The Desfours family is an old Austrian noble family of French descent that originated in the Duchy of Lorraine , but became prominent in Bohemia during the 16th century.
2-478: Their parent house is the Athienville from Luneville and Chateau-Salins . On 30 May 1634, the family was awarded withe the title of Imperial Count for Lieutenant field marshal Baron Niclas Desfours (1588-1661), who became Count Desfours zu Mont und Athienville. In the mid-17th Century, the counts of Desfours were owners of the estates Groß Rohosetz and Morchenstern . Count Albrecht Maximilian limited
4-479: The inheritance of these holding to them and their lineal descendants, in 1678. From this family the countly branch of Desfours-Walderode derived. Other properties of the family included Potštát (1797), Malá Skála (1628), Semily (1634), Tanvald and Velhartice (1743). This biographical article of a European noble is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Athienville Athienville ( French pronunciation: [atjɛ̃vil] )
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