Octavian Joseph Count Kinsky

Octavian Kinsky (Portrait of Ignaz Eigner , 1878)

Octavian Joseph Count Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau (born March 13, 1813 at Wlkow Castle ; † May 28, 1896 ) was a Bohemian nobleman, chief steward of Bohemia, equestrian and breeder of the horse breed named after him . From 1831 until his death he was head of the Kinsky family .

Life

The son of Joseph Leopold Graf Kinsky and his wife Maria Theresia, born Freiin von Puteani, grew up at Karlskron Castle . After the death of his father, he became head of the Kinsky family. On January 21, 1835, Kinsky married Agnes Hedwig Countess von Schaffgotsch , Semperfrei von und zu Kynast and zu Trachenberg (1810–1888).

Kinsky had been breeding horses on the Wostrow farm east of Chlumetz near the village of Pisek since 1832 . In 1838 the isabel-colored thoroughbred mare Themby II was born, who was refused entry in the jockey club's stud book because of her light coat as an alleged hippological mesalliance . Kinsky was so upset about this that he had his own studbook set up in Vostrow. By mating the successful hunting and racing mare with the thoroughbred stallion Prince Djahura, the isabelle-colored stallion Caesar was sired in 1853, who is considered the progenitor of the Kinsky horse breed .

On April 10, 1874, Kinsky was one of the founding members of the Wiener Trabrennverein. Octavian Graf Kinsky was also a member of the Parforce Society at Pardubitz . Together with Max Graf von Ugarte and Emil Prinz zu Fürstenberg he designed the course and was the main organizer of the first Pardubice Steeplechase on November 5, 1874.

After the death of his first wife, who died on February 5, 1888, the 75-year-old Kinsky married Marie Stubenvoll (1860–1909) on September 5, 1888. Kinsky died in 1896 without any descendants. His horse breeding was continued by his great-nephew Zdenko Radslav Count Kinsky.

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau, Octavian Joseph Graf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 11th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1864, p. 282 ( digitized version ).
• Martin Haller : Horses under the double-headed eagle. The horse as a carrier of culture in the Habsburg Empire. Olms-Presse et al., Hildesheim et al. 2002, ISBN 3-7020-0951-5 .