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{{Infobox family
| name          = Mensdorff-Pouilly
| image         = [[File:Armoiries de Pouilly 1.svg|100px]]
| parent_family = Pouilly
| origin        = [[Pouilly-sur-Meuse]]
| founder       = [[Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly]]
| titles        = {{nowrap|Prince von Dietrichstein zu [[Mikulov|Nikolsburg]]}}<br />Count von Mensdorff-Pouilly
| estate        = [[Mikulov Castle]] (Nikolsburg)
| dissolution   = {{End date|1964}} (princely branch)
}}
[[File:Armoiries_de_Pouilly_2.svg|thumb|282px|Coat of Arms of the Pouilly family, branch of Awamey of the lords of Pouilly, that also settled in [[Luxembourg]]]]
The '''Mensdorff-Pouilly family''' is a [[Nobility|noble family]] originally from [[Duchy of Lorraine|Lorraine]]. The family derived its name from the barony of [[Pouilly-sur-Meuse|Pouilly]] at [[Stenay]] in [[Meuse (department)|Meuse]].
==History==
In 1790, during the [[French Revolution]], Albert Louis [[:fr:Famille de Pouilly|de Pouilly]] (1731–1795) emigrated with his family. His sons Albert and [[Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly|Emmanuel]] changed the family name to Mensdorff-Pouilly, which refers to a village in the county of Roussy in [[Luxembourg]].<ref>[http://www.zamekboskovice.cz/en/mensdorff-pouilly Mensdorff-Pouilly family history]</ref>
Apart from already holidng the title of [[Comte]] in the [[Nobility of France]], received in 1760 by [[Louis XV]], the family added another title in the [[Austrian Empire]], after escaping the [[French Revolution]]. In 1808, Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly received an [[Austrian nobility|Austrian]] [[Graf|comital]] title from the [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Francis I]], and he was recognized as [[Bohemian nobility|noble]] in [[Bohemia]] (the ''[[Inkolat]]'') in 1839.<ref>https://genealogy.euweb.cz/titles/m.html</ref> Through Emmanuel's wife, [[Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]], the family is closely related to the royal families of [[Belgium]], [[Sweden]], [[Portugal]], [[Bulgaria]] and the [[United Kingdom]].
As a result of the marriage of [[Alexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly, Prince von Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg|Count Alexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly]] with Alexandrine von [[Dietrichstein family|Dietrichstein]] (1824–1906), daughter of [[Joseph Franz, Prince of Dietrichstein]], Alexander changed his branch's name to ''Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein''. He received the [[hereditary title]] of [[Fürst|Prince]] von Dietrichstein zu [[Mikulov|Nikolsburg]] in 1868 from [[Franz Joseph I of Austria]].<ref>https://genealogy.euweb.cz/bohemia/mensdorff.html#AK</ref>
The [[Fürst|princely]] branch of the family died out with the death of Alexander, Prince von Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg (1899-1964), but the comital line still exists. The family motto is ''Fortitudine et caritate''.
== Notable members ==
* Count [[Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly]] (1777–1852), [[Vice Governor]] of the [[Fortress of Mainz]].
** [[Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]] (1778–1835), wife of Emmanuel and sister of both King [[Leopold I of Belgium]] and [[Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]], thus the aunt of [[Queen Victoria]] of the United Kingdom.
* [[Alexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly, Prince von Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg]] (1813–1871), son of Emmanuel and Sophie; Austrian Foreign Minister (1864–1866).
* [[Count Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein]] (1861–1945), younger son of Alexander; Austrian diplomat.
* [[Clotilde Apponyi|Countess Clotilde Apponyi de Nagy-Apponyi]] (1867–1942), daughter of Alexander; women's rights advocate and diplomat for Hungary.
* Count {{ill|Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly (animator){{!}}Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly|cs|Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly (animátor)}} (born 1948), Czech animator.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Emanuel Graf Mensdorff-Pouilly.jpg|[[Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly]]
File:Friedrich von Amerling - Portrait of Count Alexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly, Prince von Dietrichstein zu Nicolsburg.jpg|[[Alexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly]]
File:Count Albert Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein by de László.jpg|[[Count Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein|Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein]]
</gallery>
===Coats of arms===
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File:Pouilly-Wappen Hdb.png|Original arms of the Pouilly family
File:Mensdorff-Pouilly-Grafen-Wappen.png|[[Graf|Comital]] arms of the Mensdorff-Pouilly family in 1844
File:Dietrichstein-Mensdorff-Pouilly.jpg|[[Fürst|Princely]] arms of the Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein branch in 1868
</gallery>
== Literature ==
* Eddie de Tassigny: ''Les Mensdorff-Pouilly. Le destin d'une famille émigrée en 1790''. Le Bois d’Hélène, Bihorel 1998.
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