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Bohuslav, Count Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin[1][2][3][4] (Czech: Bohuslav hrabě Chotek z Chotkova a Vojnína, German: Bohuslaw Graf Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin; 4 July 1829 – 11 October 1896) was a Bohemian nobleman, landowner, and a diplomat in the service of Austria-Hungary. He was the father of Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, the morganatic wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.
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Count Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin | |
Born | Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia | 4 July 1829
Died | 11 October 1896 67) Görlitz, Kingdom of Prussia | (aged
Noble family | Chotek |
Spouse(s) | Countess Wilhelmine Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau |
Issue | Count Wolfgang Countess Zdenka Marie, Princess of Thun und Hohenstein Countess Caroline, Countess von Nostitz-Rieneck Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg Oktavia, Countess von Schönburg-Glauchau und Waldenburg Maria Antonia, Countess von Wuthenau-Hohenthurm Countess Henriette, Countess von Nostitz-Rieneck |
Father | Karl, Count Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin |
Mother | Countess Marie Berchtold, Baroness von Ungarschitz |
By birth member of an old Bohemian noble House of Chotek, Bohuslav was born in Prague, as the younger son of Karl, Count Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin (1783–1868) and his wife, Countess Marie Berchtold von Ungarschitz (1794–1878). Bohuslav's father was the Governor of Tyrol, Vorarlberg, and Bohemia, and also a founder of the Tyrolean State Museum.
In 1866, Bohuslav became the Austrian ambassador in Stuttgart (Kingdom of Württemberg). In 1869, he became ambassador to St. Petersburg (Russian Empire) and from 1872 in Brussels (Belgium).
On 30 October 1859 in Kostelec nad Orlicí, Bohuslav was married to Countess Wilhelmine Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (19 July 1838 – 5 March 1886), elder daughter of Count Joseph Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau and Countess Maria Czernin von und zu Chudenitz. They had eight daughters and one son.
Through his daughter Oktavia, he was a great-great-great grand father of Gloria von Thurn und Taxis, mother of the current head of the house Albert von Thurn und Taxis.[5]
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