Franz, 4th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch

Upon the death of his brother in 1823, he became the 4th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch and was a member of the Austrian House of Lords.^[9]

Franz was married, and widowed, three times. On 6 July 1791 in Vienna, he married Countess Maria Elisabeth von Kuefstein (1771–1796), a daughter of Count Johann Adam von Kuefstein. Before her death at Sankt Pölten on 8 April 1796, they were the parents of:^[10]

• Count Johann Siegmund Friedrich von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1793–1794), who died in infancy.^[10]
• Count Johann Friedrich Maria Richard von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1794–1795), who died in infancy.^[10]

He remarried at Sankt Pölten on 16 April 1798 to Countess Maria Josepha von Abensberg and Traun (1782–1799), a daughter of Johann Otto, 8th Count of Abensberg and Traun. She died on 6 March 1799, the day after she gave birth to their only child:^[10]

• Countess Maria Anna Kunigunde von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1799–1801), who died in infancy.^[10]

On 15 June 1812, he married, thirdly, to his niece, Countess Krisztina "Christina" Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (1792–1830), a daughter of Count Károly Zichy, the Lord Chief Justice of the Kingdom of Hungary, and, his elder sister, Countess Anna Maria Khevenhüller-Metsch.^[2] Before her death on 20 July 1830 at Penzing, they were the parents of:^[11]

• Richard Maria Johannes Basilius, 5th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch (1813–1877), who married his first cousin, Countess Antonia Maria Lichnowsky, a daughter of Prince Eduárd Lichnowsky (a son of Karl Alois, Prince Lichnowsky) and Countess Eleonora Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeö, in 1836.^[12]
• Count Othmar von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1819–1890), who married Baroness Leontine Kress von Kressenstein, a daughter of Baron Karl Kress von Kressenstein and Countess Leopoldine Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeö, at Vienna in 1850.^[10]
• Countess Hedwig Maria von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1823–1876), who married Count Hermann Locatelli in 1856.^[2]

The Prince died at Frohnsburg, Lower Austria, on 3 July 1837. He was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, Richard.^[8][13]

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