Arthur, 4th Count of Schönborn-Wiesentheid
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30 January 1846
Würzburg
Wiesentheid, Lower Franconia, Bavaria
Johanna von Schönborn-Wiesentheid
Erwein von Schönborn-Wiesentheid
| Arthur von Schönborn-Wiesentheid | |
|---|---|
| Count of Schönborn-Wiesentheid | |
 Portrait of Count von Schönborn-Wiesentheid, by Philip de László, 1899 | |
| Born | Artur Franz Maximilian von Schönborn-Wiesentheid 30 January 1846 Würzburg |
| Died | 29 September 1915 (aged 69) Wiesentheid, Lower Franconia, Bavaria |
| Spouse | Princess Stephanie of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst |
| Issue | Maria von Schönborn-Wiesentheid Johanna von Schönborn-Wiesentheid Erwein von Schönborn-Wiesentheid |
| House | Schönborn-Wiesentheid |
| Father | Klemens von Schönborn-Wiesentheid |
| Mother | Irene Batthyány de Német-Ujvár |
Arthur Franz Maximilian, 4th Count of Schönborn-Wiesentheid (30 January 1846 – 29 September 1915) was an Austrian nobleman.
Schönborn-Wiesentheid was born on 30 January 1846 in into the Hochadel (high nobility). He was the son of Klemens, 3rd Count of Schönborn-Wiesentheid and Irene, Countess Batthyány de Német-Ujvár. Among his siblings were Elma von Schönborn-Wiesentheid (wife of diplomat Karl von und zu Franckenstein).[1]
His paternal grandfather, Franz, 1st Count of Schönborn-Wiesentheid, was succeeded as Count by Arthur's uncle, Hugo, 2nd Count of Schönborn-Wiesentheid in 1840. Upon his death in 1865, the title passed to Arthur's father, Klemens.[1]
Career
The County of Schönborn-Wiesentheid was in Lower Franconia, the northwestern Region of modern Bavaria, and comprised various isolated districts spanning from the Regnitz River to the Main River east of Würzburg. Schönborn-Wiesentheid, a partition of Schönborn, inherited the other line of Schönborn-Heusenstamm in 1801 before it was mediatised to Bavaria in 1806.[1]
Upon the death of his father in 1877, he became the titular Count of Schönborn-Wiesentheid.[2]