Von Hügel

The Hügel family is a German noble family originating in Württemberg.

History

In 1790, members of the younger branch of the Hügel family were elevated to the rank of Imperial Baron by Emperor Leopold II, while members of the elder branch of the family were raised to the same rank by Emperor Francis II in 1801.

On 13 June 1879, the elder branch of the family was raised to the hereditary title of Count (Graf) in the Kingdom of Württemberg by King Charles I. This comital branch of the Hügel family was closely related to the Dukes of Teck, a morganatic line of the House of Württemberg. Countess Amalie von Hügel was the paternal aunt of Queen Mary.

Notable members

  • Baron Johann Andres von Hügel (1734–1807), Württemberg general who was elevated to the rank of Baron in 1801
    • Johann Christian Friedrich von Hügel (b. 1764)
    • Baron Ernst von Hügel (1774–1848), Württemberg general and Minister of War
      • Baron Albert von Hügel (1803–1865), German army officer and chamberlain, owner of Schloss Eschenau
        • Count Paul von Hügel (1835–1897), owner of Schloss Reinthal; m. Princess Amalie of Teck
          • Count Paul Julius von Hügel (1872–1912) ⚭ Anna Pauline Homolatsch (b. 1880), divorced in 1911
            • Countess Huberta Amelia Maximilienne Pauline von Hügel (1897–1912)
            • Count Ferdinand Paul von Hügel (1901-1939)[1]
      • Baron Karl Eugen von Hügel (1805–1870), Württemberg Minister of Foreign Affairs
        • Baroness Alexandrine von Hügel (1843–1903), m. Count Klemens Joseph Leopold von Beroldingen
    • August Ferdinand von Hügel (1775–1837)
  • Matthias Hügel (d. 1782), Electoral Trier chamberlain; married Anna Gertrud Dötsch
    • Baron Johann Aloys Josef von Hügel (1753–1825), diplomat, statesman and imperial commissioner at the Perpetual Reichstag in Regensburg, who was elevated to Baron of the Holy Roman Empire in 1791; married Susanne Holthoff (1768–1837)

Former properties

See also

References

  1. ^ "Descendants of Countess Amalie von Hugel".