Rudolf Chotek von Chotkow (Chamberlain)

Rudolf Chotek (1822–1902)

Rudolf Chotek Count von Chotkow (born February 12, 1822 in Milan , Austrian Empire ; † December 3, 1903 in Futtak , Bács-Bodrog County , Kingdom of Hungary ) was a nobleman, imperial and royal chamberlain, large landowner.

Life

Rudolf Chotek von Chotkow was the third son of Hermann Graf Chotek (born June 28, 1786 in Vienna , † April 25, 1822 in Milan) and his wife Countess Henrietta, nee. Brunsvik de Korompa (born October 12, 1789 in Ofen , † January 27, 1857 in Vienna).

Originally, Rudolf was destined for a political career. Therefore he first attended the elementary school in Tyrnau and the grammar school in Pressburg . He then studied at the University in Budapest , where he met with important personalities of the then public life came into contact (z. B. Gyula Andrássy ). However, his interests lay in the field of agriculture and the management of their own property in Unterkrupa and Futtak. As a large landowner in the Preßburg and Bács-Bodrog counties , Rudolf Chotek was a hereditary member of the House of Lords in the Hungarian Reichstag , at whose meetings he regularly attended from 1848. In 1861 he was appointed Imperial and Royal Chamberlain of the Viennese court . All his life he occupied himself with agriculture and tried to cultivate his goods according to the most modern achievements of agriculture. He introduced numerous new breeds on his estates. On his estate in Unterkrupa he owned a vineyard and an orchard with 8,000 trees.

On June 26, 1862 he married Maria Antonia Eleonore Hedwig von Khevenhüller-Metsch (born October 17, 1838 in Kammerburg, Kingdom of Bohemia ; † October 31, 1892 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ). The marriage had four children:

Henrieta Hermina Rudolfina Ferdinanda Marie Antonie Anna , born November 24, 1863 in Unterkrupa; † February 13, 1946 ibid.
Anna * July 15, 1865 in Unterkrupa; † approx. 1882
Gabriela, born March 11, 1868 in Unterkrupa; † December 18, 1933 ibid .; ∞ in Unterkrupa on April 15, 1896 with Count Maria Franz von Schönborn (* August 4, 1870 in Malesice; † September 17, 1942 at Schleinitz Castle)
Rudolf Otto Hermann Josef Maria, born April 17, 1870 in Unterkrupa; † October 10, 1921 ibid .; ∞ in Budapest on September 25, 1895 with Irma Marie Countess Ráday de Ráda (* March 2, 1871 in Iklada; † September 18, 1945 in Aspang aW)

Rudolf Chotek was also active as a journalist, since he was a passionate hunter , most of his publications deal with hunting , most of which he published in hunting magazines:

Mausoleum of the Chotek family in Unterkrupa.

Vadászat az alföldi havasokban ["Hunting in Wallachia "] (1858)
Fókavadászat ["The seal hunt "] (1861)

Rudolf Chotek died in Futtak at the age of 80. His remains were transferred to Unterkrupa, where they were buried on December 8, 1902 in the Chotek family mausoleum.

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Individual evidence and explanations

↑ The year of death is given contradictingly in the literature, English sources even give 1923 as the year of death. The year 1903 seems the most plausible, so it is used in this article.
↑ Since Henrietta's father, Joseph Brunswick (* 1750, † 1827) died without a male heir, Henrietta inherited the lordship of Unterkrupa and brought it as a dowry to the marriage with Hermann Chotek. Through this marriage, the rule came into the possession of the Chotek family.
↑ Maria Antonia was the eldest daughter of Richard, Maria 5th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch (* 1813; † 1877) and his wife Antonia Countess Lichnowsky (* 1818; † 1870)
↑ Czech: Komorní Hrádek (zámek)
↑ The Chotek Mausoleum was built on the initiative of Rudolf Chotek. It was built in 1894 according to plans by the Austrian architect Stanislaus Hanusch (* 1846, † 1904).

personal data
SURNAME	Chotek von Chotkow, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Chotek Count von Chotkow, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Noble, imperial-royal chamberlain, large landowner
DATE OF BIRTH	February 12, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH	Milan , Austrian Empire
DATE OF DEATH	December 3, 1903
Place of death	Futtak , Bács-Bodrog County , Kingdom of Hungary

[1] The year of death is given contradictingly in the literature, English sources even give 1923 as the year of death. The year 1903 seems the most plausible, so it is used in this article.

[2] Since Henrietta's father, Joseph Brunswick (* 1750, † 1827) died without a male heir, Henrietta inherited the lordship of Unterkrupa and brought it as a dowry to the marriage with Hermann Chotek. Through this marriage, the rule came into the possession of the Chotek family.

[3] Maria Antonia was the eldest daughter of Richard, Maria 5th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch (* 1813; † 1877) and his wife Antonia Countess Lichnowsky (* 1818; † 1870)

[4] Czech: Komorní Hrádek (zámek)

[5] The Chotek Mausoleum was built on the initiative of Rudolf Chotek. It was built in 1894 according to plans by the Austrian architect Stanislaus Hanusch (* 1846, † 1904).