page_title: Khevenhüller family
section_title: Notable members of the House of Khevenhüller
hierarchical_section_title: Khevenhüller family / Notable members of the House of Khevenhüller
caption_attribution_description: Wappen Khevenhüller - Tyroff HA.jpg
context_page_description: Khevenhüller is the name of a Carinthian noble family, documented there since 1356, with its ancestral seat at Landskron Castle. In the 16th century, the family split into the two branches of Khevenhüller-Frankenburg, Imperial Counts from 1593, and Khevenhüller-Hochosterwitz, raised to Imperial Counts in 1725 and, as Khevenhüller-Metsch, to princely rank in 1763. The family belongs to high nobility.
  In the present-day Austrian state of Carinthia, the princely family of Khevenhüller-Metsch owns the Renaissance castle of Hochosterwitz, a significant edifice and major tourist attraction.
context_section_description: Ulrich Khevenhüller (b. ca. 1430–1492), youngest son of Hans II Khevenhüller, knight
  George Khevenhüller (1533–1587), "State Captain", i.e. governor of the Duchy of Carinthia.
  Hans Graf Khevenhüller-Frankenburg (1538–1606), Imperial ambassador to the Spanish Court.
  Franz Christoph Graf von Khevenhüller-Frankenburg (1588–1650), Imperial ambassador to the Spanish Court
  Paul Khevenhüller (1593–1655), financier of the Swedish king in the Thirty Years' War
  Sigmund Friedrich von Khevenhüller (1666–1742), governor of the Duchy of Carinthia, vicegerent of the Duchy of Lower Austria.
  Ludwig Andreas Khevenhüller Graf von Aichelberg-Frankenburg  (1683–1744), Austrian field marshal
  Johann Joseph Fürst Khevenhüller-Metsch (1706–1776), Lord Great Chamberlain ("Oberstkämmerer") of  Maria Theresa
  Johann Carl Khevenhüller (1839–1905), member of Maximilian I of Mexico's corps of volunteers
caption: Arms of the Counts of Khevenhüller
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