Richard, 5th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch
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Thalheim bei Wels, Wels-Land District, Upper Austria
Ladendorf, Mistelbach District, Lower Austria
Richard von Khevenhüller-Metsch | |
|---|---|
| Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch | |
 Lithograph by Josef Kriehuber, 1843 | |
| Full name | Richard Emanuel Desiderius Johann von Khevenhüller-Metsch |
| Born | 23 May 1813 Thalheim bei Wels, Wels-Land District, Upper Austria |
| Died | 29 November 1877 (aged 64) Ladendorf, Mistelbach District, Lower Austria |
| Noble family | Khevenhüller-Metsch |
| Spouse(s) |
Countess Antonia Maria Lichnowsky
(m. 1836; died 1870) |
| Issue | Count Ludwig Emmanuel Countess Maria Johann, 6th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch Count Sigmund Maria Countess Leontine Antonie Count Rudolph Ladislaus |
| Father | Franz, 4th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch |
| Mother | Countess Krisztina Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő |
Richard Emanuel Desiderius Johann, 5th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch (23 May 1813 – 29 November 1877), was an Austrian prince.
Richard was born on 23 May 1813 at Thalheim bei Wels, in the Wels-Land District of Upper Austria. He was the son of Franz, 4th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch, and, his third wife (and niece), Countess Krisztina "Christina" Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő. His father had previously been married to, and widowed from, Countess Maria Elisabeth von Kuefstein (a daughter of Count Johann Adam von Kuefstein) and Countess Maria Josepha von Abensberg and Traun (a daughter of Johann Otto, 8th Count of Abensberg and Traun). Among his siblings were Count Othmar von Khevenhüller-Metsch (who married Baroness Leontine Kress von Kressenstein) and Countess Hedwig Maria von Khevenhüller-Metsch (who married Count Hermann Locatelli).[1]
His paternal grandparents were Johann, 2nd Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch and Princess Maria Amalia Susanna of Liechtenstein (a daughter of Prince Emanuel of Liechtenstein). His maternal grandparents were Count Károly Zichy, the Lord Chief Justice of the Kingdom of Hungary, and Countess Anna Maria Khevenhüller-Metsch (eldest daughter of Johann, 2nd Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch).[2]
Career
From 1868 to 1869 and, again, from 1872 to 1877 he was a member of the Bohemian Diet. Upon the death of his father on 2 July 1837, he became the 5th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch and, from 1861, a member of the Austrian House of Lords.[3]
