Franz Maria Johann Joseph Hermann, 4th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch (7 April 1762 – 3 July 1837), was an Austrian aristocrat who was a member of the Austrian House of Lords.
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Early life
Franz was born on 7 April 1762 at Vienna. He was a younger son of Johann, 2nd Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch (1732–1801) and Princess Maria Amalia Susanna of Liechtenstein (1737–1787). Among his siblings were elder brother, Karl, 3rd Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch, Countess Anna Antonia Maria von Khevenhüller-Metsch, Countess Maria Christina Viktoria Vittoria von Khevenhüller-Metsch, Countess Maria Karolina Ferdinanda von Khevenhüller-Metsch, and Countess Marie Leopoldina von Khevenhüller-Metsch.
His paternal grandparents were Johann, 1st Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch, and Countess Karolina Maria Augustina von Metsch. His father was a diplomat during the early reign of Empress Maria Theresa, serving as the Habsburg Ambassador to Denmark, Saxony, and as the Bohemian Ambassador to the Perpetual Diet of Regensburg. His maternal grandparents were Prince Emanuel of Liechtenstein and Countess Maria Anna Antonia von Dietrichstein-Weichselstädt.
Career
Upon the death of his brother in 1823, he became the 4th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch and was a member of the Austrian House of Lords.
Personal life
Franz was married, and widowed, three times. On 6 July 1791 in Vienna, he married Countess Maria Elisabeth von Kuefstein (1771–1796), a daughter of Count Johann Adam von Kuefstein. Before her death at Sankt Pölten on 8 April 1796, they were the parents of:
Count Johann Siegmund Friedrich von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1793–1794), who died in infancy.
Count Johann Friedrich Maria Richard von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1794–1795), who died in infancy.
He remarried at Sankt Pölten on 16 April 1798 to Countess Maria Josepha von Abensberg and Traun (1782–1799), a daughter of Johann Otto, 8th Count of Abensberg and Traun. She died on 6 March 1799, the day after she gave birth to their only child:
Countess Maria Anna Kunigunde von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1799–1801), who died in infancy.
On 15 June 1812, he married, thirdly, to his niece, Countess Krisztina "Christina" Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (1792–1830), a daughter of Count Károly Zichy, the Lord Chief Justice of the Kingdom of Hungary, and, his elder sister, Countess Anna Maria Khevenhüller-Metsch. Before her death on 20 July 1830 at Penzing, they were the parents of:
Richard Maria Johannes Basilius, 5th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch (1813–1877), who married his first cousin, Countess Antonia Maria Lichnowsky, a daughter of Prince Eduárd Lichnowsky (a son of Karl Alois, Prince Lichnowsky) and Countess Eleonora Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeö, in 1836.
Count Othmar von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1819–1890), who married Baroness Leontine Kress von Kressenstein, a daughter of Baron Karl Kress von Kressenstein and Countess Leopoldine Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeö, at Vienna in 1850.
Countess Hedwig Maria von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1823–1876), who married Count Hermann Locatelli in 1856.
