!!!Metternich, Hochadelsgeschlecht

Metternich, aristocratic dynasty since the 14th century, named after 
the village Metternich near Weilerswist (Germany). 1635 
Reichsfreiherren (Barons of the Empire), 1679 Reichsgrafen (Counts of 
the Empire), 1803 Reichsfuersten (Princes of the Empire), 1813 
Austrian princes. In the 16th/17th centuries several ecclesiastical 
electors came from the Metternich dynasty. In 1803 the family was 
compensated for losses of territory on the left bank of the Rhine with 
Ochsenhausen (as the principality of Winneburg) and called themselves 
Metternich-Winneburg. Among the most prominent personalities belonging 
to the M. family were Prince Clemens Wenzel Lothar  Metternich, 
Princess Pauline  Metternich and Prince Richard Klemens  Metternich.


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