The Henikstein family is an Austrian noble family that descended from a clan of Jewish merchants.[1]
History edit
One of the most notable members was Adam Adalbert Hönig (1740-1811), who later got elevated to the nobility and became Edler von Henikstein.[2] There was also Joseph von Henikstein (1768-1838), who was a prominent patron of Austrian arts and was a convert to Catholicism.[3] During the Austro-Prussian war of 1866, his son Alfred Freiherr von Henikstein was a general on the Austrian side and became the Chief of General Staff.[4]
- Joseph von Henikstein
- Alfred Freiherr von Henikstein (1810, Oberdöbling - 1882, Vienna), son of Joseph
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Tschuppik, Karl (2017-06-28). The Reign of the Emperor Francis Joseph, 1848-1916. Borodino Books. ISBN 9781787205192.
- ^ Conway, David (2012). Jewry in Music: Entry to the Profession from the Enlightenment to Richard Wagner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 122. ISBN 9781107015388.
- ^ Einboden, Jeffrey (2014-11-17). Islam and Romanticism: Muslim Currents from Goethe to Emerson (in German). Oneworld Publications. ISBN 9781780745671.
- ^ Runes, Dagobert D. (2015-05-26). The Hebrew Impact on Western Civilization. Open Road Media. ISBN 9781504012966.
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