Georg Christian, Fürst von Lobkowitz

Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowitz (Czech: Jan Jiří Christian z Lobkovic; August 10, 1686 in Prague – October 4, 1755 in Vienna), was an Austrian Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal). He was a member of the old Bohemian noble family of Lobkowicz, of which family he established a cadet branch, the Hořín-Mělník line.

Not to be confused with Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz.

Life

He was born as a son of Ferdinand August Leopold, 3rd Prince of Lobkowicz and Duke of Sagan (1655–1715) and his second wife, Marie Anna Wilhelmine von Baden-Baden and Hochberg. In his adult age he fought under Prince Eugene of Savoy against the French in the War of the Spanish Succession and later against the Turks during the Austro-Turkish War of 1716–1718. He succeeded Piccolomini after his death in Prishtina, Kosoov, but Johann increased taxes and failed to maintaining good relations and the Albanian and Serb forces went joined the Ottomans.[1][2]

Since 1717 he commanded his own cuirassier regiment. In 1732 became Governor of Sicily (the island was for a short time a part of Habsburg realm). On November 28, 1739 was made a Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece. In 1741 he attained the rank of field marshal.

During the War of the Austrian Succession, he fought successfully the French (under the command of Maréchal de Belle-Isle) and Bavarians between Prague and Munich; through the actions of his troops he managed to close and besiege de Belle-Isle men in Prague. Later, he was appointed as the Governor of the Duchy of Milan (1743–45). Subsequently, he became the commander-in-chief of the Habsburg forces in Italy, where he lost the Battle of Velletri (1744) against the army of King Charles III of Spain.

In 1745 composer Christoph Willibald Gluck accepted an invitation to become house composer at London's King's Theatre, travelling to England possibly in the company of Georg Christian, but more likely with his younger cousin, Ferdinand Philipp, 6th Prince Lobkowitz.

Family

Johann Georg Christian married Countess Henriette von Waldstein-Wartenburg (1702–1780) in Prague on 11 March 1717. They had 10 children. Two of their sons were killed in battle; two other sons, Joseph Maria Karl (1724–1802) and August Joseph Anton (1729–1803), served in the Austrian military and diplomatic corps and became Knights in the Order of the Golden Fleece and one, Ferdinand-Maria, Prince of Lobkowicz (1726-1795), became bishop of Ghent.

Johann Georg Christian, Fürst von Lobkowitz: married to Henriette von Waldstein-Wartenburg.

    • Marie Eleonore von Lobkowicz: married to Charles, 2nd Duke d'Ursel
      • Wolfgang, 3rd Duke d'Ursel.
    • August Anton Joseph, Fürst (prince) von Lobkowicz: married Maria Ludmilla Czernin von und zu Chudenitz.
      • Anton Isidor, Fürst von Lobkowicz
    • Joseph Maria Karl von Lobkowicz: married Maria Josepha von Harrach zu Rohrau.
      • Ferdinand von Lobkowicz
    • Ferdinand Maria von Lobkowicz : bishop of Ghent.

See also

Notes
  1. Hahn, Johann Georg (2015). The Discovery of Albania: Travel Writing and Anthropology in the Nineteenth Century Balkans. I.B.Tauris. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-78453-292-5. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  2. Bajraktari, Jusuf; RSH), Instituti i Historisë (Akademia e Shkencave e (1996). The Kosova issue--a historic and current problem: symposium held in Tirana on April 15-16, 1993. Institute of history. p. 71. Retrieved 21 November 2019.

References
  • Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy.euweb". Genealogy.EU.
  • Kasík, Stanislav; Mašek, Petr; Mžyková, Marie (2002). Lobkowiczové: dějiny a genealogie rodu [Lobkowiczs: A History and Genealogy of the Family] (in Czech) (Historia nobilium ed.). Olomouc: Matice cyrilometodějská. ISBN 80-903040-3-6.
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