Dominik Andreas von Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg
Dominik Andreas (II). von Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg (born March 30, 1739 in Vienna ; † November 26, 1812 there ) was a landowner, diplomat and imperial court official.
Life
He was the third son of Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz-Rietberg and Maria Ernestine, geb. from Starhemberg.
Legacy of the Questenberg
Under the condition of the name and coat of arms association, his aunt Maria Antonia von Questenberg and her husband Johann Adam von Questenberg appointed him to inherit the property of the von Questenberg family . Among them was the Palais Questenberg in Vienna and the castle in Jarmeritz . From 1761 he called himself von Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg.
Diplomacy and court service
He entered the Austrian diplomatic service and was ambassador to Madrid between 1774/1776 and 1779/1780. Dominik Andreas was accepted into the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1792 . From 1794 he was Vice-Colonel-Hofstallmeister and from 1807 Oberststallmeister .
Rietberg's legacy
After his brother's death in 1797, he became his heir and thus ruling count in Rietberg . The country was occupied by the French in 1806/07 and incorporated into the Kingdom of Westphalia .
Marriage and offspring
Dominik Andreas von Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg married Bernardine Countess von Plettenberg - Wittem in 1762 . With this he had three offspring:
- Marie Theresia Aloisia (1763–1803) married Rudolf Johann Wenzel von Wrbna and Freudenthal . After the male line of Kaunitz died out, Rudolf Christian Graf Wrbna and Freudenthal († 1927) acquired a name and coat of arms as "Wrbna-Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg and Freudenthal" for himself and his successors as the owner of the Kaunitz Fideikommiss .
- Maria Antonia (1765–1805) was a canoness in Mons .
- Alois Wenzel Dominik (1774–1848) was the father's successor.
Bernardine von Kaunitz-Rietberg died in 1779 and was buried in St. Stephen's Cathedral.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg, Dominik Andreas (II.) Prince . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 11th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1864, p. 64 ( digitized version ).
- Franz Gall : Austrian heraldry. Handbook of coat of arms science. 2nd edition Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-205-05352-4 .
Web links
- Entry on kaunitz-rietberg.de ( Memento from February 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Gall, p. 359.
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Ernst Christoph |
Count of Rietberg 1797–1812 |
Aloys |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg, Dominik Andreas von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Court official and diplomat |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1739 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1812 |
Place of death | Vienna |