Johann Adolf von Metsch

Count Johann Adolf von Metsch (10 November 1672 – 28 November 1740) was an Austrian Imperial Vice-Chancellor.

Early life Johann Adolf was born on 10 November 1672 at Polenzko, Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Holy Roman Empire. He was the son of Johann Ernst von Metsch (1629–1710) and Eleonore Dorothea von Thumbschirn. His sister, Johanna Sophie von Metzsch, married Kaspar Otto von Knoblauch. His father was created Baron in 1699, Count, District Administrator, and Sub-Director of the Principality of Anhalt in 1703. Together, they were the parents of: Countess Maria Anna von Metsch (1711–1732), who married Franz de Paula Anton Flavius Lamberg-Ottenstein. After her death, he married Mária Józsefa Eleonora Esterházy de Galántha, a daughter of Joseph Anton, 3rd Prince Esterházy and sister to Paul II Anton, Prince Esterházy.

Johann Adolf died on 28 November 1740 in Vienna, then a part of the Archduchy of Austria.