Members
The House of Schwarzenberg produced many military commanders, politicians, church dignitaries (including an Archbishop of Prague), innovators and patrons of the arts. They were related to a number of European aristocratic families, notably to the Lobkowicz (Czech: Lobkovicové) family. By name, notable members are:
- Johann of Schwarzenberg (1463–1528), Bamberg judge, and friend of Martin Luther
- Adam, Count of Schwarzenberg (1583–1641), advisor of George William, Elector of Brandenburg
- Georg Ludwig, Count von Schwarzenberg (1586–1646), Austrian statesman during the Thirty Years War
- Prince Karl Philipp I of Schwarzenberg (1771–1820), Austrian general and field marshal
- Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg (1800–1852), Austrian statesman
- Friedrich Johannes Jacob Celestin von Schwarzenberg (1809–1885), Archbishop of Salzburg and Prague
- Karel Schwarzenberg (1937- ), Czech politician, the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
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