Jan Nepomuk kníže Clary-Aldringen / Johann Nepomuk Prince Clary-Aldringen - Teplice Chateau (North Bohemia) - Coats of Arms on Waymarking.com

Depicted stone coat of arms of Johann Nepomuk Prince Clary-Aldringen (Jan Nepomuk kníže Clary-Aldringen) decorates the front facade' gable of Classicist building of Teplice Chateau (Zámek Teplice).

The Chateau's history begins in the 16th century when Volf of Vresovice gained the Teplice estate and decided to build a respectable residence here. During the Thirty Years' War the following owners, the Vchynský family, lost the estate together with the Chateau by confiscation and Field-Marshal Johann Aldringen became its new proprietor. The Clary-Aldringen family held the Teplice demesne in their possession since 1634 till the end of WWII. Current Classicist look is result of great rebuilding and completion of the Chateau complex in during reign of Johann Nepomuk Prince Clary-Aldringen (1778-1826). The Classicist Teplice Chateau building is home to the Regional Museum of Teplice.

The House of Clary-und-Aldringen or Clary-Aldringen is one of the most prominent Austro-Hungarian princely familys of Bohemian noble origin. The Bohemian princes of Clary-und-Aldringen are descending from two noble families of the Holy Roman Empire. On the one hand, the von Clarys, lords of Riva del Garda, are Upper-Italian nobles who enter the Bohemian nobility in the 14th century. On the other hand, the von Aldringens was a catholic noble family from the Spanish Netherlands who sided with the Habsburgs during the Reformation and the subsequent religious wars. In 1622, countess Anna Maria von Aldringen, sister and heir of Thirty Years War's Austrian general Reichsgraf Johann von Aldringen, married count Hieronymus von Clary, son of Bohemian lord Franz von Clary. Their descendants were allowed by imperial decree to adopt the name and arms of both families. Ever since, they are named Clary-und-Aldringen (or Clary-Aldringen). [wiki]