The Countess was born on her family estate,Rhédey castle in Sankt Georgen auf der Heide (Hungarian: Erdőszentgyörgy), Transylvania (then part of the Austrian Empire, today Sângeorgiu de Pădure, Romania) to Count László Rhédey de Kis-Rhéde (29 September 1775 – 22 November 1833) and his wife, Baroness Ágnes Inczédy de Nagy-Várad (ca. 1788 – ca. 1856). The most notable member of her family was Ferenc Rhédey, the reigning Prince of Transylvania who ruled Principality of Transylvania between 1657 and 1658. At birth, she was styled as Countess Klaudina (Claudine) Rhédey de Kis-Rhéde.
The crypt of the Rhédey family is in the Reformed Church of Sângeorgiu de Pădure in present-day Romania.
Claudine died in Austria in 1841 after being thrown from her horse. The remains of the Countess were originally interred in the Rhédey Mausoleum, but were subsequently removed and placed in the family crypt in the Reformed Church of Sângeorgiu de Pădure.[3]
Paul-Julius, Graf von Hügel (1872–1912); married, Anna Pauline Homolatsch.
Huberta Amelia Maximilienne Pauline, Gräfin von Hügel (1897–1912)
Ferdinand Paul, Graf von Hügel (1901-1939)
All children were initially styled as CountsorCountesses von Hohenstein, taking their titles from their mother. However, in 1863, the children were created Princes and Princesses of TeckbyWilliam I of Württemberg, with the style Serene Highness in the Kingdom of Württemberg.
The Rhédey family has been known from the 13th century. It is one of many Hungarian noble families descending from the House of Aba.[5] The most notable ancestor of the Aba noble house was Samuel Aba, the third king of Hungary between 1041 and 1044, married to a sister of St. Stephen I, the first Roman Catholic (orEastern Orthodox depending on view from the Great Schism of 1054) king of Hungary.
On her mother's side, Countess Claudine Rhédey de Kis-Rhéde, she is descendant of Vlad the Monk, the brother of the infamous Vlad Dracula, the inspiration for the character Count Dracula.[6][7]
Ancestors of Countess Claudine Rhédey de Kis-Rhéde
Siebmachers Wappenbuch Die Wappen des Adels von Ungarn
Romániai Magyar Irodalmi Lexikon, Szépirodalom, Közírás, Tudományos Irodalom, Művelődés, III KH–M Kriterion Könyvkiadó, Bukarest 1994, ISBN973-26-0369-0