Maximilian, 9th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch

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Full name
Maximilian Alfred Bartholomäus Friedrich Anton Franz Eduard Joachim Anna Maria Schnee Oswald Hubertus von Khevenhüller-Metsch
Born(1919-08-05)5 August 1919
Heiligenberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Died24 March 2010(2010-03-24) (aged 90)
St. Georgen am Längsee, Austria

Maximilian von Khevenhüller-Metsch
Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch
Full name
Maximilian Alfred Bartholomäus Friedrich Anton Franz Eduard Joachim Anna Maria Schnee Oswald Hubertus von Khevenhüller-Metsch
Born(1919-08-05)5 August 1919
Heiligenberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Died24 March 2010(2010-03-24) (aged 90)
St. Georgen am Längsee, Austria
Noble familyKhevenhüller-Metsch
Spouse(s)
Countess Wilhelmine Henckel von Donnersmarck
(m. 1956; died 2010)
IssueJohannes, 10th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch
Bartolomäus, 11th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch
Count Karl von Khevenhüller-Metsch
Count Georg von Khevenhüller-Metsch
Countess Melanie Waldburg-zu Wolfegg-und Waldsee
Countess Isabel Hartig
FatherFranz, 8th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch
MotherPrincess Anna von Fürstenberg

Maximilian Alfred Bartholomäus von Khevenhüller-Metsch[a] (5 August 1919 – 24 March 2010), hereditary 9th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch, was an Austrian nobleman.

Khevenhüller-Metsch was born on 5 August 1919 at Schloss Heiligenberg in Heiligenberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, the home of his maternal grandparents. He was the son of Franz, 8th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch (1889–1977), and Princess Anna von Fürstenberg (1894–1928).[2][3] Among his siblings were Countess Irma "Sunny" von Khevenhüller-Metsch (who married Silvio Scherz), Countess Melanie von Khevenhüller-Metsch (who married Count Peter Drašković de Trakošćan), and Countess Helene "Hella" von Khevenhüller-Metsch (who married Prince Konstantin of Bavaria and, after his death,[4] Prince Eugen of Bavaria).[5][6]

His paternal grandparents were Count Alfred von Khevenhüller-Metsch and Countess Melanie Ernesztina Erdõdy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló. His maternal grandparents were Maximilian Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg and the former Countess Irma von Schönborn-Buchheim.[7]

Career

Upon the death of his father on 31 October 1977, he became the hereditary 9th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch (German: Fürst von Khevenhüller-Metsch). The Princely (Fürsten) title had been granted in 1763.[8][b]

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