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Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg
Felix Ludwig Johann Friedrich, Prince of Schwarzenberg (german: Felix Ludwig Johann Friedrich Prinz zu Schwarzenberg; cs, Felix Ludvík Jan Bedřich princ ze Schwarzenbergu; 2 October 1800 – 5 April 1852) was a Bohemian nobleman and an Au ...
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Austria
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Joseph II Johann 6th Prince of Schwarzenberg (Vienna, June 27, 1769 - Frauenberg, December 19, 1833) was a German-Bohemian nobleman from the
Schwarzenberg family
The House of Schwarzenberg is a German (Franconian) and Czech ( Bohemian) aristocratic family, and it was one of the most prominent European noble houses. The Schwarzenbergs are members of the German nobility and Czech nobility and they held the ...
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Biography
Joseph was born as the first son of
Johann I, Prince of Schwarzenberg
Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...
and Countess Maria Eleonora von Öttingen-Wallerstein and succeeded his father in 1789. He was active in the banking sector.
In 1798 he bought the Stubenbach and Gutwasser estates with the attached domains of Stachau, Altstadln and Neustadln. In 1801 or 1803 he acquired Willmendingen Castle in Klettgau, and in 1810 the
Libějovice
Libějovice is a municipality and village in Strakonice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Černěves and Nestanice are administrative parts of Libějovice.
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property.
In 1802 he ceded to his younger brother Karl Philipp, who later became Field Marshal, the second majorate of the Princely House and part of the family property, including
Orlík Castle
Orlík Castle is a château in Orlík nad Vltavou, in Písek District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. The original position of the spur castle, on a rock above the Vltava valley, was altered by the creation of the Orlík Reser ...
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In 1806, after the occupation by the French, he lost sovereignty over the Franconian and Swabian possessions of his House.
In 1808 Joseph was accepted into the
Order of the Golden Fleece
The Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece ( es, Insigne Orden del Toisón de Oro, german: Orden vom Goldenen Vlies) is a Catholic order of chivalry founded in Bruges by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in 1430, to celebrate his marriage ...
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His wife Pauline died in 1810 in a fire during a ball in the garden of the Austrian embassy in Paris in honor of Napoleon's marriage to Marie-Louise of Austria.
Marriage and offspring
Joseph married in May 1794 Pauline Karolina Iris Princess von Arenberg-Aarschot (September 2, 1774 - July 2, 1810), daughter of
Louis Engelbert, 6th Duke of Arenberg
Louis Engelbert of Arenberg (3 August 1750 in Brussels – 7 March 1820 in Brussels), nicknamed ''the blind duke'', was between 1778 and 1801 the sixth Duke of Arenberg and 12th Duke of Aarschot. Between 1803 and 1810 he ruled a Duchy in Nor ...
, and had six daughters and three sons:
* Marie Eleonore (1795–1848), married 1817
Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz
Alfred may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
*''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series
* ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne
* ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák
*"Alfred (Interlu ...
(1787–1862)
* Marie Pauline (1798–1821), married 1817 Heinrich Eduard 2nd Prince of Schönburg-Hartenstein (1787–1872)
* Johann Adolph Joseph (1799–1888), married 1830 Eleonore Princess of Liechtenstein (1812–1873), 7th Prince of Schwarzenberg.
* Felix Ludwig (1800–1852), Prime Minister of Austria
* Aloysia Eleonore (1803–1884), married Heinrich Eduard Prince of Schönburg-Waldenburg-Hartenstein, the widower of her sister Marie Pauline.
* Mathilde Therese (? - 1804)
* Maria Karolina (1806–1875), married 1831 Ferdinand, 2nd Prince of Bretzenheim (1801–1855)
* Anna Bertha (? - 1807), married Prince August Longin Lobkowitz (1797–1842)
* Friedrich Johann (1809–1885), 1835
Archbishop of Salzburg
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg ( la, Archidioecesis Salisburgensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Austria. The archdiocese is one of two Austrian archdioceses, serving alongside the Archdiocese of ...
, Cardinal and Prince
Archbishop of Prague
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Joseph II
Joseph II (German: Josef Benedikt Anton Michael Adam; English: ''Joseph Benedict Anthony Michael Adam''; 13 March 1741 – 20 February 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg lands from November 29, 1780 unt ...