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von LedskeÖsterreichische Staatsarchiv (ÖStA) (Austrian State Archives (ÖStA)); Allgemeines Adelsarchiv der österreichischen Monarchie (General Archive of Nobility of the Austrian Monarchy), Author: Karl Friedrich Benjamin Leupold, Publisher: Hoffmeister, Wien (Vienne), 1789, Volume 1, Issue 2, Page 179-184, in German.Adels-Lexikon (Nobility Lexicon), Author: Johann Christian von Hellbach, Publisher: Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Ilmenau, 1825, Volume 1 A to K, Page 230, in German.Der Adel der böhmischen Krönländer: ein Verzeichnis derjenigen Wappenbriefe und Adelsdiplome welche in den Böhmischen Saalbüchern der Adelsarchives im k.k. Ministerium des Innern in Wien eingetragen sind (The Nobility of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown: a roster of the coat of arms and letters patent of nobility that are registered in the Bohemian Hall-books of nobility archives at the Imperial and Royal Ministry of Interior in Vienna), Author: August von Doerr, Publisher: Verlag von Fr. Rivnac, Prag (Prague), 1900, Page 196 and 246, in German. Neues Preussisches Adels-Lexicon (New Prussian Nobility Lexicon), Gebrüder Reichenbach, Leipzig, 1839, Supplement Volume/Vol. 5, Page 100-103, in German.Der Adel von Böhmen, Mähren und Schlesien: ein alphabetisch geordnetes Verzeichnis..., (The Nobility of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia: an alphabetical directory...,), Author: Anton Schimon, Publisher: P. Gerzabek, Prag (Prague), 1859, Page 20, in German. (in English: ''Mathias Franz Count of Chorinsky Baron of Ledske''; la, Mathias Franciscus Comes de Chorinsky Liber Baron de Ledske; cs, Matyáš František hrabě z Chorinský svobodný pán z Ledské) (4 October 1720 in

– 30 October 1786 in

) was first

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of the

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, Imperial and Royal senior Privy Counsellor of the Imperial and Royal Privy Council of the

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and with his equally eminent brothersBrothers of Mathias Franz: (1). Franz Johann (b. 24 April 1725), (2). Johann Nepomuk (b. ?), (3). Ignaz Dominic (b. 20 August 1729), (4). Michael Wenzel (b. 4 December 1736); each Graf von Chorinsky Freiherr von Ledske, except brother Johann Nepomuk who died in 1760 (prior to elevation to Counts in 1761) from fatal battle wounds received in the Battle of Torgau, held the hereditary birth name and title ''Freiherr von Chorinsky und Ledske''. Sisters of Mathias Franz: (1) Maria Anna (b. 14 March 1716); (2) Josepha (b. ?); (3) Franziska (b. ?); each held the hereditary birth name and title ''Freiin von Chorinsky und Ledske''. the first

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s of Chorinsky.Geographisches Handbuch von dem östreichischen Staate: Böheim, Mahren, und Schlesien. (Geographical Handbook of the Austrian States: Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia.), Author: Ignaz de Luca, Publisher: J. B. Degen, Wien (Vienne), 1791, Volume 3, Page 66, 165, 219, 236, in German.Österreichisches Adels-Lexikon: des achtzehnten u. neunzehnten Jahrhunderts (Austrian Nobility Lexicon: of the eighteenth and nineteenth century), Author: Johann Georg Megerle von Mühlenfeld, Publisher: Mörscher and Jasper, Wien (Vienne), 1822, Page 15, in German.

Family history and biography

Mathias Franz was a descendant of an eminent and ancient Bohemian-Moravian-Silesian noble house well known in this region since the 15th century, with earlier origins leading from the

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of Poland and a ''Chorynski'' branch of the "

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" nobility,Der Schlesische Adel (The Silesian Nobility), Author: Johannes Sinapius, Publisher: Michael Rohrlach, Leipzig and Breslau, 1728, Volume 2, Page 563, in German.Orbis Polonus, splendoribus Coeli, Triumphis Mundi, pulcritudine Animantium, decore Aquitilium de condecoratus: in quo antiqua Sarmatarum Gentilia, pervetustæ Nobilitatis Poloniæ Insignia relucent, Author: Simon Okolski, Kraków, 1641–43, Volume 1, Page 722, in Latin.Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Gräflichen Häuser 1874 (

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; Gotha’s Genealogical Handbook of noble (count) houses 1874), Author: Justus Perthes, Publisher: Perthes-Verlag, Gotha, Page 164, in German.Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Deutschen Gräflichen Häuser aus das Jahr 1828 (

; Gotha’s Genealogical Handbook of German noble (count) houses from the year 1828), Author: Justus Perthes, Publisher: Perthes-Verlag, Gotha, Page 35, in German.Die fürstlichen, gräflichen und freiherrlichen Familien des österreichischen Kaiserstaates (The princely, count and baron families of the Austrian Empire), Author: Jacob A. F. Hyrtl, Publisher: Schaumburg & Company, Wien (Vienne), 1852, Volume 2, Page 37-39, in German. in 1293 two noble

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’s ''Babeslaus de Chorinsky'' and his son ''Laticus de Chorinsky'' served at the

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and Duke of Silesia, seated in the

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. The earliest known ancestral seat or estate, among many others later acquired across the Bohemian-Moravian-Silesian lands, was Choryně with its dominion in the Zlín Region and

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Ledske with its dominion in the Hradec Králové Region where today only remnants of the fortification can be found,Chronicon Alsatiae (Edelsasser Chronick), Author: Bernhart Hertzogs, Publisher: Johann Fischart, Straßburg (Strasbourg), 1592, in German and Latin. today the village is named Ledská and is part of the Hřibiny-Ledská municipality in the present-day

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. Already established and recognized for centuries and highly esteemed within the Holy Roman Empire, Mathias Franz together with his equally eminent brothers were each venerated for their own exceptional services to the

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and elevated as the first Counts of Chorinsky on 12 December 1761 by Empress of the Holy Roman Empire and Archduchess

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in her sovereignty as

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. On 3 April 1798 the House of Chorinsky-Ledske were named chief banner-bearers (German ''Oberst-Erblandpanier-Träger'') of the peerage of Bohemia.

Career

Mathias Franz studied in Olomouc; on 5 April 1743 he was ordained a

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; later that year he became Canon of the collegiate chapter of St. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Brno and in 1752 the Dean.The Diocese of Brno, official website, in Czech.
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of ''

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'' and Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hradec Králové, in 1776 Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc. Sponsored and nominated for Bishop of Brünn (Brno) on 18 May 1777 by then Empress regnant Maria Theresia of the Holy Roman Empire,

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confirmed his appointment on 5 December 1777 as the first bishop of the newly established Roman Catholic Diocese of Brno, and in that same year he was officially installed in that city. In 1778 he became a senior privy counsellor (German title ''k.u.k. Wirklicher Geheimer Rat'', roughly "imperial and royal right trusted counsellor") in the

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(German ''

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'') Privy Council of the Habsburg monarchy.

Parents

His parents were Franz Karl Baron of Chorinsky and Ledske and first wife Maria Catherina Baroness Kottulinsky of Kottulin and Krzizkowitz. From his father's first marriage stem four sons and three daughters, and upon the death of his first wife, one son from his father's second marriage to Maria Anna Countess of Hallweil. His father was Imperial and Royal Chamberlain (German title ''k.u.k. Kämmerer'') and Counsellor (German ''k.u.k. Rat'') on the Imperial and Royal Council of the Habsburg monarchy, as well as Imperial Governor of the Hradiště region in the

Margraviate of Moravia The Margraviate of Moravia ( cs, Markrabství moravské; german: Markgrafschaft Mähren) was one of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown within the Holy Roman Empire existing from 1182 to 1918. It was officially administrated by a margrave in cooperat ...

, and

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of the principalities Veselí and Pačlavice.

Coat of arms

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, altered and adopted post-1761: Gold (Or) shield, with two

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horns centred within, the right bison horn is black (Sable) with three silver (Argent)

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claws attached outwards, the left bison horn is silver (Argent) with three black (Sable) crayfish claws attached outwards, the shield (or mantel surrounding if present) is crowned with a nine pearl count- coronet ranking. The

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is often found with a mantel surrounding; a purple cloak with ermine lining, tasselled and fringed with gold (Or) string, and shield

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s being two human male figures. Some variations of the coat of arms are also seen with the addition of the bison horns represented again surmounted above a two-pearled leafed crown resting on a front facing barred Knight's helmet with jewelled necklace (a similar blazon as found on the original coat of arms borne prior to addition of the count-coronet ranking post-1761).

Miscellaneous

As name spellings were historically fairly fluid, especially given the different languages used in the region, the main name of "Chorinsky" is also sometimes found in documents as Chorynski, Chorensky, Chorenski, Chorynsky and Chorinska (the last being a female form), and "Ledske" is found as Ledska, Ledetz and Letske.

Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis Gloria of Thurn and Taxis (''Mariae Gloria Ferdinanda Joachima Josephine Wilhelmine Huberta''; born Countess Gloria von Schönburg-Glauchau, 23 February 1960) is a German socialite, businesswoman, Catholic activist, and artist. Through her marria ...

(née Gräfin von Schönburg-Glauchau), of the German Princely House of ''

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'', has paternal ancestors from the House of Chorinsky-Ledske. Her paternal great-great-grandfather is Victor Paul Graf von Chorinsky Freiherr von Ledske (1883–1901) and her paternal great-grandmother is Franziska (Fanny) Anna Gräfin von Chorinsky Freiin von Ledske (1876–1963).

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