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Kaunitz, AdelsfamilieKaunitz, Bohemian-Moravian noble family; in the 17th century related by marriage to the families of Dietrichstein, Liechtenstein, Leslie and Trauttmansdorff(-Weinsberg); raised to the rank of Bohemian count in 1642. The Kaunitz family seat was Austerlitz (Slavkov and Brna). Prominent members of the family included Count Dominik Andreas Kaunitz and Count Wenzel Anton Kaunitz. Literature: G. Klingenstein, Der Aufstieg des Hauses Kaunitz, 1975.
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