Franz, 8th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch
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St. Georgen am Längsee, Austria
Franz von Khevenhüller-Metsch | |
|---|---|
| Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch | |
 Photograph by Hermann Clemens Kosel, 1910 | |
| Full name | Franz Eduard Joseph Adam Othmar Leopold Hubertus Maria von Khevenhüller-Metsch |
| Born | 3 December 1889 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | 31 January 1977 (aged 87) St. Georgen am Längsee, Austria |
| Noble family | Khevenhüller-Metsch |
| Spouse |
Princess Anna von Fürstenberg
(m. 1913; died 1928) |
| Issue | Countess Irma von Khevenhüller-Metsch Countess Melanie von Khevenhüller-Metsch Maximilian, 9th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch Countess Helene von Khevenhüller-Metsch |
| Father | Count Alfred von Khevenhüller-Metsch |
| Mother | Countess Melanie Ernesztina Erdõdy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló |
Franz von Khevenhüller-Metsch[a] (3 December 1889 – 31 January 1977), hereditary 8th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch, was an Austrian nobleman.
Khevenhüller-Metsch was born on 3 December 1889 in Vienna, Austria. He was the son of Count Alfred von Khevenhüller-Metsch and Countess Melanie Ernesztina Erdõdy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló. Among his siblings were younger brother, Count Georg Albig von Khevenhüller-Metsch and Countess Antoinette von Khevenhüller-Metsch (who married Bohuslav Kolowrat-Krakowský-Liebsteinský in 1927 and, after his death in 1934, his brother Vilém Jaroslav Kolowrat-Krakowský-Liebsteinský in 1939).[1]
His paternal grandparents were Count Othmar Maria Johann Saturnis von Khevenhüller-Metsch (a younger brother of the 5th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch)[2] and Baroness Leontine Marianne Kreß von Kressenstein (a daughter of Baron Christoph Karl Jakob Kress von Kressenstein and Countess Leopoldina Zichy). His maternal grandparents were Count Ferenc Xavér Erdõdy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló (a son of Count Kajetán Erdõdy) and Countess Maria Ilona "Helene" von Oberndorff (a daughter of Count Gustav Adolf von Oberndorff). His grandfather, Count Ferenc, was a brother of Eugénia Erdődy, who married Count György Festetics.[3]
Career
Upon the death of his distant cousin, Sigismund von Khevenhüller-Metsch, on 8 November 1945, he became the hereditary 8th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch (German: Fürst von Khevenhüller-Metsch). The Princely (Fürsten) title had been granted to his ancestor, Johann Joseph von Khevenhüller-Metsch, in 1763.[4][b] He was also Count of Hohen-Osterwitz and Annabuchl, Baron of Landskron and Wernberg, and Hereditary Lord of Carlsberg.[5]
