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They had eight children; one of his descendants, Countess Maria Eleonora of Kaunitz-Rietberg, became in the first wife of a noted Austrian Councillor, Prince Klemens von Metternich. In Hodonín on 15 April 1663 Marie Eleonore married secondly with Count Frederick Leopold of Oppersdorff (d. 22 January 1699). They had no children. [7] [8]
Kynžvart Castle in Bohemia. Klemens Metternich was born into the old Rhenish House of Metternich on 15 May 1773 to Franz Georg Karl Count of Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein (1746–1818), a diplomat who had passed from the service of the Electorate of Trier to that of the Imperial court, and his wife Countess Maria Beatrix Aloisia von Kageneck (1755–1828). [3]
A member of the House of Metternich, she was the daughter of Austrian diplomat and politician Prince Klemens von Metternich and his third wife, Countess Melanie Zichy-Ferraris (1805–1854). [ 1 ] She married Count József Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (1814–1897), brother of Antónia Zichy , on 20 November 1853.
Although Wilhelmine first met Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (1773–1859) in 1801, their love affair did not start until the spring of 1813. The passion between the two is documented by over 600 letters written by Metternich that were discovered in 1949 by Marie Ulrichová in Plasy Monastery (the monastery building was purchased by v.
Richard Metternich was born into the House of Metternich in Vienna on 7 January 1829. He was the eldest surviving son of Klemens von Metternich and his second wife, Baroness Maria Antonia von Leykam (15 August 1806 – 17 January 1829). His mother died 10 days after the birth of his son.
Aloys was born in Vienna on 19 June 1774 into the Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg branch of his family. He was the son of Dominik, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg and Countess Bernhardine von Plettenberg-Wittem. His sister Maria Eleonore (1775–1825) was the first wife of Prince Klemens von Metternich. [1]
Coat of arms of the Princes of Metternich-Winneburg. The House of Metternich was an old German noble family originating in the Rhineland.The most prominent member was Prince Klemens von Metternich, who was the dominant figure at the Congress of Vienna (1814–1815).
Paul Wolff Metternich (1853–1934), German diplomat, ambassador to the British (1903–12) and Ottoman (1915–16) Empires; Prince Richard von Metternich (1829–1895), diplomat, son of Prince Klemens von Metternich; Count Franz von Wolff-Metternich (1893–1978) art historian, 1940–1942 chief of the Kunstschutz Service of the German Wehrmacht.