Joseph Nicholas of Windisch-Graetz

Joseph Louis Nicholas, Count of Windisch-Graetz, Baron of Waldstein and Thal (6 December 1744 – 24 January 1802 in Štěkeň) was an Austrian nobleman, a member of the House of Windisch-Graetz, and was chamberlain to Archduchess Marie Antoinette of Austria. He was the second son of Count Leopold Carl Joseph of Windish-Graetz (1718–1746) and his wife Countess Maria Antonia Josepha von Khevenhüller (1726–1746).

Family archive[]

On 12 May 1781, he purchased the lordships of Tachov, , and Štěkeň from Ernestine Fuchs von Bimbach, the widow of Count Adam Philip . Here he founded his extensive family archive. His descendants later move this archive to the former Kladruby monastery, which they had acquired after it had been secularized.

Marriages and issue[]

Joseph Nicholas married twice. His first wife was Countess Maria Josepha Reinharda Raimunda Erdödy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló (5 April 1748 – 10 April 1777).^[1]

His second wife was Duchess Maria Leopoldine Franziska of Arenberg (31 July 1751 – 26 August 1812); he married her in Brussels on 30 August 1781. Their son Alfred (11 May 1787 in Brussels – 21 March 1862, Vienna) was raised to the rank of prince in 1804. Their daughter Sophie Luise married Prince Karl of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.

External links[]

• Website of the city of Tachov, with a photo of the former princely castle (in Czech)
• Website of the Kladruby monastery, with a photo of the former princely library (in Czech)
• Descendants of Joseph Nicholas, Count of Windisch-Graetz

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