!!!Trautson, Adelsgeschlecht

Trautson, noble family originally from the Tyrol. They became barons 
(von Sprechenstein) in 1541, counts (von Falkenstein) in 1598 and 
imperial princes in 1711. The male line of the family died out in 
1780; their estates fell to the  Auersperg family. Prominent members 
of the T. family included Prince Johann Joseph  Trautson, Prince 
Johann Leopold Donat  Trautson, Count Paul Sixt I  Trautson and Count 
Paul Sixt II  Trautson.

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T. Palace in the 7th district of Vienna was built by J. B. Fischer von 
Erlach and from 1760-1918 it housed the Hungarian guard; since 1961 it 
has housed the Federal Ministry of Justice).

!Literature
F. Hadriga, Die T. Paladine Habsburgs, 1996.


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