This article gives an incomplete list of baronial families in the territories of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, whether extant or extinct. They held no style, but were normally addressed as Gnädiger Herr (Gracious Lord), Gnädige Frau, or Gnädiges Fräulein (Gracious Lady). Titles of nobility were formally abolished in Austria in 1919.
The German forms of the titles are Freiherr (baron), Freifrau (baroness, wife of a baron) and Freiin (baroness, daughter of a baron).
Preposition[1] | Original name | Current name | Notes |
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von | Arnstein | Arnstein | |
von | Asztalos | Asztalos | |
von | Augustin | Augustin | |
von | Auspitz | Auspitz | |
von | Bach | Bach | |
von | Cornaro | Cornaro | |
von | Drasche-Wartinberg | Drasche-Wartinberg | |
von | Eskeles | Eskeles | |
von | Ferstl | Ferstl | |
von | Fraydenegg | Fraydenegg | |
Fremantle | Fremantle | Created for the distinguished British Admiral Sir Thomas Fremantle. His eldest son and successor, Thomas, later became a baronet and eventually the Baron Cottesloe in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. | |
von | Froelichstal | Froelichstal | |
von | Gagern | ||
von | Gomperz | Gomperz | |
von | Haas | Haas | |
von | Hess | Hess | |
von | Helfert | Helfert | |
von | Hofkirchen | extinct since 1692 | |
von | In der Maur auf Strelburg und zu Freifeld | Indermaur | |
von | Isbury | ||
Jäger von Waldau | Waldau | ||
Jörger von Tollet | extinct since 1772 | ||
Kalchegger von Kalchberg | |||
Kiss von Ittebe | also Kiß von Ittebe | ||
von | Kubinzky | Kubinzky | |
von | Kuffner | Kuffner | |
von | Laudon | Laudon | |
von | Leitenberger | Leitenberger | |
von | Lieben | Lieben | |
Mayr von Melnhof | Mayr-Melnhof | ||
von | Menshengen | Menshengen | |
de | Neumann | von Neumann | |
von | Oppenheimer | Oppenheimer | |
von | Pace | Pace von Friedensberg | |
von | Parnegg | Parnau | |
von | Pereira-Arnstein | Pereira-Arnstein | |
von | Prandau | ||
von | Riefel | Riefel | |
von | Ringhoffer | Ringhoffer | |
von | Rodich | Rodić, von Rodich | Gavrilo Rodić was an ethnic Serb Lieutenant field marshal of the Austro-Hungarian Army and Governor of the Kingdom of Dalmatia. He was conferred the title of Baron by the emperor and the family name was changed to von Rodich. |
von | Rόna | Ronai | Herman Weinberger was the chief Supply Officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army. In 1867, he was conferred the title of "Baron von Rona" by Emperor Franz Joseph. The Jewish last name (Weinberger) was later dropped, and Ronai (meaning "von Rόna") was adopted as the family name. |
von | Rothschild | Rothschild | this family had several branches; also used the preposition de |
Schey | this family may have had several branches (Schey; Schey von Koromla) | ||
Schmelzer von Ehrenruef | also Schmelzern von Widsmannsegg, or Schmelzern von Wildsmannsegg | ||
von | Sina | Sina | |
zu | Stübing | Stübing | |
Thavonat-Thavon | Thavonat-Thavon | ||
von | Todesco | Todesco | |
von | Wehrborn | Wagner-Wehrborn | |
von | Widmannsegg | Schmeltzern von Wildemannsek the same as Wilmannsegg | |
von | Wertheimstein | Wertheimstein |
- ^ Where this section is blank, it is possible that the preposition is unknown or did not exist.