Phillip Hyacinth von Lobkowicz (25 May 1680 – 21 December 1734) was the 4th

Prince of Lobkowicz The House of Lobkowicz (''Lobkovicové'' in modern Czech, sg. ''z Lobkovic''; ''Lobkowitz'' in German) is an important Bohemian noble family that dates back to the 14th century and is one of the oldest noble families of the region. Over the cent ...

, Duke of Sagan, owner of the Princely county of Störnstein and other possessions in the

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, in

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and in

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Early life

Lobkowicz was born on 25 May 1680 in

Neustadt an der Waldnaab Neustadt an der Waldnaab (; ; ) is a municipality in Bavaria, Germany, and county seat of the district Neustadt an der Waldnaab. Sister cities Neustadt an der Waldnaab has one sister city: * Hays, Kansas Hays is a city in and the cou ...

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. He was the eldest son of Ferdinand August von Lobkowicz (in turn eldest son of Václav Eusebius František of Lobkowicz) and, his first wife, Claudia Franziska von

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(1660–1680), a daughter of Maurice Henry, Prince of Nassau-Hadamar and Ernestine Charlotte von

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(the daughter of Count

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Career

Through his first marriage to Countess Eleonore, the heiress of the House of Lobkowicz-Bílina, the properties of

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, Jezeří and others went to him and he founded the

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branch of the older line of Popel of Lobkowicz. In 1707 the princely family left

and stayed in

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(then a part of the

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) and their

n possessions.

Musical patronage

Like his father, he was a friend and supporter of lute music and an active

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, composing several works for the lute. He also contributed important works to the

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. One of his friends at the Viennese court was the lutenist

Silvius Leopold Weiss Sylvius Leopold Weiss (12 October 168716 October 1750) was a German composer and lutenist. Born in Grottkau near Breslau, the son of Johann Jacob Weiss, also a lutenist, Weiss was one of the most important and most prolific composers of lute m ...

Christoph Willibald Gluck Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (; ; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period (music), classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both part of th ...

's father was a forester in the service of Phillip Hyacinth in Jezeří. During his time in Vienna, Phillip Hyacinth supported Gluck from 1729 onwards. With Phillip Hyacinth's stepbrother, Georg Christian of Lobkowicz, he travelled through Europe, which took him to

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. Gluck dedicated operas '' La Sofonisba'' (1744), '' Ipermestra'' (1745) and a pasticcio (1743) to him. Phillip Hyacinth founded what was then an important band for the Loreta monastery in

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Personal life

On 17 October 1703, Lobkowicz married Countess Eleonore Karoline von Lobkowicz auf Bílina (1684–1720), a daughter of

Wenzel Ferdinand Popel von Lobkowitz Wenzel is a male given name (long version Wenzeslaus) as the German and Old English form of the Czech given name Václav or Venceslav, meaning "praised with glory". Variations are Вячеслав (Ukrainian and Russian), Vencel (Hungarian), Wacł ...

(the Habsburg Envoy to France). Before her death on 3 March 1720, the couple had one son: * Ferdinand von Lobkowicz (d. 1704), who died young. After the death of his first wife, he married Countess Maria Wilhelmine von

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(1704–1757) on 25 August 1721. She was a cousin of Count Gundaker Ludwig von Althann. Together, they were the parents of: * Wenzel Ferdinand, 5th Prince of Lobkowicz (1723–1739), who died unmarried. * Ferdinand Philipp Joseph, 6th Prince of Lobkowicz (1724–1784), who married Princess Maria Gabriella di Savoia-Carignano, a daughter of

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and Princess Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg (daughter of Ernst II Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg), in 1769. * Marie Anne von Lobkowicz (1725–1729), who died young. * Anne Maria Elisabeth von Lobkowicz (1726–1786), who married diplomat Count Anton Corfiz von Ulfeldt, in 1743. * Philip Joseph von Lobkowicz (1728–1729), who died young. * Charles Joseph von Lobkowicz (1732–1734), who died young. The Prince of Lobkowicz died on 21 December 1734 in

and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, Wenzel Ferdinand. He died, unmarried, in 1739 and the title passed to his younger brother,

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Descendants

Through his son

, he was a grandfather of Joseph Franz, 7th Prince of Lobkowitz, who married Maria Karolina von Schwarzenberg (daughter of and Countess Maria Eleonore zu

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, a daughter of Count Philipp Karl von Oettingen-Wallerstein). They had twelve children.Franz Joseph Maximilian von Lobkowitz
Kulturfreunde Lobkowitz Neustadt a.d. Waldnaab, accessed 30 December 2014. Through his daughter Anne Maria, he was a grandfather of Elisabeth Ulfeldt (wife of Count Georg Christian von Waldstein-Wartenberg; ancestors of several European monarchs through

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), and Maria Ulfeldt (wife of Count Josef von

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; known for her patronage of

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and

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References

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