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The House of Waldstein ((チェコ語:Valdštejnové)) is a Czech noble family, originally from the old early mediaeval Bohemian clan Markvartici. Its most famous members include Albrecht von Wallenstein, the Imperial general during the Thirty Years' War, and statesman Ferdinand Gabriel von Waldstein, the patron of Ludwig van Beethoven. == History == Formerly a poor and less significant family, it gradually acquired large properties in the territory of the Crown of Bohemia (especially in Bohemia and Moravia), received prominent positions and – since the 17th century onward – produced many statesmen and civil servants. In 1628 the family was one of the first among the Bohemian nobility to be promoted to ''Graf'' (count) status, then to ''Reichsgraf'' (imperial count) two years later. After uniting with the line of another Bohemian family, the lords of Vartenberk ((ドイツ語:Wartenberg)), the present family title is "Count of Waldstein, lord of Wartenberg". In 1945 the Waldsteins, then almost completely Germanized, were expelled from Czechoslovakia and their possessions were confiscated. They then moved to Salzburg and Vienna in Austria, where parts of the family live to this day, others however returned to Bohemia. Valdštejn Castle was the historical main seat of the family (until 1821). In 1582 they purchased the lands of the secularized monastery of Třebíč. Mnichovo Hradiště Castle was acquired by Wallenstein in 1623, he was buried there and it remained in his family until expropriation in 1945; so did Wallenstein's Prague city palace, Wallenstein Palace. In 1622 he had also purchased the lordship of Bělá pod Bezdězem which was owned by the family until 1945. Duchcov Chateau passed into the family by inheritance from the House of Lobkowicz in 1642, together with Horní Litvinov, Dolní Litvinov and Dolní Jiřetín, and the Duchcov branch kept it until 1921. In 1945 all properties in Czechoslovakia were confiscated. In the same year however, a branch of the ''Waldstein-Wartenberg'' family inherited Karlslust Castle near Hardegg in Austria, together with Burgruine Kaja and the estate of Niederfladnitz, all located directly at the Czech border and still today owned by the family. Mnichovo hradiste zamek od sala terreny.jpg|Mnichovo Hradiště Castle Valdstejn palace garden.jpg|Wallenstein Palace, Prague Zámek Bělá 10.jpg|Bělá pod Bezdězem Castle File:Front side of Duchcov castle in Czech Republic.jpg|Duchcov Chateau Litvínov, zámek.JPG|Horní Litvínov Overview of Třebíč Castle in 2013.JPG|Třebíč Schloss Karlslust.jpg|Karlslust Castle, Austria 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「House of Waldstein」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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