Zdeněk Sternberg
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Count Zdeněk Filip Maria Emanuel Jiří Ignatius von Sternberg (August 15, 1923 – January 19, 2021) was a descendant of the ancient aristocratic Šternberk family and the owner of Český Šternberk Castle and Březina Castle. He was the second child and eldest son of the Count George of Sternberg (December 10, 1888, Prague – July 27, 1965, Bruneck) and his wife (married April 6, 1921, Chotělice) Countess Kunigunde of Mensdorff-Pouilly (January 11, 1899 – November 19, 1989). He died on January 19, 2021.[1] He was a Medal of Merit recipient.[2]
He was born on August 15, 1923, in Prague as the second child and eldest son of the Count of George of Sternberg (December 10, 1888, Prague – July 27, 1965, Bruneck) and his wife (married April 6, 1921, Chotělice) Countess Kunhuta of Mensdorff-Pouilly (January 11, 1899 – November 19, 1989). He had eight siblings (four sisters and four brothers). Until he was 14, he was taught at Český Šternberk Castle by a home teacher, and he took exams at the municipal school in Český Šternberk, and later at the Archbishop's Grammar School in Prague-Bubeneč. In the school year 1938/1939 he joined the quartet at the Vančur grammar school in Smíchov, where he graduated during the war. He lived in an apartment in Malá Strana. He then befriended Josef Czernin (August 9, 1924, Prague – April 13, 2015), who lived in Thunovská Street.
