Johann Ferdinand | |
Reign: | 11 November 1677 – 6 August 1705 |
Reign-Type: | Period |
Successor: | Franz Karl |
Predecessor: | Johann Weikhard |
Succession: | Prince of Auersperg |
Spouse: | Countess Maria Anna of Herberstein |
House: | Auersperg |
Father: | Johann Weikhard, Prince of Auersperg |
Mother: | Countess Marie Katharine of Losenstein |
Birth Date: | 29 September 1655 |
Birth Place: | Vienna, Austria |
Death Place: | Ziębice, Duchy of Münsterberg |
Prince Johann Ferdinand of Auersperg (29 September 1655, in Vienna – 6 August 1705, in Ziębice, in Silesia) was the second Prince of Auersperg and Duke of Silesia-Münsterberg from 1677 until his death.
His father Johann Weikhard of Auersperg (1615–1677) was a hereditary Imperial Prince and in 1654, Emperor Ferdinand III, in his capacity as King of Bohemia, had enfeoffed him with the Duchy of Münsterberg and City of Frankenstein.[1]
In 1678, Johann Ferdinand married Countess Anna Maria of Herberstein (1660–1726). They had a daughter, Maria Theresa of Auersperg (1686–1756), who married Count Georg Siegmund of Auersperg-Kirchberg.
Johann Ferdinand died in 1705. As he had no sons, he was succeeded by his brother Franz Karl of Auersperg.