Franz, 4th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch
Franz von Khevenhüller-Metsch | |
|---|---|
| Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch | |
| Full name | Franz Maria Johann Joseph Hermann von Khevenhüller-Metsch |
| Born | 7 April 1762 Vienna |
| Died | 3 July 1837 (aged 75) Frohnsburg, Lower Austria |
| Noble family | Khevenhüller-Metsch |
| Spouse(s) |
Countess Maria Elisabeth von Kuefstein
(m. 1791; died 1796) |
| Issue | Count Johann Siegmund Friedrich Count Johann Friedrich Richard Countess Maria Anna Kunigunde Richard, 5th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch Count Othmar Countess Hedwig Maria |
| Father | Johann, 2nd Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch |
| Mother | Princess Amalia of Liechtenstein |
Franz Maria Johann Joseph Hermann, 4th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch (7 April 1762 – 3 July 1837), was an Austrian aristocrat who was a member of the Austrian House of Lords.
Early life
Franz was born on 7 April 1762 at Vienna. He was a younger son of Johann, 2nd Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch (1732–1801) and Princess Maria Amalia Susanna of Liechtenstein (1737–1787). Among his siblings were elder brother, Karl, 3rd Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch,[a] Countess Anna Antonia Maria von Khevenhüller-Metsch,[b] Countess Maria Christina Viktoria Vittoria von Khevenhüller-Metsch,[c] Countess Maria Karolina Ferdinanda von Khevenhüller-Metsch,[d] and Countess Marie Leopoldina von Khevenhüller-Metsch.[e]
His paternal grandparents were Johann, 1st Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch, and Countess Karolina Maria Augustina von Metsch.[6] His father was a diplomat during the early reign of Empress Maria Theresa, serving as the Habsburg Ambassador to Denmark, Saxony, and as the Bohemian Ambassador to the Perpetual Diet of Regensburg.[7] His maternal grandparents were Prince Emanuel of Liechtenstein and Countess Maria Anna Antonia von Dietrichstein-Weichselstädt.[8]
Career
Upon the death of his brother in 1823, he became the 4th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch and was a member of the Austrian House of Lords.[9]
Personal life
Franz was married, and widowed, three times. On 6 July 1791 in Vienna, he married Countess Maria Elisabeth von Kuefstein (1771–1796), a daughter of Count Johann Adam von Kuefstein. Before her death at Sankt Pölten on 8 April 1796, they were the parents of:[10]
- Count Johann Siegmund Friedrich von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1793–1794), who died in infancy.[10]
- Count Johann Friedrich Maria Richard von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1794–1795), who died in infancy.[10]
He remarried at Sankt Pölten on 16 April 1798 to Countess Maria Josepha von Abensberg and Traun (1782–1799), a daughter of Johann Otto, 8th Count of Abensberg and Traun. She died on 6 March 1799, the day after she gave birth to their only child:[10]
- Countess Maria Anna Kunigunde von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1799–1801), who died in infancy.[10]
On 15 June 1812, he married, thirdly, to his niece, Countess Krisztina "Christina" Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (1792–1830), a daughter of Count Károly Zichy, the Lord Chief Justice of the Kingdom of Hungary, and, his elder sister, Countess Anna Maria Khevenhüller-Metsch.[2] Before her death on 20 July 1830 at Penzing, they were the parents of:[11]
- Richard Maria Johannes Basilius, 5th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch (1813–1877), who married his first cousin, Countess Antonia Maria Lichnowsky, a daughter of Prince Eduárd Lichnowsky (a son of Karl Alois, Prince Lichnowsky) and Countess Eleonora Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeö, in 1836.[12]
- Count Othmar von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1819–1890), who married Baroness Leontine Kress von Kressenstein, a daughter of Baron Karl Kress von Kressenstein and Countess Leopoldine Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeö, at Vienna in 1850.[10]
- Countess Hedwig Maria von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1823–1876), who married Count Hermann Locatelli in 1856.[2]
The Prince died at Frohnsburg, Lower Austria, on 3 July 1837. He was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, Richard.[8][13]
References
- Notes
- ^ Karl, 3rd Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch (1756–1823) married Countess Therese von Morzin, a daughter of Count Karl Joseph von Morzin and Maria Wilhelmine Reisky von Dubnitz.[1]
- ^ Countess Anna Antonia Maria von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1759–1809) married Count Károly Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeö, the Lord Chief Justice of the Kingdom of Hungary and son of Count István Zichy.[2]
- ^ Countess Maria Christina Viktoria Vittoria von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1760–1811) married Antonio Maria Erba-Odescalchi, 2nd Prince of Monteleone (a nephew of Cardinal Benedetto Erba Odescalchi and great-grandnephew of Pope Innocent XI).[3]
- ^ Countess Maria Karolina Ferdinanda von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1763–1858) married Giuseppe Antonio Maria Soresina Vidoni, Marchese di San Giovanni in Croce (he became later a Prince), a son of Cesare Francesco Soresina Vidoni, Marchese di San Giovanni in Croce, and Dorotea Soresina Pallavicini.[4]
- ^ Countess Marie Leopoldina von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1764–1845) married, as his second wife, Francesco Ruspoli, 3rd Prince of Cerveteri, son of Alessandro Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Cerveteri.[5]
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- ^ a b Mehl, Sonja; München, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus (1980). Franz von Lenbach in der Städtischen Galerie im Lenbachhaus München (in German). Prestel. p. 161. ISBN 978-3-7913-0456-4. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
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