Adam Franz

File:Schwarzenberg, Adam Franz.jpg|thumb|260px|Painting of Adam Franz, 3rd Prince of Schwarzenberg]] Adam Franz Prince of Schwarzenberg (Linz, September 25, 1680 - near Brandeis on the Elbe , June 11, 1732), 3rd Prince of Schwarzenberg, was a Bohemian nobleman from the Schwarzenberg family and Austrian Obersthofmarschall.

Biography

His parents were Ferdinand, 2nd Prince of Schwarzenberg (1652-1703) and Countess Maria Anna von Sulz (1653-1698).

He became the 3rd Prince of Schwarzenberg in 1703. He had the rooms of Tiengen Castle redecorated and also the Protivín castle converted into a baroque building. He became K.K. Chamberlain and Geheimrat, and from 1711 to 1722 he held the office of Obersthofmarschall. From 1722 until his death in 1732 he was Oberststallmeister. He was also awarded with the Order of the Golden Fleece.

Schwarzenberg was made Duke of Krumlov on September 28, 1723.

On June 12, 1732, he was invited by Emperor Charles VI to hunt deer on the imperial estates near Brandeis. He was shot by mistake by the Emperor when the latter aimed his rifle at a deer and Prince Adam Franz got into the line of fire. Prince Adam Franz died the following day from his serious injuries. The deceased was buried on June 25, 1732 in the family crypt in the Augustinian Church in Vienna.

Marriage and Children

He was married to Eleonore Elisabeth Amalia Magdalena von Lobkowicz (1682-1741). They had 2 children.

• Prince Joseph I Adam of Schwarzenberg (December 15, 1722 - February 17, 1782), 4th Prince of Schwarzenberg, married on August 22, 1741 in Mariaschein near Teplice with Maria Theresia von und zu Liechtenstein (December 28, 1721 - January 19, 1753)
• Maria Anna of Schwarzenberg (December 25, 1706 - January 12, 1755) married in 1721 with Margrave Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1702-1761)

Sources

• the article in the German Wikipedia, Adam Franz Karl (Schwarzenberg).
• BLKÖ:Schwarzenberg, Adam Franz Karl Fürst