2011-08-14

Bohuslav, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin

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 aoremovetag(aged 67)
Görlitz, Kingdom of Prussia

Bohuslav, Count Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin. (German: Bohuslav 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

Karl 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

Notes and sources

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.





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