House of Stolberg

Count of Stolberg 1210-1538
Acquired County of Wernigerode in 1429

Counts of Stolberg-Wernigerode

Stolberg divided 1538:
Counts of Stolberg-Stolberg 1538-1571 extinct
Counts of 1538-1581 extinct
Counts of Stolberg-Rochefort 1538-1574 extinct
Counts of Stolberg-Wernigerode 1538-1572
Counts of Stolberg-Schwarza 1538-1638 extinct

Stolberg-Stolberg divided 1571:
Counts of Stolberg-Stolberg 1571-1631 extinct
Counts of Stolberg-Hohenstein 1571-1615 extinct

Stolberg-Wernigerode divided 1572:
Counts of Stolberg-Wernigerode 1572-1645
Counts of Stolberg-Ortenberg 1572-1641 extinct

Stolberg-Wernigerode divided 1645:
Counts of Stolberg-Stolberg 1645-1706
Counts of Stolberg-Wernigerode 1645-1677

Henry Ernest (1593 – 1672) Count of Stolberg

• Henry Ernest (1593 – 1672) Count of Stolberg. Founder of the older main line of the House of Stolberg. Married Anna Elisabeth (1624 – 1668) daughter of Henry Volrad, Count of Stolberg-Ortenberg.

Stolberg-Wernigerode divided 1677:
Counts of Stolberg-Wernigerode 1677
Princes of Stolberg-Wernigerode 1890-present
Counts of Stolberg-Gedern 1677
Princes of Stolberg-Gedern 1742-1804 extinct
Counts of Stolberg-Schwarza 1677-1748 extinct

Stolberg-Wernigerode

Ernest (1650 – 1710) Count of Stolberg-Ilsenburg

• Ernest (1650 – 1710) Count of Stolberg-Ilsenburg. Married Sophia Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt (1647 –1708) daughter of Christian Günther ll, Count von Schwarzburg-Arnstadt

Christian Ernest (1691 – 1771) Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode

• Christian Ernest (1691 – 1771) Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode, Knight of the Black Eagle and Knight of Ordre de l'Union Parfaite. Married Sophie Charlotte, Countess of Leiningen-Westerburg (1695 – 1762) daughter of Johann Anton, Graf zu Leiningen-Westerburg

Henry Ernest (1716–1778) Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode

• Henry Ernest (1716–1778) Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode, Knight of the Dannebrog. Married firstly Countess Marie Elizabeth II von Promnitz (1717 – 1741) daughter of Erdmann II, Count von Promnitz and secondly Princess Christiane Anne of Anhalt-Köthen (1726–1790) daughter of Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen.

Christian Frederick (1746 – 1824) Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode

• Christian Frederick (1746 – 1824) Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode, Knight of the Black Eagle, Knight of the Red Eagle, Knight of the Order of Saint John. Married Countess Auguste Eleonore of Stolberg-Stolberg (1748 – 1821) daughter of Count Christoph Louis of Stolberg-Stolberg.

Stolberg-Gedern

Frederick Charles (1693 – 1767) Count of Stolberg-Gedern

• Frederick Charles (1693 – 1767) Count of Stolberg-Gedern, 1st Prince of Stolberg-Gedern in 1742, son of Ludwig Christian (1652 – 1710) Count of Stolberg-Gedern. Married Countess Louise of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1705 – 1766) daughter of Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken

Gustav Adolf (1722 – 1757) Prince of Stolberg-Gedern

• Gustav Adolf (1722 – 1757) Prince of Stolberg-Gedern. Married Elizabeth Philippine Claudine de Hornes (1733 – 1826) daughter of Maximilian Emanuel, 3rd Prince of Hornes. Parents of Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (1752 – 1824) wife of the Young Pretender.

Christian Charles (1725 – 1764) Prince of Stolberg-Gedern

• Christian Charles (1725 – 1764) Prince of Stolberg-Gedern. Imperial Field Marshal. Married Countess Eleonore of Reuss-Lobenstein (1736 – 1782) daughter of Heinrich II Count of Reuss-Lobenstein.

 

Charles Henry (1761–1804) 2nd Prince of Stolberg-Gedern

• Charles Henry (1761–1804) 2nd Prince of Stolberg-Gedern.

Stolberg-Stolberg divided 1706:
Counts of Stolberg-Stolberg 1706
Princes of Stolberg-Stolberg 1893-present
Counts of Stolberg-Rossla 1706
Princes of Stolberg-Rossla 1893-1982 extinct

Stolberg-Stolberg

Christoph Friedrich (1672 – 1738) Count of Stolberg-Stolberg

• Christoph Friedrich (1672 – 1738) Count of Stolberg-Stolberg. Married Henriette, Baroness of Bibran und Modlau (1680-1748) daughter of Sigismund Heinrich, Freiherr von Bibran und Modlau

Christoph Ludwig II (1703 – 1761) Count of Stolberg-Stolberg

• Christoph Ludwig II (1703 – 1761) Count of Stolberg-Stolberg. Married Luise Charlotte, Countess of Stolberg-Rossla (1716-1796) daughter of Jost Christian, Count of Stolberg-Rossla

Karl Ludwig (1743 – 1815) Count of Stolberg-Stolberg

• Karl Ludwig (1743 – 1815) Count of Stolberg-Stolberg, mediatised in 1803. Married Charlotte, Countess of Flemming (1748-1818) daughter of Karl Georg Friedrich Count von Flemming

 Notables

 

Charles III (1720 –1788) King of England, Scotland and Ireland, "The Young Pretender"

• Charles III (1720 –1788) King of England, Scotland and Ireland, "The Young Pretender" or "Bonnie Prince Charlie". Married Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (1752 – 1824 “Countess of Albany” daughter of Prince Gustav Adolf of Stolberg-Gedern.

• Anna III of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1565-1601) Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg from 1584, daughter of Henry (1509–1572) Count of Stolberg