!!!Khevenhüller, Hochadelsgeschlecht

Khevenhueller, family of the higher nobility from Carinthia, first 
mentioned in 1396. Became barons in 1566, imperial counts in 1593 
(1725) and princes in 1763 (primogeniture). One line still owns  
Hochosterwitz Castle. Prominent members of the family included: Count 
Franz Christoph von  Khevenhueller-Frankenburg, Count Georg  
Khevenhueller, Count Ludwig Andreas  Khevenhueller and Prince Johann 
Joseph  Khevenhueller-Metsch.


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