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in 1448. The family gradually gained significance during the 16th century. In the 17th and 18th century, various family members held a number of offices in state administration and diplomacy as well as in the
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took power, they lost all of their properties. Part of the family fled persecution to New
Zealand. The 31-year-old Count Maximilian Joseph decided to stay. He worked as a woodcutter and a tractor driver. After the
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