Ferdinand August von Lobkowicz


Ferdinand August von Lobkowicz was a Bohemian nobleman and politician. He was member of the Lobkowicz family and after 1677 he was Duke of Sagan.

Biography

He was the eldest son of Václav Eusebius František, Prince of Lobkowicz from his second marriage to Auguste Sophie of Palatinate-Sulzbach.

Prince Ferdinand August became Duke of Sagan when his father died in 1677. He became a Privy Councillor and a Knight of the Golden Fleece in 1689. He was Principal Commissioner at the Perpetual Diet of Regensburg in 1691. From 1699 to 1708 he was Grand Master of the Court to Empress Wilhelmine Amalie.
Because he refused to recognize the Elector of Bavaria as his overlord, the latter confiscated his estate of Schönsee, located in the Upper Palatinate. In return, after Elector Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria had declared him an outlaw, he received the lordships of Wertingen and Hohenreichen in Swabia as an Austrian fief in 1710, but lost them again in 1713 after the Peace of Utrecht, without receiving any compensation.

Marriage and children

From his four marriages, he had 13 children: 6 sons and 7 daughters.
In his first marriage, which took place on 18 July 1677 in Hadamar, he married Countess Claudia Franziska, daughter of Maurice Henry, Prince of Nassau-Hadamar. The following children were born from this marriage:
In his second marriage, on 17 July 1680, he wed Princess Marie Anne Wilhelmine, daughter of William, Margrave of Baden-Baden of the Margraviate of Baden-Baden. Children from this marriage were:
In his third marriage, on 3 December 1703, he married Countess Marie Philippine, daughter of Michael Wenzel von Althann. This marriage remained childless.
In his fourth marriage, on 16 November 1707, he married Princess Maria Johanna, daughter of Ferdinand, Prince of Schwarzenberg. Children from this marriage were:
  • Marie
  • Marie Ernestina.