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Walther von Brauchitsch
German field marshal (1881-1948)
Dietrich von Choltitz
German general (1894-1966)
Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli
Austro-Hungarian general (1856-1941)
Henry I the Bearded
High Duke of Poland
Vratislaus I, Duke of Bohemia
Duke of Bohemia
Maximilian von Prittwitz
German general (1848-1917)
Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau
German nobleman, landscape artist and travel writer (1785-1871)
Caspar Schwenckfeld
German theologian
Remus von Woyrsch
German Field Marshal (1847-1920)
Daisy, Princess of Pless
British socialite born in Wales
Moritz von Auffenberg
Austrian-Hungarian General and Minister of War (1852-1928)
Udo von Woyrsch
SS general and war criminal (1895-1983)
Christian Knorr von Rosenroth
Silesian noble
Maria von Maltzan
German resistance member (1909-1997)
Charles II, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels
Duke of Oels, Duke of Bernstadt (1545-1617)
Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner
German conservative statesman (1845–1932)
Christian, Duke of Brieg
Duke of Legnica and Brieg
Karl Gotthelf von Hund
German Baron
Christian Graf von Haugwitz
Prussian politician (1752-1832)
Elisabeth Marie, Duchess of Oels
Czech noblewoman (1625-1686)
Heinrich Gottfried von Mattuschka
German botanist (1734-1779)
Hedwig of Münsterberg-Oels
German noble
Hans Heinrich XV, 3rd Prince of Pless, Count of Hochberg
Prince of Pless (Pszczyna), Count of Hochberg, Baron of Książ (1861-1938)
Pückler
The House of Pückler, with branches named Pückler-Muskau, Pückler-Burghauss (Pückler-Burghauß), Pückler-Limpurg and Pückler-Groditz, was an old and influential German noble family which originated from Silesia.
Bernard Pretwicz
Hetman of Silesia
Przemko II, Duke of Opava
duke of Opava
Nicolaus Henel von Hennenfeld
Silesian Renaissance humanist
Joachim Bernhard von Prittwitz
Prussian general (1726-1793)
Henckel von Donnersmarck
Austrian-German noble family
Erich Lassota von Steblau
German diplomat
Anna Aloysia Maximiliane von Lamberg
Nicholas V, Duke of Krnov
Duke of Racibórz, Krnov, Bruntál, Rybnik and Wodzisław
Hermann von Hatzfeldt
German politician (1848-1933)
Alexander, 5th Prince of Pleß
German aristocrat and military officer (1905–1984)
Max Waldau
German writer (1825–1855)
Gertrude Guillaume-Schack
German activist (1845–1903)
Nicholas IV, Duke of Ratibor-Bruntál
Duke of Ratibor and Bruntál
Louise Elisabeth of Württemberg-Oels
Duchess of Württemberg-Oels by birth, and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Merseburg
Haugwitz
thumb|Coat of arms of the Counts von Haugwitz The House of Haugwitz (Graf von Haugwitz, ) is an old and influential Saxon noble family originating from the Meissen region.
Hans Ulrich von Schaffgotsch
German soldier
Gustav von Myrdacz
Paul vom Myrdacz (1874-1945)
Lichnowsky
thumb|Coat of arms of Prince Lichnowsky, Count of Werdenberg (Holy Roman Empire)|Werdenberg
Pretwicz
thumb|Prittwitz coat of arms The Prittwitz, Prittwitz-Gaffron or Pretwicz family is the name of a Silesian noble family of the Wczele coat of arms, whose first documented member is one Petrus de Prawticz from 1283.
Hans Sigismund Lestwitz
Prussian major general
House of Schaffgotsch
former noble family
Carl-Hans Graf von Hardenberg
German officer, estate manager and local politician as well as resistance fighter against National Socialism (1891-1958)
Mathias Franz Graf von Chorinsky Freiherr von Ledske
Czech bishop
Brauchitsch
thumb|right|200px|Coat of arms of the Brauchitsch family The Brauchitsch family is the name of an old Prussian noble family, first documented in the 13th century at the Silesian village of Brauchitschdorf, nowadays Chrustenik. Members of the family have been noted as statesmen and high military officers in Germany.
Ernst von Prittwitz und Gaffron
1833-1904, German general
Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwitz und Gaffron
German diplomat (1884-1955)