Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn (; 24 January 1844 – 25 June 1899) was a Czech

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Early life

Born at

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on 24 January 1844 into an

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noble

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, he was the fourth son of Count Erwein Damian Hugo von Schönborn (1812–1881) and his wife, Countess Christina Maria Josefa von Brühl (1817–1902), granddaughter of

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Alois Friedrich von Brühl. His paternal grandparents were Count Friedrich Karl Joseph von Schönborn and his wife, Baroness Maria Anna von

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(younger daughter of

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Wilhelm Lothar Maria von Kerpen and sister to Baroness Maria Charlotte Karolina von Kerpen (1782-1841), the wife of

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Career

Schönborn served as the 5th

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from 1883 to 1885, 28th

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from 1885, and was created

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of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in 1889.

References

External links

Catholic-hierarchy.org entry for Franziskus von Paula Schönborn
1844 births 1899 deaths Czech cardinals Roman Catholic archbishops of Prague Bishops of České Budějovice 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Austria-Hungary

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Cardinals created by Pope Leo XIII {{Czech-RC-archbishop-stub