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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]
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).
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]
Princess Klementine von Metternich was born on 30 August 1804 into the House of Metternich. Her father was the Austrian diplomat Klemens, Prince of Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein. Her mother was Countess Eleonore von Kaunitz, a granddaughter of Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg. [1] She was their fifth child and second daughter. [2]
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]
The first successor was Klemens’ eldest son, the 3rd Prince, Richard von Metternich (1829–1895). [12] As Richard only had daughters, the title passed to his half-brother, the 4rd Prince, Paul von Metternich (1834–1906), who was then succeeded by his son, the 5th Prince, Dr. Clemens Wenzel von Metternich (1869–1930). [12]
Marie-Clementine was born on 29 September 1810 in Vienna as the illegitimate daughter of Prince Klemens von Metternich with Princess Catherine Bagration. [1] By the order and personal involvement of the Russian Emperor Alexander I, she was recognized and recorded as the legitimate daughter of General of Russian imperial army Prince Pyotr Bagration who was a husband of Catherine Bagration, and ...
Richard Metternich was born into the House of Metternich in Vienna on 7 January 1829. He was the eldest surviving son of Klemens von Metternich and his second wife, Baroness Maria Antonia von Leykam (15 August 1806 – 17 January 1829).