Arthur Franz Maximilian, 4th Count of Schönborn-Wiesentheid (30 January 1846 – 29 September 1915) was an Austrian nobleman.

Early life

Schönborn-Wiesentheid was born on 30 January 1846 in into the ''

Hochadel The German nobility () and royalty were status groups of the medieval society in Central Europe, which enjoyed certain privileges relative to other people under the laws and customs in the German-speaking area, until the beginning of the 20th ...

'' (high nobility). He was the son of

Klemens, 3rd Count of Schönborn-Wiesentheid Klemens August Emmerich, 3rd Count of Schönborn-Wiesentheid (8 October 1810 – 24 August 1877) was an Austrian Reichsrat (Germany), Reichsrat and Member of the German Bundestag, Member of the Reichstag of the Reichstag of the German Empire, Germa ...

and Irene, Countess Batthyány de Német-Ujvár. Among his siblings were Elma von Schönborn-Wiesentheid (wife of diplomat

Karl von und zu Franckenstein ''Karl Borromäus'' Vincenz Franz, Freiherr von und zu Franckenstein (22 January 1831 – 2 February 1898) was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat. Early life Baron von Franckenstein was born on 22 January 1831 in Frankfurt, Hessen. He was a younger so ...

). His paternal grandfather, Franz, 1st Count of Schönborn-Wiesentheid, was succeeded as Count by Arthur's uncle, Hugo, 2nd Count of Schönborn-Wiesentheid in 1840. Upon his death in 1865, the title passed to Arthur's father,

Klemens Klemens may refer to: * Klemens (given name) Klemens is a German masculine given name, a variant of Clemens. It may refer to: * Saint Clement (disambiguation), various saints in a German context * Klemens of Brzeźnica (died 1241), Polish nobl ...

Career

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The County of Schönborn-Wiesentheid was in

Lower Franconia Lower Franconia (, ) is one of seven districts of Bavaria, Germany. The districts of Lower, Middle and Upper Franconia make up the region of Franconia. It consists of nine districts and 308 municipalities (including three cities). History After ...

, the northwestern Region of modern

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, and comprised various isolated districts spanning from the Regnitz River to the

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east of

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. Schönborn-Wiesentheid, a partition of Schönborn, inherited the other line of Schönborn-Heusenstamm in 1801 before it was mediatised to Bavaria in 1806. Upon the death of his father in 1877, he became the titular Count of Schönborn-Wiesentheid.

Personal life

He married Princess ''Stephanie'' Marie Antonie of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1851–1882), the second daughter of Princess Marie von

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn was a county of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, comprising the lands of the region of Sayn. It was created as a partition of Sayn-Wittgenstein in 1607, although it was not until the next year that it obtained fully the C ...

and

Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst Chlodwig Carl Viktor, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Prince of Ratibor and Corvey () (31 March 18196 July 1901), usually referred to as the Prince of Hohenlohe, was a German statesman, who served as the imperial chancellor of the German Em ...

, the longtime

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who served as

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from 1894 to 1900 under Emperor

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. Together, they were the parents of: * Maria von Schönborn-Wiesentheid (1872–1920), who married Wolfgang, Count von Oberndorff, brother of Alfred von Oberndorff. After his death in 1906, she married Stanislaus, 5th Prince of

(grandson of Prince

Ludwig zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Ludwig Adolf Friedrich, 2nd Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg (8 June 1799 – 20 June 1866), from 1861 Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, was a Russian and German aristocrat. Among his properties were the famed Mir Castle Complex a ...

). After her death in 1920, her widow married '' Donna'' Elena Ruffo (the sister of Erwein's wife ''Donna'' Ernestina). * Johanna von Schönborn-Wiesentheid (1875–1957), who married Erwein, Count und Edler Herr von und zu Eltz gen. Faust von Stromberg. * Erwein von Schönborn-Wiesentheid (1877–1942), who married ''Donna'' Ernestina Ruffo, a daughter of Antonio Ruffo, 10th Prince of Scaletta, and Ludovica

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. Princess Stephanie died in

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on 18 March 1882. The Count of Schönborn-Wiesentheid died on 29 September 1915 in

Wiesentheid Wiesentheid is a municipality in the district of Kitzingen in Bavaria in Germany. History It was first mentioned in 918 as "Wisenheida". Mediatization in 1806 brought the former county of Schönborn into the Grand Duchy of Würzburg, along with w ...

. His portrait was painted by

Philip de László Philip Alexius László de Lombos (born Fülöp Laub; ; 30 April 1869 – 22 November 1937), known professionally as Philip de László, was an Anglo-Hungarian painter known particularly for his portraits of royal and aristocratic personages. ...

References

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