Von Hügel

Coat of arms of Counts von Hügel

The Hügel family is a German noble family originating from Württemberg. In 1790, members of the younger branch of the family were elevated to the rank of Imperial Baron by Leopold II, while in 1801 members of the elder line of family were raised to the same rank by Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor. On 13 June 1879 the elder branch of the family was raised to the hereditary title of Count in the Kingdom of Württemberg by King Charles I.^[1]^[2] This comital branch of the Hügel family was closely related to the Dukes of Teck, morganatic branch of the House of Württemberg. Countess Amalie von Hügel was paternal aunt of Queen Mary.

Notable members

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Baron Johann Andres von Hügel (1734–1807), Württemberg General who was elevated to the rank of Baron in 1801.
- Johann Christian Friedrich von Hügel (b. 1764)
- Baron Ernst von Hügel (1774–1848), Württemberg General and Minister of War.
  - Baron Albert von Hügel (1803–1865), German army officer and chamberlain, owner of Schloss Eschenau [de]
    - Count Paul von Hügel (1835–1897), owner of Schloss Reinthal [de]; m. Princess Amalie of Teck
      - Count Paul Julius von Hügel (1872–1912) ⚭ Anna Pauline Homolatsch (b. 1880), divorced in 1911^[3]
        Countess Huberta Amelia Maximilienne Pauline von Hügel (1897–1912)
        
        Count Ferdinand Paul von Hügel (1901-1939)^[4]
  - Baron Karl Eugen von Hügel (1805–1870), Württemberg Minister of Foreign Affairs
    - Baroness Alexandrine von Hügel (1843–1903), m. Count Klemens Joseph Leopold von Beroldingen
      - Count Alexander Klemens Karl Mauritz von Beroldingen (1877–1940), m. Margot Marie Stone
      - Egon Reichsgraf von Beroldingen [de] (1885–1933), chairman of VfB Stuttgart and Eintracht Frankfurt; m. Nora von Beroldingen [de] (née Kapp von Gültstein)
- August Ferdinand von Hügel (1775–1837)
Matthias Hügel (d. 1782), Electoral Trier Chamberlain; married Anna Gertrud Dötsch
- Baron Johann Aloys Josef von Hügel [de] (1753–1825), diplomat, statesman and imperial commissioner at the Perpetual Reichstag in Regensburg, who was elevated to Baron of the Holy Roman Empire in 1791; married Susanne Holthoff (1768–1837)
  - Baron Charles von Hügel (1795–1870), Austrian army officer, diplomat, botanist, and explorer; married Elizabeth Farquharson (1830-1913)
    - Baron Friedrich von Hügel (1852–1925), Austrian Roman Catholic layman and religious writer; married Hon. Mary Catherine Herbert (1849–1935), daughter of Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea; had issue
    - Baron Anatole von Hügel (1854–1928), co-founder St Edmund's College in Cambridge, son of Charles
    - Baroness Pauline von Hügel (1858–1901), Austrian-British religious writer, daughter of Charles