Boguslaw Chotek by Chotkow
Boguslaw Count Chotek von Chotkow (born July 4, 1829 in Prague , † October 11, 1896 in Görlitz ) came from the old Bohemian noble family Chotek von Chotkow and Wognin and was a diplomat in the service of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy .
Boguslaw (Bohuslaw) was the younger son of Karl Chotek von Chotkow (1783–1868), governor of Tyrol, from 1826 to 1843 Oberstburggraf in Prague and Gubernialpräsident in Bohemia and his wife Marie, née Countess Berchtold (noble family) , baroness von Ungarschitz, Pulitz and Fratting, had the older brother Anton (1822-1883), on Großpriesen (Velke Brezno) and Zahorzan on the Elbe in Bohemia, married to Olga von Moltke (noble family) and was the grandson of Johann Nepomuk Rudolph Count Chotek von Wognin (* 1648, † 1724), heir of Fideikommisses Jeniowes (Jenineves) and Weltrus ( Veltrusy ) in Central Bohemia, 1802 Oberstburggraf in Prague and Gubernialpräsident in the Kingdom of Bohemia, married on May 18, 1772 in Vienna to Maria Sidonia Countess of Clary and Aldringen.
Bohuslaw Count Chotek was married to Wilhelmine Countess Kinsky zu Wchinitz and Tettau , whose marriage had eight children.
Bohuslaw Graf Chotek was in Austrian diplomatic services from 1867, from 1869 to 1871 envoy in Petersburg , in 1871 provisional governor in Bohemia, then envoy in Madrid, in 1873 in Brussels and then in Dresden. Member of the manor house since 1885, representative of the conservative right-wing party. Privy councilor and kuk chamberlain.
progeny
Descendants of Bohuslaw Graf Chotek and Wilhelmine, née Countess Kinsky zu Wchinitz and Tettau were:
- Wolfgang (* 1860, † 1926), married to Anna Elisabeth von Künell on Nedamow ;
- Zdenka (* 1861), nun;
- Marie (born July 11, 1863 in Berlin, † June 21, 1935 at Erlau Castle near Bodenbach, Podmokly in Czech), married to Jaroslaw (since 1911) Prince of Thun and Hohenstein ;
- Karoline (born November 19, 1865 in Berlin, † November 29, 1919 in Perglas near Falkenau in Bohemia), married to Count Leopold von Nostitz-Rieneck on March 1, 1921;
- Sophie Chotek von Chotkowa , since July 1, 1900 (Ischl) Princess and since October 4, 1909 (Vienna) Duchess of Hohenberg, married ( morganatic marriage ) to Franz Ferdinand, Imperial Prince and Archduke of Austria-Este, Royal Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, Crown Prince of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy ;
- Oktavia (* 1873), married in 1898 to Joachim Graf and Herr von Schönburg-Glauchau ;
- Antoinette (* 1874), married to Karl Graf von Wuthenau-Hohenthurm ;
- Henriette (born July 9, 1880 in Adlerkosteletz in Bohemia, † March 19, 1964 in Gutenberg near Weiz in Styria), married to her brother-in-law Leopold Graf Nostitz-Rieneck, the widower of her sister Karoline.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Chotek, Bohuslaw . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 24th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1872, p. 381 ( digitized version ).
- Novel by Procházka : Genealogical handbook of extinct Bohemian noble families, III. Line of Counts Chotek, page 59, Neustadt an der Aisch 1973, ISBN 3 7686 5002 2
- Biographical lexicon on the history of the Bohemian countries, published on behalf of the Collegium Carolinum (Institute) , Volume I (AH) by Heribert Sturm , page 196, R. Oldenbourg Verlag Munich Vienna 1979, ISBN 3-486-49491-0
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Chotkow, Boguslaw Chotek by |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chotkow, Boguslaw Count Chotek von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austro-Hungarian diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1829 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1896 |
| Place of death | Goerlitz |