Alfred, 2nd Prince of Montenuovo
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| Prince of Montenuovo and Grandee of Spain | |||||
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16 September 1854 Vienna, Austrian Empire |
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| Died | 6 September 1927 (aged 72) Vienna, Republic of Austria |
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| Spouse | Countess Franziska Maria Stephania Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau | ||||
| Issue | Juliana, Princess of Oettingen-Oettingen Marie Felizia, Countess Franz of Ledebur-Wicheln Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Montenuovo Franziska, Princess Leopold of Lobkowicz |
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| House | House of Montenuovo | ||||
| Father | William Albert, 1st Prince of Montenuovo | ||||
| Mother | Countess Juliana Batthyány-Strattmann | ||||
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| Alfred Adam Wilhelm Johann Maria |
Alfred, 2nd Prince of Montenuovo and Grandee of Spain (16 September 1854 – 6 September 1927) was one of the highest court officials of Emperor Francis Joseph I of Austria. Among his ancestors were members of the Habsburg family and the de Medici Family.
Prince Alfred of Montenouvo was born in Vienna, Austrian Empire, the only son of William Albert, 1st Prince of Montenuovo (1819–1895), (son of Adam Albert, Count of Neipperg and Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria) and his wife, Countess Juliana Batthyány-Strattmann (1827–1871), (daughter of Count János Baptist Batthyány-Strattmann and Countess Marie Esterházy de Galántha). His paternal grandmother Marie Louise was the Empress consort of Napoleon I of France from 1810 to 1814 and Duchess of Parma from 1814, she married morganatically to his grandfather Adam Albert loin 1821.
Alfred married on 30 October 1879 in Vienna to Countess Franziska Maria Stephania Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau (1861–1935), daughter of Ferdinand Bonaventura, 7th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau, and his wife, Princess Maria Josepha of Liechtenstein. They had four children:
He inherited the title Prince of Montenuovo in 1895 following the death of his father.
The prince died in 1927 in his palace at Löwelstrasse 6 in Vienna's city centre after suffering a heart attack. His corpse was interred at his family's burial place at Bóly (Német-Bóly) in Hungary.
After studying at the Catholic seminary in Salzburg, Alfred started a career as court official, in 1896/97 becoming Obersthofmeister (Grand Master of the Court) of Archduke Otto of Austria, brother of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, from 1896 successor to the throne.
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