Joseph-Niklas zu Windisch-Graetz

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Joseph Ludwig Nikolaus Graf von Windisch-Graetz, Baron von Waldstein and Thal , called Joseph-Niklas zu Windisch-Graetz (* December 6, 1744 , †  January 24, 1802 in Štěkeň ) was the treasurer of the Austrian Archduchess Marie Antoinette . He came from the Windisch-Graetz family .

Life

Joseph-Niklas zu Windisch-Graetz was the heir of his grandfather, Count Leopold Johann Victorin Windisch-Graetz (1686–1746). However, the estate was heavily indebted, which is why he had to sell Roth-Lhotta Castle in southern Bohemia in 1755 and the Trautmannsdorf an der Leitha estate in Lower Austria in 1756 .

Joseph-Niklas zu Windisch-Graetz was married to Maria Josepha Reinharda Raimunda Countess Erdődy (April 5, 1748– April 10, 1777), his second marriage to Maria Franziska Leopoldine Princess von Arenberg (July 31, 1751– August 26 1812), whom he married on August 30, 1781 in Brussels.

She was a daughter of the very wealthy Duke Karl Maria Raimund and made it possible for him to purchase the Bohemian rulers. On May 12, 1781, he acquired the entire inheritance of Ernestine, the widow of Adam Philipp Losy von Losinthal , including the West Bohemian dominion of Tachau with numerous villages, where he later founded the Lučina ironworks and the Obora wildlife park , as well as the Ctěnice castle near Prague and in southern Bohemia the Steken castle and manor including the Mladiegowitz (Mladejovice) estate. From 1787 onwards, the couple had the Tachau Castle redesigned in a classical style. Here he also founded the extensive family archive, which his descendants later housed in the Kladrau monastery, which was acquired after secularization .

Her son was Alfred Candidus Ferdinand (born May 11, 1787 in Brussels , † March 21, 1862 in Vienna ) , who was raised to the rank of prince in 1804 .

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  1. ↑ Constantin von Wurzbach : Windisch-Grätz, Josepha Countess . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 57th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1889, p. 63 f. ( Digitized version ) .; its epitaph in the Schottenkirche , Vienna, illustration
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SURNAME Windisch-Graetz, Joseph-Niklas too
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Windisch-Graetz, Joseph Ludwig Nikolaus Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian treasurer of Archduchess Marie Antoinette
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1744
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1802
Place of death Štěkeň