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PaarPaar, noble family originally from Italy; held estates in Styria and in Bohemia. Postmasters of Styria in 1596, from 1624 court post masters of the hereditary Habsburg territories; kept the title of Obersthofgeneralerbland-Postmeister; received a pension for this position until the 19th century; became imperial princes in 1769.
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