Wenzel Norbert Octavian, Count of Kinsky ( cs, Václav Norbert Oktavian Kinský; 1 April 1642,

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– 3 January 1719,

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) was a Czech noble and Bohemian High Chancellor.

Biography

Wenzel came from the Bohemian noble family of Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau and was the younger brother of

Francis, Count of Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau Franz Ulrich Count Kinsky von Wchinitz (Chlumec nad Cidlinou, 1634 – Vienna, 27 February 1699) was a Bohemian-Austrian diplomat and politician. Biography Franz Ulrich Kinsky came from the old Bohemian noble family of Kinsky. His younger brothe ...

. After studying law at

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in Prague and his

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, Kinsky entered the civil service. He became President of the

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in 1688, Vice-Chairman of Bohemia in 1689, Privy and Conference Councilor, Supreme Court Judge in 1696 and Supreme Chamber Treasurer and Imperial Commissioner in the Bohemian Parliament in 1701. From 1705 to 1711 he was Bohemian Chancellor in Vienna under Emperor Joseph I. For his services he was made a Knight of the

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in 1711 (No. 610).

Marriage and children

Count Kinsky married twice, firstly to Anna Franziska Countess Martinic and secondly to Maria Anna Theresia Countess Nesselrode. The two marriages produced 16 children, including: * Franz Ferdinand (1678–1741), Bohemian High Chancellor, had issue. * Stephan Wilhelm (1679–1749), 1st Prince (1746 Bohemian and 1747 Imperial Prince); his only son Franz-Joseph (1726–1748), 2nd Prince, died without a male heir. * Philip Joseph (1700–1749), Bohemian High Chancellor, advisor to Empress Maria Theresa. Had issue. *Maria Theresa (1700–1775), married

Lajos Batthyány Count Lajos Batthyány de Németújvár (; hu, gróf németújvári Batthyány Lajos; 10 February 1807 – 6 October 1849) was the first Prime Minister of Hungary. He was born in Pozsony (modern-day Bratislava) on 10 February 1807, and was e ...

*Aloisia Stephanie (1707–1786), married Franz Wenzel von Wrbna-Freudenthal, mother of Eugen Wenzel von Wrbna-Freudenthal. *Franz Karl (1709–1734), killed in the Battle of Guastalla

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