Johann, 2nd Prince Of Khevenhüller-Metsch
Johann Sigismund Friedrich, 2nd Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch (22 February 1732 – 15 June 1801) was an Austrian prince and diplomat. Early life Born Johann Sigismund Friedrich von Khevenhüller on 22 February 1732 in Vienna, he was the second born, but eldest surviving, son of Johann, 1st Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch (1706–1776) and Countess Karolina Maria Augustina von Metsch (1706–1784). His father was a diplomat during the early reign of Empress Maria Theresa, serving as the Habsburg Ambassador to Denmark, Saxony, and as the Bohemian Ambassador to the Perpetual Diet of Regensburg. His paternal grandparents were Count Sigmund Friedrich von Khevenhüller and, his second wife, Ernestine Leopoldine von Orsini-Rosenberg. His maternal grandfather was Imperial Vice-Chancellor () Count Johann Adolf von Metsch. As his maternal grandfather had no male issue, he adopted his father, who took Metsch as an additional surname in 1751. Career His father was created 1st Prince of ...
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