Rudolf, 9th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau (; 11 December 185913 March 1930) was the titular pretender
Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau.
Early life
Rudolf was born at
Hermanmiestetz,
Kingdom of Bohemia
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the third child and second son of
(1834–1904) and Princess Maria of Liechtenstein (1835–1905).
Marriage and family
Rudolf married on 20 September 1881 in
Vienna
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to Countess Marie of Wilczek (1858–1938), eldest child of Graf Johann Nepomuk of Wilczek and his wife, Countess Emma Maria Helene Emo Capodilista.
They had five daughters:
*Countess Marie Gabrielle Josepha Guntram Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau (28 March 1883 – 28 October 1970), married in 1903 to Prince Erich of Thurn and Taxis; had issue.
*Countess Maria Antonie Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau (21 May 1885 – 3 July 1952), married in 1903 to Count Theobald Czernin of Chudenitz; had issue.
*Countess Emma Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau (13 March 1888 – 2 December 1957)
*Countess Wilhelmine Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau (6 July 1891 – 17 June 1971), married in 1912 to Count Carl Maria Joseph Czernin of Chudenitz; had issue.
*Countess Theresia Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau (13 January 1902 – 11 November 1973)
Prince Kinsky
He became the titular pretender 9th ''Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau'' at the death of his brother
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in 1919, his brother died childless. As for him, without a male heir the title was passed to his nephew
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at his death in 1930.
Ancestry
Notes and sources
*Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 1956
1859 births
1930 deaths
People from Heřmanův Městec
People from the Kingdom of Bohemia
House of Kinsky
People from Austria-Hungary
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