Bohuslav, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin
Bohuslav | |
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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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