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History

The family originates from Berg near Henndorf am Wallersee and appeared under the name ''Berger'' or ''Pörger (Perger), Edle Herren von Höchenperg''. Around 1209 a Carinthian branch owned Höhenbergen castle near

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. In 1524, the family acquired Clam Castle in Upper Austria, which to this day is owned by the family. This line was established when Carl Josef, Count of Clam (1760-1826), a member of an old Austrian noble Clam family, married Maria Anna,

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of Martinic (''z Martinicz'' or ''Martinicové'' in Czech) (1768-1832), a member of an old Bohemian noble family claimed to be descended from the Vršovci family.Roman von Prochazka: Genealogisches Handbuch erloschener böhmischer Herrenstandsfamilien, Band I; Rangordnung des böhmischen Fürsten- und Herrenstandes mit der Liste der dreissig ältesten Herrenstandfamilien von Jahr 1501. Verlag Degener & Co, Neustadt an der Aisch 1973, , S. 15, Übersicht und Ahnentafel zu Martinic S. 183, 186.

Clam-Gallas

The other line of the Clam family, namely Counts of Clamm und Gallas, owners of the Frýdlant castle, whose other possessions were mostly in

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, died out in 1930.

Gallery

Burg Clam 2013.jpg, Clam Castle, Upper Austria Lady Selina Meade.jpeg, Lady Selina Meade (1797–1872), who married the Count of Clam-Martinic, painted by

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in Vienna in 1819

Prominent members

* Karl von Clam-Martinic (1792-1840), Austrian statesman and lieutenant field marshal. *Jindřich Jaroslav von Clam-Martinic (1826–1887), also known as Heinrich Jaroslav, Count of Clam-Martinic, Bohemian politician *Richard, Count of Clam-Martinic (1832-1891), Geheimrat, Order of the Golden Fleece * Heinrich von Clam-Martinic (1863–1932), Austrian statesman and prime minister *Georg von Clam-Martinic (1908–2000), Austrian author and engineer

References

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