Wurmbrand-Stuppach was a mediæval Austrian noble family. In 1701 the house of Wurmbrand-Stuppach was raised to an Imperial County. It was mediatised to Austria in 1806, and lost its privileges in 1920. The lands of Wurmbrand-Stuppach were located entirely in Lower Austria in the Habsburg Domain. Since 1726, Wurmbrand-Stuppach had a seat in the Franconian Bench of Counts.
The Wurmbrand Saga describes the founding of the House of Wurmbrand-Stuppach by a fence builder who killed a dragon with a burning fencepost and married the widowed Countess of Stuppach during the Crusades. The first real, historical mention of the House of Wurmbrand occurred during the forteenth Century, more than 150 years after the Great Crusades. After 1584 the House divided into two lineages, Wurmbrand-Stuppach being one of these.
Imperial Counts of Wurmbrand-Stuppach (1701 - 1920)
Name |
Reign |
Notes |
---|---|---|
John Joseph William | 1701 - 1750 | |
Gundacker Thomas | 1750 - 1791 | |
Gundacker Henry | 1791 - 1846 | Mediatised in 1806 |
Ferdinand Gundacker | 1846 - 1896 | |
William Ernest Maria Frederick Gundacker | 1896 - 1920 | Austria abolished the monarchies in 1920 |
Other Important Members of the House of Wurmbrand-Stuppach
- Count Casimir Henry
- Count Christian Siegmund
- Count John Ernest Henry
- Count John Eustace