- Bohuslav, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin
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Bohuslav Count Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin Count Bohuslav, portrait by Friedrich Kriehuber, 1870 Spouse(s) Countess Wilhelmine Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau Issue Count Wolfgang
Countess Zdenka
Marie, Princess of Thun und Hohenstein
Countess Caroline
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg
Oktavia, Countess von Glauchau und Waldenburg
Maria Antonia, Countess von Wuthenau-Hohenthurm
Countess HenrietteFull name Bohuslav Noble family Chotek Father Karl, Count Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin Mother Countess Marie Berchtold, Baroness von Ungarschitz Born 4 April 1829
Prague, Kingdom of BohemiaDied 11 October 1896 (aged 67)
Görlitz, Kingdom of PrussiaBohuslav, Count Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin.[1][2][3][4] (German: Bohuslav Graf Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin; 4 July 1829 – 11 October 1896) was a Bohemian noble and was a diplomat in the service of Austria-Hungary. He was the father of Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg the morganatic wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.
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Life
Karl was born at Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, the younger son of Karl, Count Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin (1783–1868) and Countess Marie Berchtold, Baroness von Ungarschitz (1794–1878). His father was Governor of Tyrol, Vorarlberg, and Bohemia. He was also the founder of the Tyrolean State Museum.
In 1866 Count Bohuslav became the Austrian ambassador in Stuttgart, (Kingdom of Württemberg), in 1869 he became ambassador to St. Petersburg (Russian Empire) and from 1872 in Brussels (Belgium).
Marriage and family
Bohuslav married on 30 October 1859 in Kostelec nad Orlici to Countess Wilhelmine Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (1838–1886), elder daughter of Count Joseph Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau, and his wife, Countess Maria Czernin von und zu Chudenitz.
They had one son and seven daughters:
- Count Wolfgang Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin (15 August 1860 – 10 December 1926), married in 1896 to Anna Elisabeth von Künell auf Nedamow; no issue.
- Countess Zdenka Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin (1861 – 1946)
- Countess Marie Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin (11 July 1863 – 21 June 1935), married in 1887 to Jaroslav, 2nd Prince von Thun und Hohenstein; had issue.
- Countess Caroline Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin (19 November 1865 – 29 November 1919), married in 1886 to Count Leopold von Nostitz-Rieneck; had issue.
- Countess Sophie Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin (1 March 1868 – 28 June 1914), married morganatically in 1900 to Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria; had issue.
- Countess Oktavia Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin (5 May 1873 – 29 November 1946), married in 1898 to Joachim, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau and Waldenburg; had issue.
- Countess Maria Antonia Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin (12 May 1874 – 13 June 1930), married in 1893 to Carl, Count von Wuthenau-Hohenthurm; had issue.
- Countess Henriette Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin (9 July 1880 – 19 March 1964), married in 1921 to Count Leopold von Nostitz-Rieneck; had issue.
Ancestry
Ancestors of Bohuslav, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin 16. Count Wenzel Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin 8. Johann Karl, Count Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin 17. Maria Theresa Scheidler von Scheidlen 4. Johann Rudolf, Count Chotek von Chotek und Wognin 18. Count Franz Carl Kottulinsky von Kottulin und Krizkowitz 9. Countess Anna Maria Kottulinsky von Kottulin und Krzizkowitz 19. Countess Maria Antonia von Rottal 2. Karl, Count Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin 20. Count Franz Karl von Clary und Aldringen 10. Franz Wenzel, 1st Prince von Clary und Aldringen 21. Countess Maria Theresa Kunigl von Ehrenburg und Warth 5. Countess Maria Sidonia von Clary und Aldringen 22. Count Hermann Friedrich of Hohenzollern-Hechingen 11. Countess Josepha of Hohenzollern-Hechingen 23. Countess Maria Josefa of Oettingen-Spielberg 1. Bohuslav, Count Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin 24. Anton Franz, Count Berchtold, Baron von Ungarschitz 12. Anton, Count Berchtold, Baron von Ungarschitz 25. Anna Elisabeth Sophie Eyerk von Eyerlsberg 6. Anton, Count Berchtold, Baron von Ungarschitz 26. Johann Franz Reviczky von Revisnye 13. Marie Anna Reviczky von Revisnye 27. Anna Maria Barthodeizky von Barthodey 3. Countess Marie Berchtold, Baroness von Ungarschitz 28. Márton IV Huszar de Szent-Kereszt 14. Josef Huszár de Szent-Kereszt 29. Maria Jeszensky de Nagy-Jeszen 7. Marie Anna Franziska Huszár de Szent-Baráth 30. Nicolaus II Majláth de Szekhely 15. Maria Elisabeth Majláth de Szekhely 31. Barbara von Letovaneca References
- ^ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (editor). Burke's Guide to the Royal Family, Burke's Peerage, London, 1973, p. 238. ISBN 0220662223
- ^ Willis, Daniel A., The Descendants of King George I of Great Britain, Clearfield Company, 2002, pp. 153, 613
- ^ Enache, Nicolas. La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg. ICC, Paris, 1996. pp. 54, 58. French.
- ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XV. "Hohenberg". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1997, pp.600-601.
Notes and sources
- This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.
- Genealogics - Leo van de Pas - Bohuslaw, Graf Chotek von Chotkowa und Wognin
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser , Reference: 1980 478
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