Aloys von Kaunitz-Rietberg

Aloys Wenzel Dominik, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (19 June 1774 – 15 November 1848) was a German nobleman and a diplomat of the Austrian Empire.

Early life Kaunitz-Rietberg was born in Vienna on 19 June 1774 into the Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg branch of his family. He was the son of Dominik Andreas von Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg and his wife Countess Bernhardine von Plettenberg-Wittem. His sister Maria Eleonore (1775–1825) was the first wife of Prince Klemens von Metternich.

Personal life The Prince married Countess Franziska Xaveria Ungnad von Weissenwolff, a daughter of Count Guidobald Ungnad von Weißenwolff and Baroness Josepha Maria Ungnad von Salza. Together, they were the parents of four daughters, including:

Maria Theresia von Kaunitz-Rietberg (1800–1801), who died young.

The Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg died in Paris on 15 November 1848. As the last male line descendant of Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, he was the last Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg.