Jakob Anton of Dietrichstein


Jakob Anton of Dietrichstein, was a German prince member of the House of Dietrichstein.
He was eighteenth child and ninth son of Ferdinand Joseph, 3rd Prince of Dietrichstein, and Marie Elisabeth, a daughter of Johann Anton I, Prince of Eggenberg, Duke of Český Krumlov and Princely Count of Gradisca d'Isonzo.

Life

As the youngest surviving son of his family, Jakob Anton had no chances to inherited a substantial part of the Dietrichstein heritage, due to the institution of the primogeniture.
In 1709 Jakob Anton married firstly with Countess Maria Carolina of Wolfsthal. They had two children:
On 23 October 1715 Jakob Anton married secondly with Maria Anna Franziska Magdalena Sophia, a daughter of Gundackar XVI, Count of Starhemberg-Schaunberg and Maria Anna of Rappach. They had five children: