Bohuslav, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin

Bohuslav
Count Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin

Count Bohuslav, portrait by Friedrich Kriehuber, 1870
Spouse(s) Countess Wilhelmine Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau

Issue

Count Wolfgang
Countess Zdenka
Marie, Princess of Thun und Hohenstein
Countess Caroline
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg
Oktavia, Countess von Glauchau und Waldenburg
Maria Antonia, Countess von Wuthenau-Hohenthurm
Countess Henriette

Full name

Bohuslav
Noble family Chotek
Father Karl, Count Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin
Mother Countess Marie Berchtold, Baroness von Ungarschitz
Born 4 April 1829
Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia
Died 11 October 1896 (aged 67)
Görlitz, Kingdom of Prussia

Bohuslav, Count Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin.[1][2][3][4] (Czech: Bohuslav hrabě Chotek z Chotkova a Vojnína, German: Bohuslaw Graf Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin; 4 July 1829  11 October 1896) was a Bohemian noble and was a diplomat in the service of Austria-Hungary. He was the father of Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg the morganatic wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.

Life

Bohuslav was born at Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, the younger son of Karl, Count Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin (1783–1868) and Countess Marie Berchtold, Baroness von Ungarschitz (1794–1878). His father was Governor of Tyrol, Vorarlberg, and Bohemia. He was also the founder of the Tyrolean State Museum.

In 1866 Count Bohuslav became the Austrian ambassador in Stuttgart, (Kingdom of Württemberg), in 1869 he became ambassador to St. Petersburg (Russian Empire) and from 1872 in Brussels (Belgium).

Marriage and family

Bohuslav married on 30 October 1859 in Kostelec nad Orlici to Countess Wilhelmine Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (1838–1886), elder daughter of Count Joseph Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau, and his wife, Countess Maria Czernin von und zu Chudenitz.

They had one son and seven daughters:

Ancestry

References

  1. Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (editor). Burke's Guide to the Royal Family, Burke's Peerage, London, 1973, p. 238. ISBN 0-220-66222-3
  2. Willis, Daniel A., The Descendants of King George I of Great Britain, Clearfield Company, 2002, pp. 153, 613
  3. Enache, Nicolas. La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg. ICC, Paris, 1996. pp. 54, 58. French.
  4. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XV. "Hohenberg". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1997, pp.600-601.

Notes and sources

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
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Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Württemberg
16 December 1866 – 14 October 1869
Succeeded by
Baron Otto of Walterskirchen
Preceded by
Count Friedrich Revertera of Salandra
Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Russia
14 October 1869 – 11 September 1871
Succeeded by
Baron Ferdinand of Langenau
Preceded by
Count Karl Vitzthum of Eckstädt
Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Belgium
22 October 1872 – 24 April 1888
Succeeded by
Count Rudolf of Khevenhüller-Metsch