Johann Karl, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin explained

Johann Karl
Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin
Spouse:Countess Anna Maria Kottulinsky of Kottulin and Krzizkowitz
Issue:Johann Rudolf, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin
Full Name:Johann Karl Ritter
Noble Family:Chotek
Father:Count Wenzel Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin
Mother:Maria Theresa Scheidler of Scheidlen
Birth Date:29 October 1704
Birth Place:Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia
Death Place:Vienna, Habsburg monarchy

Johann Karl, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin (German: Johann Karl Ritter Graf Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin; 29 October 17048 November 1787) was a Bohemian-Austrian chancellor.

Life

Johann Karl was born at Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia as the elder son of Count Wenzel Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin (1674–1754) and Maria Theresa Scheidler of Scheidlen (1684–1709). He came of an old Bohemian noble family, with residence in Choczkow at Radnice (Plzeň Region). His father held the position of Austrian Stadtholder of the Kingdom of Bohemia from 1735–1738.

He was Imperial Governor and field-marshal of the Upper Palatinate. Then he was a Bohemian-Austrian Imperial Director and chancellor

In 1753, Empress Maria Theresa gave him the Palais Strozzi in the Josefstadt (Vienna), he ordered the building of a new wing. Further expansion plans and the Seven Years' War, however, forced him to sell large part of the garden.

He was a Knight of St. Wenzel Order.

Marriage and family

Johan Karl married on 25 May 1740 in Vienna to Countess Anna Maria Kottulinsky of Kottulin and Krzizkowitz (1711–1798), youngest child of Count Franz Carl Kottulinsky of Kottulin and Krizkowitz, and his wife, Countess Maria Antonia of Rottal.

They had one son:

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