Bohuslav, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin


Bohuslav, Count Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin. was a Bohemian nobleman and a diplomat in the service of Austria-Hungary. He was the father of Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, the morganatic wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.

Life

Bohuslav was born at Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, the younger son of Karl, Count Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin and Countess Marie :de:Berchtold |Berchtold von Ungarschitz. Bohuslav's father was the Governor of Tyrol, Vorarlberg, and Bohemia, and also a founder of the Tyrolean State Museum.
In 1866, Bohuslav became the Austrian ambassador in Stuttgart,. In 1869, he became ambassador to St. Petersburg and from 1872 in Brussels.

Marriage and family

Bohuslav married on 30 October 1859 in Kostelec nad Orlici to Countess Wilhelmine Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau, elder daughter of Count Joseph Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau and his wife, Countess Maria Czernin von und zu Chudenitz.
They had one son and seven daughters: