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Karl Johann Baptist, Prince of Dietrichstein (Karl Johann Baptist Walther Sigismund Ernest Nepomuk Alois; 27 June 1728 – 25 May 1808), was a German prince member of the House of Dietrichstein, 7th Prince (Fürst) of Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg, Princely Count (gefürsteter Graf) of Tarasp, Baron (Freiherr) of Hollenburg, Finkenstein and Thalberg.
Born in Nikolsburg, he was the eldest child of Karl Maximilian, 6th Prince of Dietrichstein, and Maria Anna Josepha, a daughter of Sigismund Frederick I, Count of Khevenhüller-Aichelberg in Hohenosterwitz.
Life
As a Hereditary Prince (Erbprinz), Karl Johann Baptist entered in the Austrian branch of the Order of the Golden Fleece as the 782 Knight since his foundation.
Karl Johann Baptist succeeded his father as 7th Prince of Dietrichstein on 24 October 1784. After the death without issue of Anton Joseph Leslie, Imperial Count Leslie of Balquhaine (22 February 1802),[1] he inherited his titles and lands. Some time later (1803) he exchange the district of Tarasp for the district of Neu-Ravensburg in Velké Němčice (Groß Niemtschitz).[2]
Marriages and Issue
In Vienna on 30 January 1764 Karl Johann Baptist married firstly with Maria Christina Josepha (25 April 1738 – 4 March 1788), a daughter of Jan Josef František Antonín, Count of Thun-Hohenstein by his first wife Marie Christine of Hohenzollern-Hechingen.[3] They had eight children, of whom five survive adulthood:[4][5]
- Joseph Johann (18 October 1764 – 1765).
- Maria Josepha (7 February 1766 – 2 July 1766).
- Franz Seraph Joseph Carl Johann Nepomuc Quirin (28 April 1767 – 10 July 1854), 8th Prince of Dietrichstein.
- Maria Theresia Johanna Nepomucena Josepha Juliana (11 August 1768 – 16 September 1821), married firstly on 10 November 1787 to Count Philipp Joseph Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (div. 1788) and secondly on 16 February 1807 to Count Maximilian von Merveldt.
- Ludowika Josepha (6 December 1769 – 2 June 1771).
- Johann Baptist Karl (31 March 1772 – 10 March 1852).
- Moritz Joseph Johann, Prince of Dietrichstein (19 February 1775 – 29 August 1864), 10th Prince of Dietrichstein.
- Joseph Franz Johann (28 February 1780 – k.a., Regensburg, 7 January 1801).
Notes
- ^ Anton Leslie (Anton Joseph Leslie), Reichsgraf in: worldhistory.de [retrieved 18 April 2015].
- ^ Genealogisch-historisch-statistischer Almanach: auf das Jahr..., p. 428 [retrieved 18 April 2015].
- ^ Genealogy of the House of Thun in: genealogy.euweb.cz
- ^ Genealogy of the House of Dietrichstein (Nikolsburg branch) in: genealogy.euweb.cz [retrieved 18 April 2015].
- ^ DIETRICHSTEIN & MENSDORFF-POUILLY in: angelfire.com [retrieved 18 April 2015].