Maximilian Ulrich of Kaunitz

Count Maximilian Ulrich von Kaunitz-Rietberg (; 27 March 1679 – 10 September 1746 ) was an Austrian diplomat and politician who served as governor of Moravia from 1720 until his death. He was the father of the powerful state chancellor of Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress and Queen Regnant of Bohemia and Hungary, Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg.

Early life Maximilian Ulrich was born in Vienna to a wealthy Moravian noble family as the third son daughter of Count Adolph of Sternberg, the Supreme Burgrave of Bohemia. He was appointed an imperial chamberlain at a young age, and in 1706, he was made an imperial councillor. /1686–1758 One source claims that the two had been betrothed in 1697 and that Maria was fourteen and Maximilian Ulrich seventeen, Maximilian Joseph (1712–1736); Franz Leopold (born 1713, died young); Johann Wilhelm (born 1713, died young); Franz Thaddäus (1714–1722); Karl Joseph (26 December 1715 – 31 March 1737); Emanuel Joseph (9 September 1717 – 10 May 1727); Ludwig Joseph (4 September 1720 – 12 March 1745); Maria Eleonore (8 April 1723 – 7 May 1776), married Count Rudolph Pálffy; Johann Joseph Alois (21 June 1726 – 10 March 1743); Rudolph Joseph (1727–1728).

Honours Knight of the Golden Fleece (1744)