page_title: Principality of Auersperg
section_title: Princes of Auersperg (1653–present)
hierarchical_section_title: Principality of Auersperg / Princes of Auersperg (1653–present)
caption_attribution_description: Wappen der Fürsten von Auersperg
context_page_description: The House of Auersperg is an Austrian princely family, which held estates in Austria and Tengen. The princely family of Auersperg was a junior branch of the house of Counts of Auersperg from Carniola, one of the hereditary Habsburg duchies and what is now in Slovenia. It rose to princely status in 1653 and after acquiring Tengen, they became immediate Princes of the Holy Roman Empire. The princes of Auersperg also held at various times the duchies of Münsterberg and Gottschee. Their territories were mediatised by Austria and Baden in 1806. The family is counted as high nobility.
context_section_description: Johann Weikhard, 1st Prince 1653–1677, Count of Auersperg, Duke of Silesia-Münsterberg (1615–1677)
  Johann Ferdinand, 2nd Prince 1677–1705, Duke of Silesia-Munsterberg (1655–1705)
  Franz Karl, 3rd Prince 1705–1713, Duke of Silesia-Munsterberg (1660–1713)
  Heinrich Joseph Johann, 4th Prince 1713–1783, Duke of Silesia-Munsterberg (1697–1783)
  Karl Josef, 5th Prince 1783–1800, Duke of Silesia-Munsterberg then Duke of Gottschee (1720–1800)
  Wilhelm I, 6th Prince 1800–1822, Duke of Gottschee (1749–1822)
  Wilhelm II, 7th Prince 1822–1827, Duke of Gottschee (1782–1827)
  Karl Wilhelm Philipp, 8th Prince 1827–1890, Duke of Gottschee, Minister-President of Cisleithania 1867–1868 (1814–1890)
  Prince Adolf of Auersperg, Minister-President of Cisleithania 1871–1879 (1821–1885)
  Karl, 9th Prince 1890–1927, Duke of Gottschee (1859–1927)
  Adolf, Hereditary Prince of Auersperg (1886–1923)
  Karl Adolf, 10th Prince 1927–2006, Duke of Gottschee, Princely Count of Wels (1915–2006)
  Adolf, 11th Prince 2006–present, Duke of Gottschee, Princely Count of Wels (born 1937)
  Prince Carl Adolf (born 1962)
  Prince Alexander (born 1963)
  Prince Alejandro (born 1993)
  Prince Andreas (born 1980)
  Prince Ferdinand (born 1939)
  Prince Ferdinand (born 1976)
  Prince Juan Sebastián (born 2010)
  Prince Matías (born 2012)
  Prince Guillermo (born 2015)
  Prince Franz Weikhard of Auersperg (1923–2004), 3 sons, each with son(s)
  Karl Alain, 1st Prince of Auersperg-Breunner 1929–1980 (1895–1980)
  Karl, 2nd Prince of Auersperg-Breunner 1980–present (b. 1930), 3 sons, each with sons
  Prince Heinrich (b.1931)
  Prince Johann (b. 1961)
caption: Arms of the Princes of Auersperg
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