Rudolph Chotek by Chotkow

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Rudolph (since 1745) Count Chotek von Chotkow and Wognin (born January 24, 1706 on Gut Jeniowes ; † July 7, 1771 in Vienna ) was Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, 1763 to 1771 Supreme Chancellor of the United Court Chancellery in Vienna.

Origin and family

Rudolph came from the old Bohemian noble family Chotek von Chotkow and Wognin from the ancestral seat Chockow near Radnitz in western Bohemia and was the younger son of Wenzel Knight Chotek von Chotkow and Wognin (1674–1754), 1735 to 1738 kuk governor in the Kingdom of Bohemia . On February 13th, 1723 (Laxenburg) in the Bohemian count status and on 4th October 1745 in the legal count status (Frankfurt am Main), and his wife Maria Theresia, nee Scheidler von Scheidlern from the family the Zeidler called Hofmann on Jeniowes and Weltrus . His older brother Johann Karl Count Chotek von Chotkow and Wognin , (* 1704; † 1787), was the imperial governor of the Upper Palatinate , field master general and the Bohemian-Austrian court chancellor. Rudolph Graf Chotek (1708–1771) married Maria Aloysia Stephana Countess Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tetau on January 1, 1737 , widowed Countess von Würben (Wrbna) and Freudenthal (* December 26, 1707; † August 20, 1786), a daughter of Wenzel Norbert Octavian Graf Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tetau, Colonel Chancellor in the Kingdom of Bohemia, and his second wife Anna Theresia Freiin von Nesselrode and Reichenstein, half-sister of the first Prince of the Reich Kinsky, who came from his father's first marriage with Franziska Barbara Countess von Martinic .

The daughter Maria Guidobaldine Brigitte Countess Chotek came from the marriage of Rudolf Count Chotek von Chotkow and Wognin (* 1706; † 1771) with Maria Elisabeth Stephana, née Countess Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tetau, who was first married to Johann Philipp on February 1, 1759 Count Taaffe , Viscount of Corren, Baron of Ballymote (1733-1765), son of Johann Graf Taaffe, who in 1667 received the Moravian Inkolat and Ellischau (Nalžovy) in district Klatovy ( Klatovy ) in West Bohemia resident was married; and his second marriage was to Joseph Emmanuel Malabayla Count von Canal, (born June 3, 1745 in Vienna, † February 20, 1826 in Prague) from the house of Malabayla di Canale, President of the Bohemian Patriotic Society, Grand Master of Prague Freemasonry "Zur Truth and Unity "and honorary citizen of Prague .

Live and act

Rudolf Graf Chotek von Chotkow and Wognin was an Appelation Councilor in 1733, and in 1742 a member of King Karl III. Albrecht von Wittelsbach after its crowning Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire German nation as Karl VII. Hofdeputation used. From 1745 to 1749 envoy to Bavaria , 1747 chief state treasurer, from 1749 to 1760 president of the finance chamber, from 1761 to 1765 governor of Bohemia and from 1765 to 1771 highest chancellor of the United Court Chancellery in Vienna. He was the founder of a family fideikommiss with the rulers Jenioves (Jenineves) and Weltrus (Vertusy), district Raudnitz in Central Bohemia, the marriage property of his mother Maria Theresia Scheidler (Zeidler) von Scheidlern ( Zeidler called Hofmann ), through whose possession he the hereditary imperial council dignity in Austrian mansion received and became Knight of the Golden Fleece .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Walter:  Chotek von Chotkoma and Wognin, Carl Graf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 214 f. ( Digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Chotek von Chotkow, Rudolph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chotek von Chotkow, Rudolph Graf; Chotek von Chotkow, Rudolph Ritter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Supreme Chancellor, Hofkammer Vienna
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1706
PLACE OF BIRTH Jeniowes Manor, Raudnitz District in Central Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH July 7, 1771
Place of death Vienna