Clam-Martinic family

The House of Clam-Martinic is the name of an old and influential noble family, whose family members occupied many important positions within the Habsburg Empire.

Coat of Arms of the Counts of Clam-Martinitz, Barons of Höhenberg

Lady Selina Meade (1797–1872), who married the Count of Clam-Martinic, painted by Thomas Lawrence in Vienna in 1819

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 Völkermarkt. 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, Countess 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.^[1] The other line of the Clam family, namely Counts of Clamm und Gallas, owners of the Frýdlant castle, whose other possessions were mostly in Bohemia, died out in 1930.

Prominent members

Karl Clam-Martinic (1792-1840), Austrian statesman and lieutenant field marshal.
Jindřich Jaroslav 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 Clam-Martinic (1863–1932), Austrian statesman and prime minister
Georg Clam-Martinic (1908–2000), Austrian author and engineer

References

^ 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, ISBN 3-7686-5002-2, S. 15, Übersicht und Ahnentafel zu Martinic S. 183, 186.

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[1] 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, ISBN 3-7686-5002-2, S. 15, Übersicht und Ahnentafel zu Martinic S. 183, 186.

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