Collalto family

[1] There is no definite evidence on the house's origins, but tradition holds that they were initially Lombards.

The family was raised to the rank of Imperial Count in 1610 by Emperor Ferdinand II, who sold the Moravian possessions with the centre in Brtnice (Pirnitz) to Rambaldo XIII.

The Italian possessions consisted of the castles Collalto and San Salvatore.

Nowadays, Prince Collalto is a wine producer in Sussegana near Treviso and the acting head of the family is Princess Isabella of Croÿ, firstborn child of Prince Manfredo von Collalto und San Salvatore (b.

1932) and his wife, Maria de la Trinidad Castillo y Moreno (b.

Coat of arms of the House of Collalto
The castle at Collalto