Maximilian, Prince of Hornes


Maximilian Emanuel, 3rd Prince of Hornes, Count of Baucignies and of Solre-le-Château, was a nobleman and Grand Huntsman of Brabant. His father was Philippe Emanuel, 2nd Prince of Hornes, and his mother was Princess Marie Anne Antoinette of Ligne.
He was made a Knight of the Austrian Golden Fleece in 1749. The Principality of Hornes was surrounded by the Bishopric of Liège.

Career at court

He first married Lady Marie Thérèse Charlotte Bruce, daughter of Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury, an English nobleman who lived in exile in Brussels for much of his life, and his second wife Charlotte d'Argenteau, comtesse d'Esneux.
Their children were:
1) Marie-Thérèse-Josepha de Hornes :
married Prince Philip Joseph of Salm-Kyrburg. They had 10 children, including:
2) Elisabeth-Philippine-Claude de Hornes :
married Prince Gustav Adolf of Stolberg-Gedern. They had four daughters, including:
Following his first wife's death, he was married to Princess Henriette Thérèse Norbertine of Salm-Kyrburg and then, after her death, to Princess Marie Albertine de Gavre, daughter of Charles I Alexandre, 1st Prince de Gavre.