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They had eight children; one of his descendants, Countess Maria Eleonora of Kaunitz-Rietberg, became in the first wife of a noted Austrian Councillor, Prince Klemens von Metternich. In Hodonín on 15 April 1663 Marie Eleonore married secondly with Count Frederick Leopold of Oppersdorff (d. 22 January 1699). They had no children.
Schloss Königswart in Bohemia. Klemens Metternich was born into the old Rhenish House of Metternich on 15 May 1773 to Franz Georg Karl Count of Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein (1746–1818), a diplomat who had passed from the service of the Electorate of Trier to that of the Imperial court, and his wife Countess Maria Beatrix Aloisia von Kageneck (1755–1828). [3]
A member of the House of Metternich, she was the daughter of Austrian diplomat and politician Prince Klemens von Metternich and his third wife, Countess Melanie Zichy-Ferraris (1805–1854). [ 1 ] She married Count József Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (1814–1897), brother of Antónia Zichy , on 20 November 1853.
Through his son Ferenc, he was a grandfather of Countess Emilia Zichy-Ferraris (1803–1866), who was the second wife of Count Pál Széchényi, [5] and Countess Melanie Zichy-Ferraris (1805–1854), who was the third wife of Prince Klemens von Metternich (parents of Princess Melanie Metternich-Zichy). [6]
Her sister, Countess Melanie Zichy-Ferraris, was the third wife of Prince Klemens von Metternich. Together, they were the parents of: [12] Count Kalman Széchényi (1824–1914), who married Karoline von Grunne, a daughter of Count Karl Ludwig von Grünne and Karoline von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg. [13] [14]
Coat of arms of the Princes of Metternich-Winneburg. The House of Metternich was an old German noble family originating in the Rhineland.The most prominent member was Prince Klemens von Metternich, who was the dominant figure at the Congress of Vienna (1814–1815).
Although Wilhelmine first met Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (1773–1859) in 1801, their love affair did not start until the spring of 1813. The passion between the two is documented by over 600 letters written by Metternich that were discovered in 1949 by Marie Ulrichová in Plasy Monastery (the monastery building was purchased by v.
In 1812, he was employed as a portraitist by the Austrian Foreign Minister, Klemens von Metternich, and became curator of the extensive portrait collection of Metternich's third wife, Princess Melanie. In 1819, he painted a portrait of Metternich's daughter, Klementine, posed as the goddess Hebe.