Schloss Frohsdorf is a castle-like complex in

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and was built 1547–50 out of the ruins of the so-called "Krotenhof". After similar devastation in the year 1683 it was largely altered and renovated in the Baroque style. Greatly damaged by the Second World War the palace was restored between 1968 and 1971 by the Austrian postal service.

Chronology

*from 1570 Teufel family *from 1690 Count Franz Carl Hoyos (renovated by

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (20 July 1656 – 5 April 1723) was an Austrian architect, sculptor, engraver, and architectural historian whose Baroque architecture profoundly influenced and shaped the tastes of the Habsburg Empire. His inf ...

) *from 1740 Count Joseph Philipp Hoyos *from 1781 Count Johann Philipp Hoyos and his wife, Countess Maria Christiana von Clary *from 1799 Count Johann Ernest Hoyos (son of Count Johann Philipp Hoyos) *from 1817

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(youngest sister of

Napoléon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

) and General Francesco Macdonald (very expensive sale) *from 1828

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(Russian former lover of Catherine the Great) *from 1835 Mikhail Yermolov *from 1839

Pierre Louis Jean Casimir de Blacas Pierre-Louis Jean Casimir, Count of Blacas d'Aulps (10 January 1771 – 17 November 1839), later created 1st Duke of Blacas (1821), was a French antiquarian, nobleman and diplomat during the Bourbon Restoration. Biography Early life He was ...

, 1st Duke of Blacas (bought) *from 1844 Marie-Thérèse of France, daughter of

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*from 1851

Henri, Count of Chambord Henri, Count of Chambord and Duke of Bordeaux (french: Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois, duc de Bordeaux, comte de Chambord; 29 September 1820 – 24 August 1883) was disputedly King of France from 2 to 9 August 1830 as Hen ...

(nephew-in-law of Marie-Thérèse of France) *from 1886 Jaime, Duke of Madrid (great nephew of the comte de Chambord) *from 1931 Princess Beatrix Massimo (sister of the Duke of Madrid) *from 1941 Sale of the palace to the Deutsche Reichspost *from 1945 Russian troops occupy palace *from 1955 takeover of the Austrian postal service *from 1955 the estate (without the castle) was inherited by Blanca Wurmbrand-Stuppach née Massimo *from 1968 renovation by the Austrian postal service

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Chronologie von Schloss Frohsdorf

Schloss Frohsdorf auf Burgen-Austria
Castles in Lower Austria {{Austria-castle-stub