Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz
General Alfred Candidus Ferdinand, Prince of Windischgrätz, a member of an old Austro-Bohemian House of Windischgrätz, was a Field Marshal in the Austrian army. He is most noted for his service during the Napoleonic Wars and for his role in suppressing the Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire.
Prince Windischgrätz in an 1852 lithograph by Joseph Kriehuber
The House of Windischgrätz, also spelled Windischgraetz, is a Slovenian-Austrian aristocratic family, descending from Windischgrätz in Lower Styria. The noble dynasty serving the House of Habsburg achieved the rank of Freiherren in 1551, of Imperial Counts in 1682 and of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire in 1804. The family belongs to high nobility.
Princely arms of Windischgrätz
Windischgrätz in Slovene Styria (1681)
Tachov Palace, Western Bohemia
Štěkeň Castle