The House of Schallenberg is the name of an old and important

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, whose members occupied may important political positions and were in diplomatic service.

History

The family hails from

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, where it is known since 1190. ''Heinricus de Schalinberc'' is mentioned in 1260, adopting the name after the

Schallenberg Castle Schallenberg Castle is a ruined hilltop castle in Kleinzell im Mühlkreis, Rohrbach District, Upper Austria. The castle, likely built around 1231, is the namesake of the noble Schallenberg family, who took ownership of it in 1260. It was destr ...

. In 1636 the Schallenbergs were raised to baronial rank and in 1666 they were raised to

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rank in the Habsburg Hereditary Lands. The family received the Hungarian Indigenat and were recognized as nobles of the

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by the

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in 1688. From 1720 to 1803 was owned by the family.

Notable members

Christoph von Schallenberg Christoph is a male given name and surname. It is a German variant of Christopher. Notable people with the given name Christoph * Christoph Bach (1613–1661), German musician * Christoph Büchel (born 1966), Swiss artist * Christoph Dientzenhof ...

(1561–1597), naval commander and humanist poet * Leopold Christoph, Count of Schallenberg (1712–1800), Governor of Lower Austria *

Herbert, Count of Schallenberg Count Herbert Erwin Joseph Anton von Schallenberg (german: Herbert Graf von Schallenberg; 29 March 1901 – 26 March 1974), officially known as Herbert Schallenberg from 1919, was an Austro-Hungarian count, lawyer, diplomat and industrialist. He w ...

(1901–1974), diplomat and industrialist * Wolfgang Schallenberg (1930–2023), diplomat * Alexander Schallenberg (b. 1969), Chancellor of Austria, foreign minister of Austria

References

External links

{{Commons category, Schallenberg family Austrian noble families Hungarian noble families