Franz of Khevenhüller-Metsch

Franz Maria Johann Joseph Hermann, 4th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch (7 April 1762 – 3 July 1837), was an Austrian aristocrat who was a member of the Austrian House of Lords.

Early life

Franz was born on 7 April 1762 at Vienna. He was a younger son of Johann, 2nd Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch (1732–1801) and Princess Maria Amalia Susanna of Liechtenstein (1737–1787). Among his siblings were elder brother, Karl, 3rd Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch, Countess Anna Antonia Maria von Khevenhüller-Metsch, Countess Maria Christina Viktoria Vittoria von Khevenhüller-Metsch, Countess Maria Karolina Ferdinanda von Khevenhüller-Metsch, and Countess Marie Leopoldina von Khevenhüller-Metsch.

His paternal grandparents were Johann, 1st Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch, and Countess Karolina Maria Augustina von Metsch. His father was a diplomat during the early reign of Empress Maria Theresa, serving as the Habsburg Ambassador to Denmark, Saxony, and as the Bohemian Ambassador to the Perpetual Diet of Regensburg. His maternal grandparents were Prince Emanuel of Liechtenstein and Countess Maria Anna Antonia von Dietrichstein-Weichselstädt.

Personal life Franz was married, and widowed, three times. On 6 July 1791 in Vienna, he married Countess Maria Elisabeth von Kuefstein (1771–1796), a daughter of Count Johann Adam von Kuefstein. Before her death at Sankt Pölten on 8 April 1796, they were the parents of:

Count Johann Siegmund Friedrich von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1793–1794), who died in infancy.

Richard Maria Johannes Basilius, 5th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch (1813–1877), who married his first cousin, Countess Antonia Maria Lichnowsky, a daughter of Prince Eduárd Lichnowsky (a son of Karl Alois, Prince Lichnowsky) and Countess Eleonora Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeö, in 1836. Count Othmar von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1819–1890), who married Baroness Leontine Kress von Kressenstein, a daughter of Baron Karl Kress von Kressenstein and Countess Leopoldine Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeö, at Vienna in 1850.