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Arthur, 4th Count of Schönborn-Wiesentheid
Arthur Franz Maximilian, 4th Count of Schönborn-Wiesentheid (30 January 1846 – 29 September 1915) was an Austrian nobleman. Early lifeSchönborn-Wiesentheid was born on 30 January 1846 in into the Hochadel (high nobility). He was the son of Klemens, 3rd Count of Schönborn-Wiesentheid and Irene, Countess Batthyány de Német-Ujvár. Among his siblings were Elma von Schönborn-Wiesentheid (wife of diplomat Karl von und zu Franckenstein).[1] His paternal grandfather, Franz, 1st Count of Schönborn-Wiesentheid, was succeeded as Count by Arthur's uncle, Hugo, 2nd Count of Schönborn-Wiesentheid in 1840. Upon his death in 1865, the title passed to Arthur's father, Klemens.[1] Career The County of Schönborn-Wiesentheid was in Lower Franconia, the northwestern Region of modern Bavaria, and comprised various isolated districts spanning from the Regnitz River to the Main River east of Würzburg. Schönborn-Wiesentheid, a partition of Schönborn, inherited the other line of Schönborn-Heusenstamm in 1801 before it was mediatised to Bavaria in 1806.[1] Upon the death of his father in 1877, he became the titular Count of Schönborn-Wiesentheid.[2] Personal lifeHe married Princess Stephanie Marie Antonie of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1851–1882), the second daughter of Princess Marie von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn and Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, the longtime Minister President of Prussia who served as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1894 to 1900 under Emperor Wilhelm II.[3] Together, they were the parents of:[4]
Princess Stephanie died in Munich on 18 March 1882. The Count of Schönborn-Wiesentheid died on 29 September 1915 in Wiesentheid.[4] His portrait was painted by Philip de László.[5] References
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