Zinzendorf family

The Zinzendorf family is a ancient Austrian aristocratic family from Lower Austria. Their estates were all near St. Poelten which is roughly between Vienna and Salzburg. They were very rich and influencial. The direct (paternal) line of Nikolaus can be traced back without a gap until c. 1150 AD. Among the various maternal lines we have ancestors from the Royal houses of Poland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Hungary, Italy and Germany.

During the reformation, many of the Zinzendorfs became Lutherans and, because of their religious belief, they were forced to leave Austria. Nevertheless they made sure that at least one member stayed catholic - to look after their vast estates back in Austria. Eventually the family died out in 1813 and the last Count von Zinzendorf u. Pottendorf adopted his great nephew, grandson of his sister who was married to a Count von Baudissin, an ancient saxon family from Bautzen near Dresden. With Royal approval, this branch of the Baudissins have now the trible-barreled name of Baudissin-Zinzendorf und Pottendorf.

The Zinzendorf family's residence at Schloss Wasserburg

• A1. N. von Zinzendorf;
  • B1. Katharina von Zinzendorf, m. Nicolaus von Weisspriach;
  • B2. Graf Christoph VI von Zinzendorf, lvd:1492/1535, m. Sophia von Pottendorf;  ==>  Pottendorf family
    • C1. Graf Stefan II von Zinzendorf, lvd:1548, m. Margareta von Weisspriach;  ==>  Weisspriach family
      • D1. Elizabeth von Zinzendorf, m. baron Pethő János;  <==  Pethő család
    • C2. Graf Johann II von Zinzendorf-Pottendorf, d:1552, m. Anna von Hohenems;
      • D1. Graf Alexander von Zinzendorf-Pottendorf, lvd:1541/1577, m. Susanna von Volckra;
        • E1. Graf Johann von Zinzendorf-Pottendorf, lvd:1570/1626, m. Marie von Lichtenstein;
          • F1. Graf Otto von Zinzendorf-Pottendorf, lvd:1605/1655, m. Anna von Zelking;
            • G1. Graf Maximilian von Zinzendorf-Pottendorf, lvd:1633/1672, m. Anna Dietrichstein;
              • H1. Dorothea, lvd:1669/1743, m. Wolfgang Castell-Castell;
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  • I1. Sophia Castell-Castell, lvd:1703/1777, m. Heinrich XXIX Reuss-Ebersdorf;
    • J1. Henry XXIV, Count Reuss-Ebersdorf, lvd:1724/1779, m. Caroline, Countess of Erbach-Schonberg;
      • K1. Countess Augusta of Reuss-Ebersdorf, lvd:1757/1831, m. Duke Franz of Saxe-Coburg;
        • L1. Princess Victoria of Saxe, lvd:1786/1861, m. Duke Edward of Kent & Strathearn;
          • M1. Victoria of Hanover, Queen of England, lvd:1819/1901, m. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha;
            • N1. Edward VII of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, King of England, lvd:1841/1910, m. Princess Alexandra of Danmark;
              • O1. George V Windsor, King of England, lvd:1865/1936, m. Victoria of Tek;
                • P1. George VI, King of England, lvd:1895/1952, m. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon;
                  • Q1. Elizabeth II, Queen of England, b:1926, m. Philip Mountbatten ;