Joseph Louis Nicholas, Count of Windisch-Graetz, Baron of Waldstein and Thal (6 December 1744 – 24 January 1802 in Štěkeň) was an Austrian nobleman, a member of the House of Windisch-Graetz, and was

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to Archduchess Marie Antoinette of Austria. He was the second son of Count Leopold Carl Joseph of Windish-Graetz (1718–1746) and his wife Countess Maria Antonia Josepha von Khevenhüller (1726–1746).

Family archive

On 12 May 1781, he purchased the lordships of

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, Ctěnice, and Štěkeň from Ernestine Fuchs von Bimbach, the widow of Count Adam Philipp Losy von Losinthal. Here he founded his extensive family archive. His descendants later move this archive to the former Kladruby monastery, which they had acquired after it had been

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Marriages and issue

Joseph Nicholas married twice. His first wife was Countess Maria Josepha Reinharda Raimunda Erdödy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló (5 April 1748 – 10 April 1777).Epitaph in the Schottenkirche, Vienna,

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His second wife was Duchess Maria Leopoldine Franziska of

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(31 July 1751 – 26 August 1812); he married her in

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on 30 August 1781. Their son

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(11 May 1787 in

– 21 March 1862,

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) was raised to the rank of

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in 1804. Their daughter Sophie Luise married Prince Karl of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.

External links

Website
of the city of

, with a photo of the former princely castle
Website
of the Kladruby monastery, with a photo of the former princely library

Footnotes

1744 births 1802 deaths 18th-century Austrian people Counts of Austria Joseph Nicholas Austrian civil servants Bohemian people Royal reburials {{Germany-noble-stub