• Harrachov : town in Czech Republic with family's glass manufactory, well known as Harrachglas brand.
• Hrádek u Nechanic, Czech Republic.
• Jilemnice, Czech Republic.
• Konárovice, Czech Republic.
• Kunín, Czech Republic.
• Lodín, Czech Republic
• Náměšť na Hané, Czech Republic.
• Strkov, Czech Republic.
• Krzeczyn Mały, Poland.

  Notable family members

• Przibislaus Harrach — founder of the family
• Leonhard IV von Harrach
• Karl von Harrach — his grandson, Imperial envoy to German sovereigns' courts, Ferdinand II's favourite. His children:
• * Ernst Adalbert von Harrach, Archbishop of Prague and Cardinal Bishop of Trento.
• * Leonhard, founder of the Rohrau line, the Superior Marshall at the Emperor Ferdinand III Habsburg's court.
• * Otto Frederick founder of the Jilemnice line, soldier and diplomat, brother-in-law of Albrecht Wallenstein. His son:
• ** Ferdinand Bonaventura I Graf Harrach, ambassador in Spain before War of the Spanish Succession. His children:
• *** Franz Anton Graf von Harrach — Bishop of the Archdiocese of Vienna and Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Salzburg
• *** Aloys Thomas Raimund Graf Harrach, viceroy of Naples. His children:
• ****John Ernest Emmanuel the Bishop of Nitra
• ****Ferdinand Bonaventure II Governor of Milan
• **** Friedrich August von Harrach-Rohrau, interim governor of the Austrian Netherlands. His grandsons:
• ***** Ernest Christopher Joseph
• ***** Ferdinand Joseph . His children:
• ****** Auguste von Harrach — second wife to king Frederick William III of Prussia
• ****** Karl Philip . His son:
• ******* Ferdinand — painter.
• Johann Philipp Graf Harrach, Austrian field marshal
• Ernst Guido
• Maria Josefa von Harrach, princesse of Liechtenstein, wife of Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein
• Karl Borromäus von Harrach — honorary Chief Physician at the Elisabethine Hospital in Vienna.
• Johann Nepomuk von Harrach — Czech politician
• Lieutenant Colonel Count Franz von Harrach, Franz Ferdinand's bodyguard when he was assassinated in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914.
• Countess Stephanie Harrach, Johann Harrach's widow, current member of family
• Beppo Harrach, modern rally pilot, count Ernst Harrach's son