The House of Stubenberg is the name of an old Austrian noble family from

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documented since about 1160, with its ancestral seat at Stubenberg, Styria. Members of the family held important posts in the

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and had hereditary membership in the Hungarian

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History

Originally from

in present-day

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, the family's ancestors took their residence at Stubenberg in the

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about 1160. One Ulrich of Stubenberg is documented as a participant of the

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, killed at

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in 1218. The Stubenbergs established contacts to the rising

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at an early stage and revolted against the rule of King

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, who finally was defeated by his Habsburg rival King

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in the 1278

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. Under Habsburg rule, the family members were able to restore their devastated estates; in the mid 14th century they had Neuhaus Castle (''Burg Neuhaus'') erected near Stubenberg and built Stubenberg Castle as their new residence. Kapf2-nah

However, about one hundred years later, the Stubenbergs fought against the Habsburg Emperor Frederick III side by side with the Hungarian king

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. Once Frederick had prevailed, the Stubenberg possessions were seized and the dynasty retired to their estates in

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and at Oberkapfenberg in

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. From 1739 the Styrian branch of the family resided in the town of

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. In 1548 one Wolfgang von Stubenberg acquired the estates of

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(''Neustadt an der Mettau'') in

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from the heirs of late governor

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. The Stubenbergs had the local castle rebuilt in a lavish

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style and became notable members of the

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Bohemian nobility. Upon the 1618

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against the Habsburg archduke Ferdinand II and the

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, the Nové Město estates were seized and ceded to

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. Likewise, when Ferdinand II,

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since 1619, had the Protestant nobles expelled from the Habsburg hereditary lands, several members of the Styrian Stubenbergs went into exile in the

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or in the imperial cities of

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and

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Notable members

*Wulfing von Stubenberg (1259–1318), Bishop of Lavant and Archbishop of Bamberg *Joseph von Stubenberg (1740–1824),

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and Archbishop of Bamberg *

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(1821-1912), composer

Styrian governors

*Jakob von Stubenberg, ''

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'' 1418–1419 *Hans von Stubenberg, ''Landeshauptmann'' 1435–1450 *Leutold von Stubenberg, ''Landeshauptmann'' 1453–1470 *Georg von Stubenberg, ''Landeshauptmann'' 1687–1703 {{Authority control Austrian noble families Counts of the Holy Roman Empire