Ferdinand von Lobkowitz (industrialist)
Prince Ferdinand Joseph Johann Nepomuk von Lobkowitz (born April 13, 1797 in Hollabrunn , † December 18, 1868 in Vienna ) was an Austrian nobleman and industrialist .
Life
Ferdinand came from the Bohemian noble family Lobkowitz and was the son of Prince Franz Joseph Maximilian von Lobkowitz († 1816). He was Duke of Raudnitz , Prince Count of Sternstein , Colonel Hereditary Land Treasurer in the Kingdom of Bohemia , Imperial and Royal Privy Councilor and Chamberlain.
On September 15, 1836 he was accepted into the Order of the Golden Fleece .
Familys
On September 9, 1826, he married Princess Marie, the daughter of Prince Moritz von Liechtenstein , with whom he had the following children:
- Prince Moritz (* 1831)
- Princess Leopoldine Luise (* 1835)
- Princess Marie (* 1841)
plant
Lobkowitz worked successfully as an industrialist and was a patron of music. He particularly promoted August Emanuel von Reuss . In 1835 he founded a sugar factory in Bilin , which was one of the largest in Bohemia. The company was able to process 81,560 quintals of beet annually (as of 1853). From 1860 to 1863 he was a member of the state parliament in Bohemia , from 1860 a hereditary member of the manor house .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Lobkowitz, Ferdinand Joseph Johann Prince of . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 15th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1866, p. 321 ( digitized version ).
- Stekl: Lobkowitz Ferdinand Prince of. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 258.
Individual evidence
- ↑ List nominal des chevaliers de l'ordre de la Toison d'or, depuis son instiution jusqu'à nos jours , in: The House of Austria and the Order of the Golden Fleece. Edited by the Ordenskanzlei. Leopold Stocker Verlag, Graz / Stuttgart 2007 ( ISBN 978-3-7020-1172-7 ), pp. 161–198, here p. 188.
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| SURNAME | Lobkowitz, Ferdinand von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lobkowitz, Ferdinand Joseph Johann Nepomuk von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian nobleman and industrialist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1797 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hollabrunn |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 1868 |
| Place of death | Vienna |