# Count de Salis-Seewis

Count de Salis-Seewis (also written Comte or Graf v. Salis-Seewis / Graf Salis-Seewis / Graf Salis / Gräfin ["Countess"] von Salis / Graf von Salis) is a primogenitive title created in Versailles, France, on 1 February 1777, while the title Graf (to follow the Count) was created in Vienna, Austria, 16 March 1915.

## Comtes de Salis-Seewis (1777–1915)

* 1) Johann Ulrich Dietegan (1740–1815), married (1760) Jakobea von Salis-Bothmar (1741–1791); 1st Count;
* 2) Johann Gaudenz Gubert, (Malans 1762 - Malans 1834), poet, married Ursina von Pestalozzi; 2nd Count;
* 3) Johann-Ulrich Dietegan (Chur 1794– Modena 1844), married Barbara von Cleric; 3rd Comte;
* 4) (kaiserlich und königlich Hauptmann) Johann Gaudenz Gubert Dietegen (Malans 26.1.1824–1873), married (Agram 1857) Wilhelmine von Vranyczany-Dobrinović (Severin/Agram 1839 - Karlstadt 28.12.1898), daughter of Ambros von Vranyczany-Dobrinović by Julie Tompa de Horsova; 4th Count;

## Counts of Salis-Seewis (after 1915)

* 5) Feldzeugmeister Johann Ulrich Graf von Salis-Seewis (Karlovac 1862 — Zagreb 1940); Military Governor of MGG/S Serbia, (1 January — 6 July 1916) buried at Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, Yugoslavia; 5th Count, 1st Graf;
* 6) Johann Gaudenz Peter Dietegan, (*Malans 4.3.1866-Zagreb 11.8.1941), married (Vienna 17.4.1899) Marie v. Liebenberg de Zsittin (Königsberg 1876-), daughter of Adolf von Liebenberg; lived in Salzburg. 6th Comte, 2nd Graf;
* 7) (His Excellency Monseignor) Francesco/Franjo/Franz Emil Dietegan (Karlovac/Karlstadt 15.1.1872–27.10.1967), Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb/Agram, Yugoslavia, 1926–1967; critic of attempts to reconcile Catholic doctrine with evolution; 7th Count, 3rd Graf;
* 8) (Dr.) Hans-Wolf Wolf Eugen Rudolf (Malans 17.5.1887–1959), I.C.R.C.; married (Bern, 8.6.1895) Marguerite Freiin v. Salis-Soglio, daughter of Ferdinand Freiherr von Salis-Soglio by Elizabeth v. Muralt; 8th Count, 4th Graf;
* 9) Franz Ferdinand Rudolf Dietegan (Samedan 9.8.1921 - New York 24.1.2000), of West Caldwell, New Jersey; married (Zurich 19.5.1951) Evelyne Patricia Iselin (17.04.1926-), daughter of Henry Iselin of Hewlett Harbor, L.I., a former senior partner of Rusch & Company Factors in New York; 9th Count, 5th Graf;
* 10) Johann-Gaudenz Ulrich Dietegan (born 1936, Samedan), married Isabelle v. Graffenreid; 10th Count, 6th Graf. Swiss diplomat and ambassador.
Motto: Non auro sed virtute.
'Nächster Anwärter auf den Grafentitel' (next contender): Friedrich Heinrich Dietegan (born 1968).

## Ancestor table of present Comte

Some of Gaudenz de Salis' ancestors :
| Johann-Gaudenz Ulrich Dietegan | Hans-Wolf Eugen Rudolf v. Salis-Seewis (Malans 1887-) | Johann Ulrich Dietegan Freiherr v. Salis-Seewis (Chur 1838-Malans 1921) | Johann-Jakob Freiherr v. Salis-Seewis (Zurich 1800-Chur 1881) |
| Johann-Gaudenz Ulrich Dietegan | Hans-Wolf Eugen Rudolf v. Salis-Seewis (Malans 1887-) | Johann Ulrich Dietegan Freiherr v. Salis-Seewis (Chur 1838-Malans 1921) | Anna Barbara v. Jenatsch (Chur 1800–1856) |
| Johann-Gaudenz Ulrich Dietegan | Hans-Wolf Eugen Rudolf v. Salis-Seewis (Malans 1887-) | Klara Maria Freiin v. Salis-Soglio (Turin 1855-Munich 1933), | Peter Rudolf v. Salis-Soglio, of Genua (Chur 1827-) |
| Johann-Gaudenz Ulrich Dietegan | Hans-Wolf Eugen Rudolf v. Salis-Seewis (Malans 1887-) | Klara Maria Freiin v. Salis-Soglio (Turin 1855-Munich 1933), | Anna Luise v. Muralt (Bevers 2.2.1830-Turin 1889) |
| Johann-Gaudenz Ulrich Dietegan | Marguerite Freiin v. Salis-Soglio (Bern 1895-), | Ferdinand Freiherr v. Salis-Soglio, of Paspels (Chur 1864-) | Anton v. Salis-Soglio (Chur 1819–1901) |
| Johann-Gaudenz Ulrich Dietegan | Marguerite Freiin v. Salis-Soglio (Bern 1895-), | Ferdinand Freiherr v. Salis-Soglio, of Paspels (Chur 1864-) | Henriette Margerete v. Planta-Reichenau (Chur 1823–1893) |
| Johann-Gaudenz Ulrich Dietegan | Marguerite Freiin v. Salis-Soglio (Bern 1895-), | Elisabeth Marie Esther v. Muralt (Bern 1875-), | Alex Ludwig Gotlieb v. Muralt (Bern 1829–1909) |
| Johann-Gaudenz Ulrich Dietegan | Marguerite Freiin v. Salis-Soglio (Bern 1895-), | Elisabeth Marie Esther v. Muralt (Bern 1875-), | Natalie v. Tavel (Bern 1836–1903) |