Erwein, 4th Count of Schönborn-Buchheim

Erwein von Schönborn
Count of Schönborn-Buchheim
BornErwein Friedrich Karl von Schönborn-Buchheim
(1842-11-09)9 November 1842
Göllersdorf, Lower Austria
Died20 January 1903(1903-01-20) (aged 60)
Göllersdorf, Lower Austria
Spouse
Franziska von Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg
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(m. 1864; died 1898)​
IssuePrincess Anna Marie of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Princess Franziska of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Princess Irma of Fürstenberg
Friedrich Karl von Schönborn-Buchheim
Erwein Ferdinand von Schönborn-Buchheim
HouseSchönborn-Buchheim
FatherKarl Eduard Friedrich von Schönborn-Buchheim
MotherMária Anna Antonia Bolza

Erwein Friedrich Karl, Graf von Schönborn-Buchheim (9 November 1842 – 20 January 1903) was an Austrian landowner and aristocrat.

Early life

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Göllersdorf Castle, owned by the House of Schönborn-Buchheim since 1710

Erwein Friedrich Karl was born at the Schönborn Palace in Göllersdorf, Lower Austria. He was the third, but eldest surviving, son of Karl Friedrich Eduard von Schönborn-Buchheim (1803–1854) and Countess Mária Anna Antonia Bolza, who were married at Szarvas in 1833.[1] His surviving siblings were Maria Anna Josephine Karoline (wife of Count Franz von Schaffgotsch), Eugenie Friederike Marie (wife of Count Heinrich von Wurmbrand-Stuppach), Charlotte Anna Sophie (wife of Count Karl von Arco-Valley and Baron Wilhelm Künsberg von Fronberg), and Anna (wife of Count Anton von Ludwigstorff-Goldlamb).[2]

His paternal grandparents were Count Franz Philipp von Schönborn-Buchheim and Countess Maria Sophie von der Leyen (a sister of Philip Francis, Prince of Leyen).[3] His maternal grandparents were Count Franz Joseph von Bolza and Countess Anna Maria Clara Batthyány von Német-Ujvar.[4]

Career

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His father became the titular Count of Schönborn-Buchheim in 1844 when his brother, Erwein, resigned his rights in his favor.[5] Ten years later, his father died and eleven year-old Erwein became the 4th Count of Schönborn-Buchheim.[6]

Personal life

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Portrait of his daughter Irma, by Philip de László, 1899
Portrait of his daughter-in-law, Teresa Dentice di Frasso and granddaughter, Countess Franziska Schönborn-Buchheim, by Philip de László, 1906

On 11 April 1864 in Vienna, the Count married Countess Franziska von Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (1844–1898), a daughter of Prince Ferdinand Joachim von Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (a grandson of Prince Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff) and Princess Anna of Liechtenstein (a daughter of Prince Karl of Liechtenstein, himself a grandson of Prince Karl Borromäus of Liechtenstein). Together, they were the parents of:[2]

The Count died on 20 January 1903 at Göllersdorf, Lower Austria, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Friedrich Karl.[18]

Descendants

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Through his son Friedrich Karl, he was a grandfather of Countess Franziska of Schönborn-Buchheim (1902–1987), who married Prince Alfred of Lippe-Weissenfeld (parents of Princess Teresa of Lippe-Weissenfeld, who married industrialist Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza and Prince Friedrich Maximilian zu Fürstenberg); and Georg von Schönborn-Buchheim (1906–1989), himself the father of Friedrich Karl von Schönborn-Buchheim who married Princess Isabelle d'Orleans of France (eldest daughter of Henri, Count of Paris) in 1964.[19]

Through his daughter Franziska, he was a grandfather of Prince Alfred of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, and Princess Franziska of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1897–1989), who married Archduke Maximilian of Austria, thereby becoming sister-in-law of Archduke Karl Franz of Austria, the last Emperor of Austria.[20]

References

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  1. ^ Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der gräflichen Häuser (in German). Justus Perthes. 1827. p. 149. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b of), Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas Heddle de La Caillemotte de Massue de Ruvigny Ruvigny and Raineval (9th marquis (1914). The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who", of the Sovereigns, Princes and Nobles of Europe. Harrison & Sons. p. 1550. Retrieved 5 May 2020.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Kleinschmidt, Arthur (1912). Geschichte von Arenberg, Salm und Leyen, 1789-1815 (in German). F. A. Perthes. pp. 402–403. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  4. ^ Genealogisches Taschenbuch der deutschen gräflichen Häuser (in German). Perthes. 1838. pp. 30–31. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  5. ^ Gothaischer genealogischer Hofkalender nebst diplomatisch-statistischem Jahrbuch: 1852 (in German). Perthes. 1852. p. 245. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  6. ^ Godsey, William D. (1999). Aristocratic Redoubt: The Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office on the Eve of the First World War. Purdue University Press. pp. 90, 226, 234. ISBN 978-1-55753-140-7. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  7. ^ Monarchy, Austro-Hungarian (1912). Handbuch des allerhöchsten Hofes und des Hofstaates seiner K. und K. Apostolischen Majestät ... (in German). K. K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. p. 402. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  8. ^ Nemec, Norbert (2010). Erzherzogin Maria Annunziata (1876-1961): die unbekannte Nichte Kaiser Franz Josephs I. (in German). Böhlau Verlag Wien. p. 227. ISBN 978-3-205-78456-2. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  9. ^ Horstkotte, Jo (28 September 2022). Das Fürstenbergdenkmal in Baden-Baden: Ein Engel aus Dankbarkeit und eine Engelswiese zum Entwickeln (in German). BoD – Books on Demand. p. 18. ISBN 978-3-7568-2475-5. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  10. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Fürstenberg" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 365–366, see page 366, third para. In 1909 there were two branches of the princely house of Fürstenberg: (1) the main branch, that of Fürstenberg-Donaueschingen, the head of which was Prince Maximilian Egon (b. 1863), who succeeded his cousin Karl Egon III. in 1896
  11. ^ "The Catalogue | Schönborn-Buchheim, Countess Karl von, née Teresa Dentice dei Principi di Frasso and her daughter Princess Alfred zur Lippe, née Franziska Schönborn-Buchheim". www.delaszlocatalogueraisonne.com. The de Laszlo Archive Trust. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  12. ^ Anales de la Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía I (1991) (in Spanish). Ediciones Hidalguia. 1992. p. 265. ISBN 978-84-600-8178-4. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  13. ^ "MRS. SPOTSWOOD WEDS.; Married in Paris to Count Erwin von Schonborn-Bucheim". The New York Times. 25 October 1911. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  14. ^ Times, Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES The New York (10 October 1946). "KITTY ROTHSCHILD, WIFE OF BARON, 62; Noted Beauty, Once Toast of 2 Continents, Dies in Locust Valley--American by Birth". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  15. ^ "SUIT ARISES HERE FROM AUSTRIA COUP; Baron Eugene de Rothschild Attaches Funds Here of His Brother in Vienna DISPOSITION IS BLOCKED Nazis Reported to Have Taken Baron Louis and Assumed Management of the Bank". The New York Times. 7 April 1938. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  16. ^ "The Catalogue | Rothschild, Baroness Eugène de, née Katherine Wolff; other married name Countess Erwein Schönborn-Buchheim | The de Laszlo Archive Trust". www.delaszlocatalogueraisonne.com. The de Laszlo Archive Trust. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  17. ^ "Cathleen (Kitty) von Rothschild (nee Wolff) (1885-1946)". family.rothschildarchive.org. The Rothschild Archive. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  18. ^ Gothaischer genealogischer Hofkalender (in German). 1909. p. 195. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  19. ^ "Princess Isabelle of France Bride of Austrian Count; Wedding Near Paris Attracts Europe's Ancient Families". The New York Times. 11 September 1964. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  20. ^ Times, Telephone To the New York (3 June 1943). "PRINCE DIES OF WOUNDS; Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen Heir Fought for Nazis, Swiss Hear". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
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