Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz
Georg Christian | |
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 Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz | |
| Born | 14 May 1835 |
| Died | 22 December 1908 (aged 73) |
| Noble family | House of Lobkowicz |
| Spouse(s) | Princess Anna Maria von und zu Liechtenstein |
| Father | August, Prince of Lobkowicz |
| Mother | Sidonia, Countess Kinsky |
Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz (Czech: Jiří Kristián z Lobkovic) (May 14, 1835 - December 22, 1908) was a member of the old Bohemian aristocratic family of Lobkowicz and an influential politician of late 19th century Bohemia and Austria-Hungary. He was a Prince (Fürst) of Lobkowicz.
Born in Vienna as a son of August, Prince of Lobkowicz, and his wife Sidonia, née Countess Kinsky, he was one of the political leaders of the conservative Bohemian nobility. He was a member of the Bohemian Diet from 1865 - 1872 and 1883 - 1907 (presiding over it from 1871 - 1872 and 1883 - 1907 as Land Marshal of Bohemia). He served as deputy in the Abgeordnetenhaus of the Austrian Parliament (Reichsrat) in 1879 - 1883 and became a hereditary member of the Herrenhaus in 1883. In 1871, he was involved in negotiations concerning the relationship between Bohemia and Austria.
He married Princess Anna Maria von und zu Liechtenstein, of the House of Liechtenstein, in Vienna on May 22, 1864, by whom he had 12 children. He died in Prague.[1]
Descendants[]
His daughter, Marie, Princess of Lobkowicz, married Karl, Count of Eltz, the grandfather of Christiane, Countess of Eltz, the mother of Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg.
Orders and decorations[]
Austria-Hungary:[2]
- Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Leopold, 1891[3]
- Knight of the Golden Fleece, 1903[3]
- Grand Cross of St. Stephen, 1905[3]
Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Knight of Honour and Devotion[2]
Ancestry[]
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References[]
- ^ Moritz Csáky (1985), "Lobkowitz, Georg Christian Fürst von", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), 14, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 735–736
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Königreich Böhmen", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, 1907, p. 650, retrieved 2 November 2019
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Ritter-Orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, 1907, pp. 54, 56, 60, retrieved 2 November 2019
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- 1835 births
- 1908 deaths
- Lobkowicz family
- Austrian princes
- Knights of the Golden Fleece of Austria
- Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary
- Knights of Malta