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Serene Highness

Edmund
4th Prince of Clary-Aldringen
Portrait of Prince Edmund, by Moritz Michael Daffinger, 1837
Full name
Edmund Moritz Blasius Peregrinus von Clary und Aldringen
Born(1813-02-03)3 February 1813
Vienna
Died21 June 1894(1894-06-21) (aged 81)
Teplitz
Noble familyClary und Aldringen
Spouse(s)
Countess Elisabeth-Alexandrine de Ficquelmont
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(m. 1841; died 1878)​
IssueCountess Edmée von Clary-Aldringen
Carlos, 5th Prince of Clary-Aldringen
Siegfried, 6th Prince of Clary-Aldringen
Count Manfred von Clary-Aldringen
FatherCarl Joseph, 3rd Prince of Clary-Aldringen
MotherCountess Marie Aloisie Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin

Edmund Moritz Blasius Peregrinus von Clary und Aldringen (3 February 1813 – 21 June 1894) was an Austro-Hungarian prince.

Early life

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Edmund was born on 3 February 1813 in Vienna, Austria. He was the second, but eldest surviving, son of Carl Joseph, 3rd Prince of Clary-Aldringen, and Countess Marie "Aloisie" Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin (1777–1864), who were first cousins. His elder sister, Countess Mathilde Christina married Prince Wilhelm Radziwiłł, 14th Duke of Nieśwież.[a] Among his other siblings were Countess Leontine, who married Prince Bogusław Fryderyk Radziwiłł,[b] and Countess Felicitas, who married Count Robert of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz.[c]

His paternal grandparents were Johann Nepomuk, 2nd Prince of Clary-Aldringen,[3] and Princess Marie Christine Leopoldine de Ligne.[4][d] Through his sister Mathilde Christina, he was an uncle of the Prussian general Prince Antoni Wilhelm Radziwiłł.[6] Through his sister Leontine, he was uncle to Prince Ferdynand Radziwiłł. His maternal grandparents were Johann Rudolf Chotek von Chotkov und Vojnín and Countess Maria Sidonia von Clary und Aldringen (second daughter of the 1st Prince of Clary and Aldringen).[7][8]

Career

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Teplitz Palace, the main residence of the family from 1634 to 1945.
Palazzo Clary, Venice

Upon the death of his father in Vienna in 1831, the still young Edmund succeeded as the 4th Prince of Clary-Aldringen. The title had been created in 1767, for his great-grandfather, then Reichsgraf Wenzel von Clary und Aldringen, the Imperial Treasurer (and Emperor Joseph II's private council member), who was raised to princely rank. Members of the family became hereditary members of the Austrian Reichsrat (Imperial Council). From that date, the princely title of Fürst (Prince) von Clary und Aldringen was borne by the head of the family, who was styled as Durchlaucht (Serene Highness). Junior members bore the title of Graf (Count) or Gräfin (Countess) von Clary und Aldringen and were styled as Erlaucht (Illustrious Highness).[9]

During the 19th century, Edmund hosted royalty several times at his family's Teplitz Palace:[e] in 1835, they received King Frederick William III of Prussia, Emperor Nicholas I of Russia and Emperor Franz I of Austria, hosting a ceremony in memory of the treaty of the Sixth Coalition; in 1849, they received Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria and Kings Frederick William IV of Prussia and Frederick-August II of Saxony; in 1860, they received Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria and the Prince-Regent William of Prussia.[10]

Palazzo Clary

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In 1855, Edmund bought the Palazzo Priuli-Bon (today known as Palazzo Clary) in Venice, a 17th-century palace built for a Venetian noble family. He bought it as a residence for his father-in-law, Count Karl Ludwig von Ficquelmont, a central figure of Austrian diplomacy and politics. It remains in the hands of the Clary und Aldringen family to this day.[11]

Personal life

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Portrait of his wife, Countess Elisabeth-Alexandrine de Ficquelmont, by Franz Schrotzberg, 1847

In 1841, Edmund married Countess Elisabeth-Alexandrine de Ficquelmont (1825–1878), a daughter of Count Karl Ludwig von Ficquelmont and Countess Dorothea de Ficquelmont (a daughter of Count Ferdinand von Tiesenhausen).[12] Together, they were the parents of at least one daughter and three sons, including:[2]

Edmund died at Teplitz Palace on 21 June 1894. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Carlos. Upon Carlos' death in 1920, his only son, Johannes, renounced his rights in favor of his uncle, Siegfried, who became the 6th Prince of Clary-Aldringen.[10]

Descendants

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Through his daughter Edmée, he was a grandfather of Luigi Nicolis dei Conti di Robilant e Cereaglio, who married Morosina Morosini, only child and heiress of Gino Morosini and Annina Morosini (née Rombo), an Annina served as a lady-in-waiting to Elena, Queen of Italy.

Through his son Siegfried, he was a grandfather of Countess Elisalex von Clary und Aldringen (1885–1955), who married Count Henri de Baillet-Latour;[f] and Alfons, 7th Prince of Clary-Aldringen (1887–1978), who married Countess Lidwina von und zu Eltz genannt Faust von Stromberg.[g]

Notes

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  1. ^ His brother-in-law, Prince Wilhelm Radziwiłł, 14th Duke of Nieśwież, was the eldest son of Prince Antoni Henryk Radziwiłł, and Princess Louise of Prussia (a niece of the Prussian King Frederick the Great).[1]
  2. ^ His brother-in-law, Prince Bogusław Fryderyk Radziwiłł, was the younger brother of Countess Mathilde Christina's husband, Prince Wilhelm Radziwiłł.[1]
  3. ^ His brother-in-law, Count Robert of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz, was a son of Franz Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz (as eldest son and heir apparent of Karl Joseph, 1st Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz) and Maria Josepha McCaffry von Keanmore. Count Robert's elder brother was Hugo, 2nd Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz.[2]
  4. ^ His paternal grandmother, Princess Marie Christine Leopoldine de Ligne, was the daughter of Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne and Princess Franziska von Liechtenstein (a daughter of Prince Emanuel of Liechtenstein and elder sister of the reigning Prince, Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein.[5]
  5. ^ During the Napoleonic Wars, Teplitz Palace was the headquarters of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon, uniting the monarchs of Austria, Prussia and Russia. There was first signed the triple alliance against Napoleon I that led to the coalition victory at the nearby Battle of Kulm and eventually instated the Holy Alliance, officially signed in Paris on 26 September 1815.[10]
  6. ^ Count Henri de Baillet-Latour was the son of Count Ferdinand de Baillet-Latour, former governor of the Province of Antwerp, and Countess Caroline d'Oultremont de Duras.[16][17]
  7. ^ Countess Lidwina von und zu Eltz genannt Faust von Stromberg was a daughter of Count Johann Jacob von und zu Eltz genannt Faust von Stromberg and Princess Marie Theresia of Lobkowicz.

References

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  1. ^ a b von), Wilhelm Karl Isenburg (Prinz (1956). Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europäischen Staaten: (Europäische Stammtafeln) (in German). Stargardt. p. 139. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  2. ^ a b Almanach de Gotha (in French). Johann Paul Mevius sel. Witwe und Johann Christian Dieterich. 1929. p. 425. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  3. ^ Sommer, Debora (23 October 2013). Eine baltisch-adlige Missionarin bewegt Europa: Barbara Juliane v. Krüdener, geb. v. Vietinghoff gen. Scheel (1764–1824) (in German). V&R Unipress. p. 88. ISBN 978-3-8470-0149-2. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  4. ^ Wolf, Winfried (11 August 2017). Goethe und Grimm hätten sich in Karlsbad und Teplitz treffen können. epubli. p. 92. ISBN 978-3-7450-1033-6. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  5. ^ Gates-Coon, Rebecca (15 January 2015). The Charmed Circle: Joseph II and the 'Five Princesses,' 1765-1790. Purdue University Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-61249-370-1. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  6. ^ "PRINCE RADZIWILL DEAD.; Head of the Lithuanian Branch of the Family -- Born in 1833". The New York Times. 17 December 1904. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  7. ^ Gustav Schilling: Geschichte des Hauses Hohenzollern, in genealogisch fortlaufenden Biographien aller seiner Regenten von den ältesten bis auf die neuesten Zeiten, nach Urkunden und andern authentischen Quellen, F. Fleischer, 1843, p. 233 ff.
  8. ^ zu), Johann Josef Khevenhüller-Metsch (Fürst (1908). Aus der Zeit Maria Theresias: Tagebuch des Fürsten Johann Josef Khevenhüller-Metsch, Kaiserlichen Obersthofmeisters 1742-1776 (in German). A. Holzhausen. p. 578. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  9. ^ Diana Mosley, Prince and Princess Clary. Loved Ones, London 1985, pp. 132–153, ISBN 0-283-99155-0
  10. ^ a b c Alfons Clary-Aldringen, Memoirs: „Geschichten eines alten Österreichers“ (History of an old Austrian), Ullstein publishers, Frankfurt 1977, ISBN 3-550-07474-3
  11. ^ "Palazzo Clary, Venice". venice.jc-r.net. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  12. ^ Archived August 10, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ Bote für Tirol und Vorarlberg (in German). Wagner. 1888. p. 1965. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  14. ^ William D. Godsey, Aristocratic Redoubt: The Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office on the Eve of the First World War, West Lafayette, Purdue University Press, 1999, p. 186f.
  15. ^ "Clary-Aldringen Manfred Graf". In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 1, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957, p. 149.
  16. ^ "Henri de Baillet-Latour Fonds list" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 14 April 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  17. ^ Florence Carpentier (11 April 2018). "Henri de Baillet-Latour: Globalising the Olympic Movement". Global Sport Leaders. pp. 107–123. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-76753-6_5. ISBN 978-3-319-76752-9.
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