Count Philip Joseph Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau (

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: ''Philipp Joseph Graf Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau'') (28 November 1700 – 12 January 1749) was High chancellor of the Kingdom of Bohemia during the reign of Queen Maria Theresa.

Early life

Born in

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as a member of the

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, Philip was the son of Count Wenceslaus Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (1642-1719), a Bohemian high chancellor, and his wife, Countess Maria Anna Theresia von Nesselrode-Ereshoven (1670-1716).

Marriage and issue

On 17 November 1722, he married Countess Marie Karolína Bořitová z Martinic, by whom he had eight children: *''Count'' Franz Karl (1722–1728) *''Count'' Karl Joseph (1723–1724) *''Countess'' Maria Josepha (1724–1754) married Count Michael Johann von

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(1710-1778) * Franz de Paula Ulrich, Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau (1726–1792) *''Countess'' Maria Anna (1727–1733) *''Countess'' Maria Therese (1730–1797) married Count Otto-Philipp von Hohenfeld (1733-1799) *''Countess'' Maria Antonia (1732–1752) married firstly to Count Nikolaus Erdödy (1719-1757); married secondly to Count Kristóf Erdődy (1726-1777) *''Count'' Johann Joseph (1734–1790) married Princess Maria Theresia von Auersperg (1735-1800) and had issue

Career

Count Kinsky received a fine education and had many interests, such as improving education in Bohemia. He served Emperor Charles VI as an Imperial envoy in London between 1728 and 1736. He came into the cabinet of his successor, Queen Maria Theresa, in 1741, and soon became the Queen's trusted adviser and friend. Many feared him because of his temper. He was thought to be willful, but also stubborn and arrogant, which is why he wasn't very popular. He was elected a

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of London in 1731.

References

*Black, Jeremy: ''Parliament and foreign policy in the eighteenth century'' Cambridge University Press 2004 *Duffy, Christopher: ''The army of Maria Theresa: The Armed Forces of Imperial Austria, 1740-1780'' Hippocrene Books 1977 *LeCaine Agnew, Hugh: ''Origins of the Czech national renascence'' University of Pittsburgh Press 1993 0822937425 *Morris, Constance Lily: ''Maria Theresa – The Last Conservative'' READ BOOKS 2007 *Szabo, Franz A.J.: ''Kaunitz and enlightened absolutism, 1753-1780'' Cambridge University Press 1994 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kinsky, Philip 1700 births 1749 deaths Bohemian nobility Counts of Germany Czech politicians Philip Fellows of the Royal Society Ambassadors of Austria to the United Kingdom