Haugwitz


The House of Haugwitz is an old and influential Saxon noble family originating from the Meissen region.

History

The Haugwitzs are an ancient aristocratic family from the Lusatia region.
It spread to the area of Germany, Silesia, then to Bohemia and Moravia.
At the beginning of the 15th century, the important representatives of the family included Mikuláš Haugvic from Tuhaneč, the court Marshal of Queen Sophia, the wife of Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia.
In 1346, the brothers Otto, Sweydiger, and Kilian von Haugvic settled in Biskupice, Silesia, who founded the new dynastic Haugvic family from Biskupice, which continued to function independently and eventually became the most important Haugvic faction in Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia. This lasted from 1494 to 1668.

Lines of the family

As of now, four lines of the Haugwitz family are public:
1) Haugwitz from the Meissen line
2) Haugwitz family from Malá Obíše
3) Haugwitz family from the Prussian line

Notable members