Joseph Nicholas of Windisch-Graetz
Joseph Louis Nicholas, Count of Windisch-Graetz, Baron of Waldstein and Thal was an Austrian nobleman, a member of the House of Windisch-Graetz, and was chamberlain to Archduchess Marie Antoinette of Austria. He was the second son of Count Leopold Carl Joseph of Windish-Graetz and his wife Countess Maria Antonia Josepha von Khevenhüller.Family archive
On 12 May 1781, he purchased the lordships of Tachov, Ctěnice, and Štěkeň from Ernestine :de:Fuchs |Fuchs von Bimbach, the widow of Count Adam Philip Losy von Losinthal. Here he founded his extensive family archive. His descendants later move this archive to the former Kladruby monastery, which they had acquired after it had been secularized.Marriages and issue
Joseph Nicholas married twice. His first wife was Countess Maria Josepha Reinharda Raimunda Erdödy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló.
His second wife was Duchess Maria Leopoldine Franziska of Arenberg ; he married her in Brussels on 30 August 1781. Their son Alfred was raised to the rank of prince in 1804. Their daughter Sophie Luise married Prince Karl of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.Footnotes
