Johann Rudolf, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin

Johann Rudolf
Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin
Spouse(s) Countess Maria Sidonia of Clary and Aldringen

Issue

Count Johann Nepomuk
Count Josef
Louise, Princess of Clary and Aldringen
Count Wenzel
Ferdinand, Prince-Archbishop and Duke of Olmütz
Karl, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin
Countess Theresa
Count Hermann

Full name

Johann Nepomuk Rudolph
Noble family Chotek
Father Johann Karl, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin
Mother Countess Anna Maria Kottulinsky of Kottulin and Krzizkowitz
Born 17 May 1748
Vienna, Habsburg Monarchy
Died 26 August 1824 (aged 76)
Vienna, Austrian Empire

Johann Rudolf, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin (German: Johann Nepomuk Rudolph Graf Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin; 18 May 1748  26 August 1824) was an Austrian finance minister and Government President (Gubernialpräsident) in the Kingdom of Bohemia.

Life

Johann Rudolf was born at Vienna, Habsburg Monarchy, the only son of Johann Karl, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin (1704–1787) and Countess Anna Maria Kottulinsky of Kottulin and Krzizkowitz (1711–1798).

In 1770, he was in the Lower Austrian Government, in 1776 he was Councilor at the chancellery. In 1788, he allegedly took his resignation for health reasons, but mainly because he did not have a friendly relationship with Emperor Joseph II.

Under the reign of Emperor Leopold II, in 1790 he received the head of the newly established Finanzhofstelle. In 1793 he took his dismissal, but was elevated to Minister of State in 1802 and Colonel Burgraves of Bohemia. As such, he promoted especially the road construction and putfactories with English looms and spinning machines. From 1805 to 1809 he was a member of the ministry conference after the Treaty of Schönbrunn, President of the normal political Hofkommission in legislative matters

In 1808, he was awarded with the Order of the Golden Fleece.

Marriage and family

Johan Rudolf married on 18 May 1772 in Vienna to Countess Maria Sidonia of Clary and Aldringen (1748–1824), second daughter of Franz Wenzel, 1st Prince of Clary and Aldringen, and his wife, Countess Josepha of Hohenzollern-Hechingen.

They had eight children:

Ancestry

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