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Leopold Ignaz Joseph, Prince of Dietrichstein (16 August 1660 – 13 July 1708), was a German prince member of the House of Dietrichstein, 4th Prince (Fürst) of Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg, Princely Count (gefürsteter Graf) of Tarasp, Baron (Freiherr) of Hollenburg, Finkenstein and Thalberg.
He was the third child and second (but eldest surviving) son of Ferdinand Joseph, 3rd Prince of Dietrichstein, and Marie Elisabeth, daughter of Johann Anton I, Prince of Eggenberg, Duke of Český Krumlov and Princely Count (gefürsteter Graf) of Gradisca d'Isonzo.
Life
The death of his older brother Sigmund Franz on 26 August 1667 left him as the heir of his father, and succeeded him as Prince of Dietrichstein in 1698; that years he was named Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece as the Knight 591 since his foundation.
Marriage and Issue
On 13 July 1687 Leopold Ignaz married with Maria Godofreda Dorothea (29 September 1667 – 19 January 1732), daughter of Charles Theodore Otto, Prince of Salm by his first wife, Godofreda Maria Anna of Huyn. Being the only child of her parents, Maria Godofreda inherited from her mother the Counties of Gleen, Amstenrald and Wachtendonck.[1][2][3]
Leopold Ignaz and Maria Godofreda had two daughters:[4]
- Maria Anna Josepha (25 June 1688 – January 1697).
- Maria Josepha Felizitas (13 September 1694 – 7 March 1711).
Because he died without male heirs, Leopold Ignaz was succeeded by his younger surviving brother Walther Franz Xaver Anton.
Notes
- ^ Karl Theodor Otto, Fürst zu Salm in: geneall.net [retrieved 16 April 2015].
- ^ Genealogy of the House of Salm in: genealogy.euweb.cz [retrieved 16 April 2015].
- ^ SALM in: angelfire.com [retrieved 16 April 2015].
- ^ Genealogy of the House of Dietrichstein (Nikolsburg branch) in: genealogy.euweb.cz [retrieved 16 April 2015].