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The House of Lobkowicz (''Lobkovicové'' in modern
Czech
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, sg. ''z Lobkovic''; ''Lobkowitz'' in
German
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) is a Czech noble family that dates back to the 14th century and is one of the oldest
Bohemian noble families.
The family also belong to the
German
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,
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and
Belgian nobility
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History
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. The first Lobkowiczs were members of the
gentry
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of north-eastern
Bohemia in the late 14th century. The family's
Imperial immediacy
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over
Princely county of Störnstein was
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* German mediatisation
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by
Bavaria
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in 1807. As such, the House of Lobkowicz belong to the small group of families that constitute the ''
Hochadel
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'' ().
Princes of Lobkowicz
* Zdenko Adalbert, 1st Prince 1624–1628 (1568–1628)
**
Wenzel Eusebius, 2nd Prince 1628–1677 (1609–1677)
*** Ferdinand August, 3rd Prince 1677–1715 (1655–1715)
**** Philipp Hyazinth, 4th Prince 1715–1737 (1680–1737)
***** Wenzel Ferdinand, 5th Prince 1737–1739 (1723–1739)
***** Ferdinand, 6th Prince 1739–1784 (1724–1784)
******
Joseph Franz Maximilian, 7th Prince 1784–1816 (1772–1816)
******* Ferdinand Joseph, 8th Prince 1816–1868 (1797–1868)
******** Moritz, 9th Prince 1868–1903 (1831–1903)
********* Ferdinand, 10th Prince 1903–1938 (1858–1938)
********** Prince Ferdinand, renounced his succession rights 1920
******* ''Prince Johann of Lobkowicz (1799–1878)''
******** ''Prince Franz Eugen of Lobkowicz (1839–1898)''
********* Jaroslav, 11th Prince 1938–1953 (1877–1953)
********** Friedrich, 12th Prince 1953–1954 (1907–1954)
********** Jaroslav, 13th Prince 1953–1985 (1910–1985)
*********** Jaroslav, 14th Prince 1985–present (b. 1942)
************ Vladimir, Hereditary Prince of Lobkowicz (b. 1972)
************* Prince Jaroslav of Lobkowicz (b. 2012)
************ Prince Jaroslav of Lobkowicz (b. 1974)
************ Prince Philippe of Lobkowicz (b. 1978)
************* Prince Frederich of Lobkowicz (b. 2006)
************* Prince Casimir of Lobkowicz (b. 2009)
************* Prince Rudolf of Lobkowicz (b. 2011)
Notable family members
* Mikuláš Chudý ("the Poor") z Újezda (c. 1378–1435) was a poor squire from the village of Újezd in Bohemia. After studying at the Charles University in Prague, he became a scribe in
Kutná Hora.
King Wenceslaus IV
Wenceslaus IV (also ''Wenceslas''; cs, Václav; german: Wenzel, nicknamed "the Idle"; 26 February 136116 August 1419), also known as Wenceslaus of Luxembourg, was King of Bohemia from 1378 until his death and King of Germany from 1376 until he w ...
rewarded him for his services with the title to the village of
Lobkovice
Lobkovice Castle is halfway between Prague and Melnik Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.
Lobkovice is among the oldest of Czech villages, and was mentioned by Václav Hájek from Libočany in the times of Saint Wenceslaus (the Good K ...
(after which he began styling himself Nicholas of Lobkowicz), and he became the supreme scribe of the Bohemian kingdom in 1417. At the king's command, he captured several castles belonging to rebellious nobles; he was allowed to keep one,
Hasištejn Castle
Hasištejn (german: Burg Hassenstein) is a ruined medieval castle in Bohemia, the Czech Republic. It is situated near Kadaň, Klášterec nad Ohří and Chomutov.
The castle, first mentioned in Maiestas Carolina, was probably founded by Frie ...
, as a hereditary possession.
* Nicholas Hasištejnský z Lobkowicz (died 1462). The elder son of Nicholas of Lobkowicz, he inherited
Hasištejn Castle
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The castle, first mentioned in Maiestas Carolina, was probably founded by Frie ...
. He and his brother Jan were raised to the status of free lords by
Emperor Frederick III in 1459. Twenty years later, they were awarded Czech lordly status as well.
* Jan Popel z Lobkowicz (died 1470) was the younger son of Nicholas of Lobkowicz. He inherited
Hluboká Castle
Hluboká Castle (german: Schloss Frauenberg) is a historic château situated in Hluboká nad Vltavou. It is considered one of the most beautiful castles in the Czech Republic.
Tourism
Hluboká is one of the most famous and most frequently visited ...
and the village of Lobkovice from his father's estate. Along with his elder brother Nicholas, he was ennobled in 1459.
*
Jan Hasištejnský z Lobkovic
Jan Hasištejnský z Lobkovic () (1450–1517) was a Bohemian diplomat of the House of Lobkowicz. He undertook diplomatic missions to Luxembourg (in 1477) and Rome (in 1487) in the time of Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary
Vladislaus II, a ...
(1450–1517) was a diplomat who traveled on ambassadorial missions to Luxembourg in 1477 and Rome in 1487. King Vladislaus II entrusted him with negotiating his marriage to Mary of Burgundy, but the match ultimately never occurred. Much like his younger brother Bohuslav, the so-called “Czech Ulysses,” Jan journeyed to the Holy Land, later writing a book about his experiences (''Pilgrimage to the Holy Grave in Jerusalem'', 1505). He helped develop a
Franciscan monastery in Kadaň
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, and is buried there.
* His brother
Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic
Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic () (1461 – 11 November 1510) was a Czech nobleman, writer and humanist of old Bohemian family (later the princes) of Lobkovic.
He was born at Hasištejn Castle near Kadaň, Bohemia. He studied in Bologna and ...
(1461–1510) was a poet, essayist, and philosopher. He was well known for his prose, letters, and verses, including a satire on life in Bohemia. An extensive traveler who studied in Bologna and Ferrara and who voyaged to Egypt and the Holy Land, Bohuslav was elected Bishop of
Olomouc
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Located on t ...
but never held that office, as the pope refused to appoint him. He collected more than 650 books, primarily humanist and classical texts—an astonishing number for the era in which he lived. Roughly two thirds of his collection remains in
the Lobkowicz Library, including more than 400 of the 750 incunabula belonging to the library.
* Krystof Popel the Younger of Lobkowicz (1549–1609) was the Chief Steward of Bohemia during the reign of Emperor Rudolf II. Kryštof was a close friend of
Hans von Aachen, the celebrated court painter. Known for his diplomatic and linguistic skills, he was often tasked with welcoming foreign visitors—including Persians, Turks, and Russians—to the Emperor’s court, and was responsible for peace negotiations with the Polish king Sigismund.
* Jiří Popel z Lobkowicz (c. 1551–1607 or 1613) was a devout Catholic nobleman who founded a Jesuit college in
Chomutov and reestablished a
monastery in Kadaň after it had been abolished due to connections with Lutheranism. Influential at the Imperial Court, in 1585 he became the Court Administrator, the second-highest office in Bohemia. However, he soon fell out of favor with
Emperor Rudolf II
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, who blamed him and the other councillors for his brother
Maximilian
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*Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459 ...
's defeat at the
Battle of Byczyna
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and subsequent imprisonment. In 1593, he and his brother Ladislav Popel z Lobkowicz led an unsuccessful revolt against Rudolf II among the nobility. The two brothers fled Prague and were sentenced to death in absentia; Jiří was captured, but the Emperor lessened his sentence to life imprisonment and loss of property. He remained in prison for the rest of his life; the date of his death is unknown, but the years most frequently cited are 1607 and 1613.
* Vilém mladší Popel z Lobkovic (c. 1575–1647). On 15 June 1587, he inherited the lordship of
Horšovský Týn
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, which his father, John the Younger, had purchased in 1546. He was a royal councillor, and a court justice from 1628 to 1634. Being a Protestant, he was dispossessed in favour of the Catholic Lobkowicz line after the
Battle of White Mountain
The Battle of White Mountain ( cz, Bitva na Bílé hoře; german: Schlacht am Weißen Berg) was an important battle in the early stages of the Thirty Years' War. It led to the defeat of the Bohemian Revolt and ensured Habsburg control for the n ...
in 1620.
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* Zdeněk Vojtěch Popel z Lobkovic (1568–1628), 1st Prince Lobkowicz, was Chancellor to the Czech Kingdom under Emperors Rudolf II, Matthias, and Ferdinand II. Zdeněk Vojtěch was a major political figure in both Bohemia and the larger Habsburg empire. He and his wife Polyxena Pernštejn (1566 - 1642), the daughter of a Chancellor to the Czech Kingdom and an influential Spanish noblewoman, were leaders of the “Spanish” (i.e. Catholic) bloc at court, opposed to the Protestant factions. When the Emperor’s Catholic ministers were hurled from the windows of Prague Castle in the famous Defenestration of Prague in 1618, they took refuge in the nearby Lobkowicz Palace. The incident also signalled a turning point in the fortunes of the Lobkowicz family: although their property was confiscated by rebellious Protestants in 1618, the Catholic victory at the Battle of White Mountain in 1620 resulted in the restoration of their property and ensured that the family, as Catholic nobles, would continue to be highly influential. That same year, King Philip III of Spain awarded Zdeněk Vojtěch the Order of the Golden Fleece, the highest order of European chivalry. In 1624, Ferdinand II granted him the title of Imperial Prince, and he became the first hereditary Prince Lobkowicz.
* Polyxena Pernštejn (1566–1642), 1st Princess Lobkowicz, was the daughter of Vratislav of Pernštejn (1530 - 1582), Chancellor of the Czech Kingdom, and Maria Maximiliana Manrique de Lara y Mendoza (1538–1608), an influential Spanish noblewoman. In 1587, she became the fourth wife of
William of Rosenberg
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William of Rosenberg was a member of the influential noble House of ...
(1535 - 1592), High Treasurer and High Burgrave of Bohemia and the wealthiest man in the country. After William's death, she married Zdeněk Vojtěch of Lobkowicz, Chancellor of the Czech Kingdom and later 1st Prince Lobkowicz. As all of William's marriages had been childless, Polyxena's marriage to Zdeněk Vojtěch brought considerable wealth and property into the Lobkowicz family. Polyxena and her husband were highly influential at the Imperial Habsburg court, where they spearheaded Catholic opposition to Protestant factions. After the
Defenestration of Prague
The Defenestrations of Prague ( cs, Pražská defenestrace, german: Prager Fenstersturz, la, Defenestratio Pragensis) were three incidents in the history of Bohemia in which people were defenestrated (thrown out of a window). Though already ex ...
in 1618, the Emperor's Catholic ministers took refuge in the Lobkowicz Palace. A later painting shows a romanticized version of the incident, with Polyxena barring the door of the palace against a Protestant mob while the battered ministers cower behind her—while another version of events claims that Polyxena concealed the ministers under her skirts. The defeat of the Protestants at the Battle of White Mountain in 1620 ensured that the Lobkowicz family would continue to play a major role in Bohemian and Imperial politics.
* Kateřina Benigna Popelovna Lobkowicz (1594–1653), wife of Vilém mladší Popel z Lobkowicz, helped establish
Loreta as a significant pilgrimage destination in
Prague
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. She financed the construction of the site, which was designed by Italian architect Giovanni Orsi and built between 1626 and 1631.
* Anna Magdalene (1606 - 1668), Baroness Popel von Lobkowicz, was the daughter of William the Younger Popel of Lobkowicz, Lord of Horšovský Týn. She married
Julius Henry, Imperial Field Marshal and future Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, in 1632. Of their six children, two survived infancy. The youngest,
Julius Francis (1641–1689), was the last
Ascanian
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duke of Saxe-Lauenburg.
*
Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz
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(1606–1682) was a Spanish Catholic philosopher, mathematician, architect and architectural theorist, ecclesiastic, and writer, believed to be a grandson of the eldest daughter of Jan Popel z Lobkowicz (c. 1527- 1590). After a precocious childhood, he entered the
Cistercian Order
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and was later awarded a doctorate of theology by the
University of Leuven. His titles and positions included
Philip IV of Spain
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's envoy to the court of
Emperor Ferdinand III
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...
; Abbot of
Melrose, Scotland
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; Abbot-Superior of the Benedictines of Vienna; Grand Vicar to the Archbishop of Prague; Bishop of
Satrianum
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; Bishop of
Campagna
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; and, at his death, Bishop of
Vigevano
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. His intellectual pursuits were no less illustrious: he published 262 works on subjects from poetry to astronomy to asceticism, was one of the earliest scholars to write on probability, and designed the façade of the
Vigevano Cathedral
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. When the Swedes attacked Prague in 1648, he armed and led a band of ecclesiastics to serve in defense of the city, and the emperor rewarded him for his bravery with a collar of gold.
![Hebbelynck - Vaclav Eusebius (1609-1677) 2e Prince Lobkowicz](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Hebbelynck_-_Vaclav_Eusebius_%281609-1677%29_2e_Prince_Lobkowicz.jpg)
*
Václav Eusebius František (1609–1677), 2nd Prince Lobkowicz, was the only child of Zdeněk Vojtěch and Polyxena Pernštejn, and became one of the most influential European statesmen of the 17th century. He raised his own regiment to fight in the Thirty Years' War and held high offices at the Habsburg court, advising Emperors Ferdinand III and Leopold I in his capacity as President of the Imperial War Cabinet (from 1652) and President of the Imperial Privy Council (from 1669). He had a close connection with the
Infanta Margarita Teresa of Spain, Leopold I’s young wife. The Lobkowicz Collections’ portrait of the Infanta (attributed to
Velázquez) was presumably acquired during Leopold’s reign. He also transformed his family’s properties, overseeing the remodeling of the Lobkowicz Palace in Prague by Italian Baroque artists and the reconstruction of Roudnice Castle from a ruin to the family seat, and purchasing the ducal estate of Sagan in Silesia from Ferdinand III in 1646.
* František Vilém (1616–1670), the fourth son of Vilém mladší Popel z Lobkowicz, served as a councillor to Emperors Ferdinand III and Leopold I between 1647 and 1659. He was rewarded with the title of Highest Hunter in the Kingdom of Bohemia, a hereditary honor.
* Ferdinand August (1655–1715), 3rd Prince Lobkowicz, was a painting connoisseur whose additions to the Lobkowicz Collections include Veronese’s ''David with the Head of Goliath'', Rubens’s ''Hygieia and the Sacred Serpent'',
Pieter Brueghel the Younger
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’s ''Village in Winter'' and
Jan Brueghel the Elder
Jan Brueghel (also Bruegel or Breughel) the Elder (, ; ; 1568 – 13 January 1625) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman. He was the son of the eminent Flemish Renaissance painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder. A close friend and frequent collabora ...
’s ''St. Martin Dividing His Cloak''. In addition to his own acquisitions, his wives also brought paintings as their dowries. The first, Claudia Franziska von Nassau Hadamar, brought with her portraits from the house of Nassau as well as a series of amateur portraits painted by her mother. The second, Maria Anna von Baden, brought a variety of Northern paintings, including Lucas Cranach the Elder’s ''The Virgin and Child with Saints Barbara and Catherine of Alexandria'' and Cranach the Younger’s ''Jesus and the Woman Taken in Adultery''. Ferdinand August was also the first Prince Lobkowicz to systematically collect musical scores, and was an accomplished lutenist.
* Wenzel Ferdinand (1656–1697), Count of Bílina. As well as being Count of
Bílina
Bílina (; german: Bilin) is a town in Teplice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. It is known for its spas and as a source of the strongly mineralized water, Bílinská kyselka. The to ...
, a Bohemian town famous for its healing mineral water, Wenzel Ferdinand was an Imperial councillor and chamberlain. He served as an envoy to Bavaria, France, Spain, England, and the Netherlands. While in the Netherlands, he commissioned a Delft service from Lambertus Cleffius - the earliest and largest Delft service still in existence.
* Philip Hyacinth (1680–1734), 4th Prince Lobkowicz, was a patron of the arts who collected musical scores on several journeys to England. The composer
Sylvius Leopold Weiss, one of the finest lutenists of his day, taught music to both Philip Hyacinth and his second wife Anna Maria Wilhelmina von Althan, and dedicated several works to the princess.
*
Eleonore, Princess Lobkowicz (1682–1741) was the daughter of Ferdinand August, 3rd Prince Lobkowicz. At the beginning of the 18th century, she had the mineral spring at
Bílina
Bílina (; german: Bilin) is a town in Teplice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. It is known for its spas and as a source of the strongly mineralized water, Bílinská kyselka. The to ...
cleaned, leading to the town becoming a well-known spa. In 1701 she married Adam Franz Eusebius, hereditary Prince von Schwarzenberg, whom
Emperor Charles VI
Charles VI (german: Karl; la, Carolus; 1 October 1685 – 20 October 1740) was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Austrian Habsburg monarchy from 1711 until his death, succeeding his elder brother, Joseph I. He unsuccessfully claimed the thron ...
killed in a hunting accident in 1732. Subsequently, the Emperor took her son Joseph Adam to his court in Vienna, and she was paid a baronial maintenance of 5,000 gulden.
* Eleonora Carolina (1685–1720), Countess of Bílina. The daughter and sole heir of Count Wenzel Ferdinand, she married her distant cousin Philip Hyacinth, 4th Prince Lobkowicz.
*
Georg Christian, Fürst von Lobkowicz (1686–1755). A field marshal of the Imperial forces, Georg Christian was the fourth son of Ferdinand August, 3rd Prince Lobkowicz. He commanded the Lobkowicz regiment founded during the Thirty Years' War by Václav Eusebius, 2nd Prince Lobkowicz, and was commander-in-chief of the Habsburg armies in Italy. The Lobkowicz Collections holds portraits of eighteen officers that served in the Lobkowicz regiment under his command.
* Ferdinand Philip (1724–1784), 6th Prince Lobkowicz. After Frederick the Great of Prussia invaded Silesia during the War of the Austrian Succession, Ferdinand Philip supported Frederick over Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in order to protect his huge and highly profitable Silesian estate, originally acquired by Václav Eusebius, 2nd Prince Lobkowicz. It was probably for this reason that he was one of only two reigning princes of Lobkowicz not to be awarded the Order of the Golden Fleece, the highest Austrian order of chivalry. Wishing to avoid the war in Silesia and Bohemia but unwelcome at the Habsburg court in Vienna, Ferdinand Philip spent much of the 18th century in England, accompanied by
Christoph Willibald Gluck, whom he had employed in the Lobkowicz Palace orchestra. He returned to Bohemia with two of Canaletto’s finest paintings of London. His shrewd protection of his Silesian estate paid off: after his death, it was sold to the
Duke of Courland
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for the incredible (at the time) sum of one million gulden.
*
Joseph František Maximilian (1772–1816), 7th Prince Lobkowicz, was a patron of
Joseph Haydn and
Ludwig van Beethoven
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. Despite the previous Prince of Lobkowicz’s lack of support for Maria Theresa, Joseph František Maximilian remained on good terms with the Habsburgs:
Emperor Joseph II
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granted him the title of Duke of
Roudnice
Roudnice is a municipality and village in Hradec Králové District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.
Etymology
The name is derived from the red shades of color (in Czech ''rudá'') of the water in ...
in 1786, and to celebrate the coronation of
Emperor Leopold II
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as King of Bohemia in 1791 he commissioned a reconstruction of the Lobkowicz Palace’s exterior, giving it the appearance that it retains to this day. A talented singer, violinist, and violoncellist, Joseph František Maximilian was a noted patron of the arts: he was a founding member of the Society of the Friends of Music in Vienna, a member of the Society for the Promotion of Musical Culture in Bohemia, and a director of the Court Theatre of Vienna. He made his greatest impact on the musical world as a patron of Beethoven, who dedicated several major works to him, including the
3rd (''Eroica''),
5th
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Fifth or The Fifth may refer to:
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* Fifth column, a political term
* Fifth disease, a contagious rash tha ...
, and
6th (''Pastoral'') symphonies.
* Ferdinand Joseph Johann Nepomuk (1797–1868), 8th Prince Lobkowicz. A notable industrialist as well as a patron of the arts, he was a particular benefactor of the geologist and paleontologist
August Emanuel von Reuss
August Emanuel Rudolph von Reuss (8 July 1811 in Bílina, Bohemia26 November 1873 in Vienna), Austrian geologist and palaeontologist, was the son of Franz Ambrosius Reuss (1761–1830) and the father of ophthalmologist August Leopold von Reuss ( ...
. In 1835 he established one of the largest sugar factories in Bohemia, in the town of Bílina. He served as a member of parliament in Bohemia from 1860 to 1863.
* Karl Johann Josef of Lobkowicz (1815–1879). After having been head of government from 1852 to 1856, he served as a privy councillor in 1857. He was a stadholder in Lower Austria, Moravia, and Tyrol and Vorarlberg in the late 1850s and early 1860s.
* Moric (1831 - 1903), 9th Prince Lobkowicz. He served as an Imperial Privy Councilor beginning in 1890.
*
Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz
Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz ( cz, Jiří Kristián z Lobkovic) (14 May 1835 - 22 December 1908) was a member of the old Bohemian aristocratic family of House of Lobkowicz, Lobkowicz and an influential politician of late 19th century Bohe ...
(1835–1908) was a political leader among the conservative Bohemian nobility. Georg Christian was a member of the Bohemian Diet from 1865 to 1872 and 1883 to 1907, presiding over it twice as Land Marshal of Bohemia. He served as deputy in the Austrian Parliament from 1879 to 1883 and became a hereditary member of the
Austrian House of Lords in 1883.
* Ferdinand Zdenko Maria (1858–1938), 10th Prince Lobkowicz. In 1907, he was appointed chamberlain to Archduke Charles, later
Charles I of Austria
Charles I or Karl I (german: Karl Franz Josef Ludwig Hubert Georg Otto Maria, hu, Károly Ferenc József Lajos Hubert György Ottó Mária; 17 August 18871 April 1922) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary (as Charles IV, ), King of Croatia, ...
, the last ruler of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire.
* Wilhelmina(1863–1945) was the daughter of Moric, 9th Prince Lobkowicz. She sponsored a religious institution for widowed and unmarried noblewomen, The Order of the Sisters of God's Love, in
Nelahozeves
Nelahozeves is a municipality and village in Mělník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,200 inhabitants. It is known for the Nelahozeves Castle and as the birthplace of Antonín Dvořák, who is one of ...
Castle. She was the last Lobkowicz to live in the castle, and is buried in the Nelahozeves village cemetery.
* Ferdinand Lobkowicz (1885–1953), known as "the Evangelist". He was the eldest son of Ferdinand Zdenko Maria, 10th Prince Lobkowicz, but renounced his inheritance rights in 1920. His younger brother Maximilian inherited the family's properties instead.
* Maximilian Lobkowicz (1888 - 1967). Despite the government’s decision to redistribute inherited property and abolish the use of noble titles, Maximilian provided crucial support to the newly formed, democratic Czechoslovakia as a lawyer and diplomat, campaigning abroad for international recognition of the young republic. In the 1930s he mustered diplomatic support for opposition to the German annexation of the Sudetenland, and during World War II he served as ambassador to Great Britain for the Czechoslovakian government in exile. In 1945 he and his family regained the property that had been confiscated by the Nazis, only to see it seized again in 1948 by the Communist government. At the same time, Maximilian and his family were forced into exile.
* Georg Christian of Lobkowicz (1907–1932), a racing driver who died after a crash at the 1932 Avusrennen, a motor race held at the
AVUS
The Automobil-Verkehrs- und Übungsstraße ('Automobile traffic and training road'), known as AVUS, is a public road in Berlin, Germany. Opened in 1921, it was also used as a motor racing circuit until 1998. Today, the AVUS forms the northern p ...
circuit.
*
Princess Edward Joseph de Lobkowicz (1903 - 1976) was an American golfer and real estate broker who married Prince Edward Joseph de Lobkowicz.
*
Edouard de Lobkowicz (1926 - 2010) was an investment banker, an ambassador of the
Sovereign Military Order of Malta
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta ( it, Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme, di Rodi e di Malta; ...
, and the husband of
Princess Marie-Françoise of Bourbon-Parma
Princess is a regal rank and the feminine equivalent of prince (from Latin ''princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or for the daughter of a king or prince.
Princess as a subst ...
.
* Bedřich (Frederick) Lobkowicz (1932–1998), physicist at
University of Rochester
The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private university, private research university in Rochester, New York. The university grants Undergraduate education, undergraduate and graduate degrees, including Doctorate, do ...
.
*
Stéphane de Lobkowicz, his wife
Barbara d'Ursel de Lobkowicz and their daughter
Ariane de Lobkowicz-d'Ursel have served in the
Brussels Parliament
The Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (French: ''Parlement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale'', Dutch: ''Parlement van het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gew ...
.
The family today
Today, there are four main branches of the Lobkowicz family: of
Roudnice
Roudnice is a municipality and village in Hradec Králové District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.
Etymology
The name is derived from the red shades of color (in Czech ''rudá'') of the water in ...
, Křimice,
Dolní Beřkovice and
Mělník
Mělník (; german: Melnik) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 19,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
Mělník lies in one of the most im ...
.
Notable Lobkowiczs of today include:
* Mikuláš Lobkowicz (b. 1931), philosopher, rector of the
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, president of the
Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
The Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (KU) is a Roman Catholic research university in Eichstätt and Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany.
Compared to other German universities it is a rather small institution with 4,800 students in 2019; n ...
.
* Jaroslav Lobkowicz (b. 1942), MP 1998–2006 and 2010-present, head of the Křimice branch of the family.
*
František Václav Lobkowicz
Franz von Assisi Karl Friedrich Klemens Jaroslav Alois Leopold Gerhard Telesphorus Odilius Johann Bosco Paul Marie, Prince von Lobkowicz (5 January 1948 – 17 February 2022) was a Czech Roman Catholic prelate. Lobkowicz served as titular bishop ...
(1948–2022),
O.Praem., Bishop of
Ostrava-Opava.
*
Jiří Lobkowicz
Jiří Jan Lobkowicz (born 1956) is a Swiss-born Czech politician and businessman, and a member of the prominent Lobkowicz family.
He was president of the Path of Change party in the Czech Republic.
On 3 May 2012, the party decided to dissolve. ...
(b. 1956), businessman and politician, head of the Mělník branch of the family.
*
William Lobkowicz (b. 1961), current heir and manager of most of the Lobkowicz lands in the Czech Republic, including the
Lobkowicz Palace
The Lobkowicz Palace ( cs, Lobkowický palác) is a part of the Prague Castle complex in Prague, Czech Republic. It is the only privately owned building in the Prague Castle complex and houses the Lobkowicz Collections and Museum.
The palace wa ...
,
Nelahozeves
Nelahozeves is a municipality and village in Mělník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,200 inhabitants. It is known for the Nelahozeves Castle and as the birthplace of Antonín Dvořák, who is one of ...
,
Roudnice
Roudnice is a municipality and village in Hradec Králové District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.
Etymology
The name is derived from the red shades of color (in Czech ''rudá'') of the water in ...
, and
Střekov Castle.
*
Prince Edouard-Xavier de Lobkowicz
Prince Marie Edouard-Xavier Ferdinand Auguste Gaspard de Lobkowicz (18 October 1960 – 27 April 1984) was a French aristocrat, military officer, and murder victim. The eldest son of Prince Edouard de Lobkowicz and Princess Marie Françoise of ...
(1960–1984), son of
Prince Edouard de Lobkowicz and
Princess Marie-Françoise of Bourbon-Parma
Princess is a regal rank and the feminine equivalent of prince (from Latin ''princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or for the daughter of a king or prince.
Princess as a subst ...
, murder victim
*
Prince Charles-Henri de Lobkowicz
Prince Marie Charles-Henri Hugues Xavier Benoît Michel Edouard Joseph Balthazar de Lobkowicz (born 17 May 1964) is a French nobleman and member of the House of Lobkowicz.
Early life
Prince Charles-Henri is the third child of four siblings, son ...
(b. 1964), son of
Prince Edouard de Lobkowicz and
Princess Marie-Françoise of Bourbon-Parma
Princess is a regal rank and the feminine equivalent of prince (from Latin ''princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or for the daughter of a king or prince.
Princess as a subst ...
, proprietor of the château de Boszt in
Besson, heir to the Manoir d'Ujezd in
Goderville,
[Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XVIII. "Lobkowicz". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2007, p. 189. (German). .] and to the château de
Lignières.
*
Michal Lobkowicz Michal Lobkowicz (born 1964) is a former Czech politician and member of the Lobkowicz family. In 1998, he briefly served as Ministry of Defence (Czech Republic), defense minister in the Cabinet of Josef Tošovský, cabinet of Josef Tošovský, at th ...
(b. 1964), MP 1992–2002,
Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic
The Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic ( cs, Ministerstvo obrany České republiky, MO ČR) is the primary agency of the Czech Republic responsible for the planning and carrying-out of defense policy. It is the Czech Republic's ministry of ...
in 1998.
*
Princess Edouard de Lobkowicz (born 1928), Italian humanist and wife of Edouard de Lobkowicz.
Properties of the family
After the
Velvet Revolution
The Velvet Revolution ( cs, Sametová revoluce) or Gentle Revolution ( sk, Nežná revolúcia) was a non-violent transition of power in what was then Czechoslovakia, occurring from 17 November to 28 November 1989. Popular demonstrations agains ...
of 1989, a number of castles and estates were restored to different branches of the family. These estates included the
Lobkowicz Palace
The Lobkowicz Palace ( cs, Lobkowický palác) is a part of the Prague Castle complex in Prague, Czech Republic. It is the only privately owned building in the Prague Castle complex and houses the Lobkowicz Collections and Museum.
The palace wa ...
in Prague Castle (now a museum with a famous art collection),
Nelahozeves
Nelahozeves is a municipality and village in Mělník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,200 inhabitants. It is known for the Nelahozeves Castle and as the birthplace of Antonín Dvořák, who is one of ...
Castle (also a museum),
Roudnice
Roudnice is a municipality and village in Hradec Králové District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.
Etymology
The name is derived from the red shades of color (in Czech ''rudá'') of the water in ...
Castle,
Střekov Castle,
Mělník
Mělník (; german: Melnik) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 19,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
Mělník lies in one of the most im ...
Castle,
Bílina
Bílina (; german: Bilin) is a town in Teplice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. It is known for its spas and as a source of the strongly mineralized water, Bílinská kyselka. The to ...
Castle, Křimice Castle,
Dolní Beřkovice Castle (inherited by the
Thurn und Taxis
The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis (german: link=no, Fürstenhaus Thurn und Taxis ) is a family of German nobility that is part of the ''Briefadel''. It was a key player in the postal services in Europe during the 16th century, until the en ...
family), Jezeří Castle (sold by the family),
Vysoký Chlumec
Vysoký Chlumec is a market town in Příbram District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Bláhova Lhota, Hrabří, Hradce, Jezvina, Pořešice, Vápenice and Víska ...
Castle (sold by the family),
Hasištejn Castle
Hasištejn (german: Burg Hassenstein) is a ruined medieval castle in Bohemia, the Czech Republic. It is situated near Kadaň, Klášterec nad Ohří and Chomutov.
The castle, first mentioned in Maiestas Carolina, was probably founded by Frie ...
,
Chomutov Castle, Líčkov Castle, Felixburk,
Neustadt an der Waldnaab
Neustadt an der Waldnaab ( Bavarian: ''Neistodt an da Woidnaab'') is a municipality in Bavaria, Germany, and county seat of the district Neustadt an der Waldnaab.
Sister cities
Neustadt an der Waldnaab has one sister city:
* Hays, Kansas
...
,
Horšovský Týn
Horšovský Týn (; german: Bischofteinitz) is a town in Domažlice District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,800 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reserv ...
Castle, and
Zbiroh
Zbiroh () is a town in Rokycany District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,500 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Chotětín, Jablečno, Přísednice and Třebnuška are administrative parts of Zbiroh.
Geograph ...
.
File:Lobkovice in winter.jpg, Lobkovice Castle
File:Hassenstein ueberblick.jpg, Hasištejn Castle
Hasištejn (german: Burg Hassenstein) is a ruined medieval castle in Bohemia, the Czech Republic. It is situated near Kadaň, Klášterec nad Ohří and Chomutov.
The castle, first mentioned in Maiestas Carolina, was probably founded by Frie ...
File:Prague Castle Gardens.JPG, Lobkowicz Palace
The Lobkowicz Palace ( cs, Lobkowický palác) is a part of the Prague Castle complex in Prague, Czech Republic. It is the only privately owned building in the Prague Castle complex and houses the Lobkowicz Collections and Museum.
The palace wa ...
next to Prague Castle
Prague Castle ( cs, Pražský hrad; ) is a castle complex in Prague 1 Municipality within Prague, Czech Republic, built in the 9th century. It is the official office of the President of the Czech Republic. The castle was a seat of power for king ...
File:German Embassy, Prague, back side with garden-6587.jpg, Palais Lobkowicz at Malá Strana
Malá Strana (Czech for "Little Side (of the River)", ) or more formally Menší Město pražské () is a district of the city of Prague, Czech Republic, and one of its most historic neighbourhoods.
In the Middle Ages, it was a dominant center o ...
in Prague, now the German Embassy
File:Zámek Nelahozeves.jpg, Nelahozeves
Nelahozeves is a municipality and village in Mělník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,200 inhabitants. It is known for the Nelahozeves Castle and as the birthplace of Antonín Dvořák, who is one of ...
Castle
File:Roudnice nad Labem -zámek.jpg, Roudnice nad Labem
Roudnice nad Labem (; ) is a town in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 13,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
A steel road b ...
Castle
File:Hrad Střekov 21.08.2011 16-47-04.jpg, Střekov castle
File:Mělník, pohled na zámek.JPG, Mělník
Mělník (; german: Melnik) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 19,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
Mělník lies in one of the most im ...
Castle
File:Bilina zamek radnice 1.jpg, Bílina
Bílina (; german: Bilin) is a town in Teplice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. It is known for its spas and as a source of the strongly mineralized water, Bílinská kyselka. The to ...
Castle
File:Zámek Jezeří.jpg, Jezeří Castle near Horní Jiřetín
Horní Jiřetín (; german: Obergeorgenthal) is a town in Most District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,200 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Horní Jiřetín consists of Černice, Dolní Jiřetín, Horní Jiř ...
File:Hrad Vysoký Chlumec, od Pivovarské hory (01).jpg, Vysoký Chlumec
Vysoký Chlumec is a market town in Příbram District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Bláhova Lhota, Hrabří, Hradce, Jezvina, Pořešice, Vápenice and Víska ...
Castle
See also
*
Infant Jesus of Prague
The Infant Jesus of Prague ( cs, Pražské Jezulátko: es, Niño Jesús de Praga) is a 16th-century wax-coated wooden statue of the Child Jesus holding a '' globus cruciger'' of Spanish origin, now located in the Discalced Carmelite Church o ...
*
Palais Lobkowitz, Vienna
Palais Lobkowitz, or Palais Dietrichstein-Lobkowitz, is a Baroque palace in Vienna, Austria. It was owned by the noble Lobkowitz family.
Today, it houses the theatre museum, which is a part of the Kunsthistorisches Museum.
History
The palace i ...
Notes
External links
Lobkowicz.com– website of
William Lobkowicz and the
Lobkowicz Palace
The Lobkowicz Palace ( cs, Lobkowický palác) is a part of the Prague Castle complex in Prague, Czech Republic. It is the only privately owned building in the Prague Castle complex and houses the Lobkowicz Collections and Museum.
The palace wa ...
The Mělník LobkowiczsMichal Lobkowicz– profile on the Czech parliamentary website
Jaroslav Lobkowicz– profile on the Czech parliamentary website
František Václav LobkowiczAssociation Malte Liban– founded by Princess
Edouard de Lobkowicz
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