Franz Philipp von Schönborn-Buchheim explained

Franz Philipp von Schönborn
Count of Schönborn-Buchheim
Birth Name:Franz Philipp Joseph von Schönborn
Birth Place:Mainz, Electorate of Mainz
Death Place:Vienna, Austrian Empire
House:Schönborn-Buchheim
Father:Hugo Damian Erwein von Schönborn-Wiesentheid
Mother:Maria Anna von Stadion zu Thannhausen und Warthausen
Issue:Erwein von Schönborn-Buchheim
Sophie von Schönborn-Buchheim
Karl von Schönborn-Buchheim

Franz Philipp Joseph, Graf von Schönborn-Buchheim (15 September 1768 – 18 August 1841), was an Imperial and Royal Lieutenant Colonel, Imperial and Royal Chamberlain.

Early life

Franz Philipp Joseph was born on 15 September 1768 in Mainz in the Electorate of Mainz. He was the eldest surviving son of Count Hugo Damian Erwein von Schönborn-Wiesentheid and Countess Maria Anna von Stadion zu Thannhausen und Warthausen (1746–1817).[1] Among his siblings were Sophie Theresia von Schönborn (who married Prince Philip Francis of Leyen), Franz Erwein von Schönborn-Wiesentheid (who married Countess Fernandine of Westphalia zu Fürstenberg, daughter of Count Clemens August von Westphalen), and Friedrich Karl Joseph von Schönborn (who married Baroness Maria Anna von Kerpen, daughter of Baron Wilhelm von Kerpen).[2]

His paternal grandparents were Joseph Franz Bonaventura von Schönborn-Wiesentheid (only surviving son of Count Rudolf Franz Erwein von Schönborn)[3] and Countess Bernhardine von Plettenberg.[4]

Career

Schönborn was an Imperial and Royal Lieutenant Colonel, Imperial and Royal Chamberlain, and a Commander of the Teutonic Order.

As the eldest surviving son, Franz Philipp inherited the Göllersdorf estate (a Lower Austrian lordship acquired in 1710 from the last Count of Puchheim, the Bishop of Wiener Neustadt) and Weyerburg estates (another Lower Austrian lordship acquired in 1715) and Palais Schönborn-Batthyány in Vienna (which had been acquired in 1740 from the widow of Count Adam Batthyány).[5] All were acquired by his great-grandfather's brother, Friedrich Karl von Schönborn, the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg and Bamberg who served as Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire.[6] Franz Philipp is considered the founder of the Austrian branch of the Schönborn family, which became known as von Schönborn-Buchheim.

Since Franz Philipp inherited a number of the older family estates, his father named his younger brother, Franz Erwein, as his successor, who is considered the founder of the Franconian branch, Schönborn-Wiesentheid.[1]

Personal life

On 20 October 1789 at Blieskastel, Franz Philipp was married to Countess Maria Sophie von der Leyen (1769–1834), a daughter of Prince Franz Karl von der Leyen und zu Hohengeroldseck and Baroness Maria Anna Helene Josepha Kämmerer von Worms von Dalberg.[7] Together, they were the parents of:[8]

Franz Philipp died on 18 August 1841 in Vienna in the Austrian Empire. He was succeeded in his title by his eldest son, Erwein, who resigned his rights to his brother, Karl, in 1844.[11]

Descendants

Through his daughter Sophie, he was a grandfather of Philipp Franz Erwein Theodor, 3rd Prince of Leyen-Hohengeroldseck (1819–1882), who married Princess Adelheid Karoline von Thurn und Taxis (a direct descendant of Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis).[7]

Through his son Karl, he was a grandfather of Erwein von Schönborn-Buchheim (1842–1903), who married Franziska von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (a direct descendant of Prince Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff) in 1864.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Angelika Burger: Schönborn-Wiesentheid, Franz Erwein Graf von. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007,, S. 396 f. (Digitalisat).
  2. Book: Goethe . Johann Wolfgang von . Goethe und Österreich: Briefe mit Erläuterungen . 1902 . Goethe-Gesellschaft . 348 . 13 August 2024 . de.
  3. Domarus, Max: Rudolf Franz Erwein v. Schönborn, Graf und Herr zu Wiesentheid, 1677–1754 – Mensch, Künstler, Staatsmann., Selbstverlag, Wiesentheid 1954.
  4. Franck Lafage, Les comtes Schönborn, 1642–1756, L'Harmattan, Paris, 2008, vol. 1, p. 14.
  5. Book: Janik . Allan S. . Veigl . Hans . WITTGENSTEIN IN VIENNA.: A biographical excursion throught the city and its history . 6 October 1998 . Springer Science & Business Media . 978-3-211-83077-2 . 190 . 14 August 2024 . en.
  6. Web site: Biographie . Deutsche . Friedrich Carl, Graf von Schönborn . www.deutsche-biographie.de . . 14 August 2024 . de.
  7. Book: Kleinschmidt . Arthur . Geschichte von Arenberg, Salm und Leyen, 1789-1815 . 1912 . F. A. Perthes . 402-403 . 13 August 2024 . de.
  8. Book: of) . Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas Heddle de La Caillemotte de Massue de Ruvigny Ruvigny and Raineval (9th marquis . The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who", of the Sovereigns, Princes and Nobles of Europe . 1914 . Harrison & Sons . 1550 . 5 May 2020 . en.
  9. Book: Genealogisches Taschenbuch der deutschen gräflichen Häuser . 1838 . Perthes . 30-31 . 14 August 2024 . de.
  10. Book: Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der gräflichen Häuser . 1827 . Justus Perthes. . 149 . 14 August 2024 . de.
  11. Book: Gothaischer genealogischer Hofkalender nebst diplomatisch-statistischem Jahrbuch: 1852 . 1852 . Perthes . 245 . 14 August 2024 . de.
  12. Book: Godsey . William D. . Aristocratic Redoubt: The Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office on the Eve of the First World War . 1999 . . 978-1-55753-140-7 . 90, 226, 234 . 14 August 2024 . en.