Maximilian Andreas of Dietrichstein


Maximilian Andreas of Dietrichstein, was a German prince member of the House of Dietrichstein.
He was the eleventh child and fourth son of Maximilian, 2nd Prince of Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg, and his first wife Anna Maria, a daughter of Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein and Duke of Troppau and Jägerndorf.

Life

The institution of the primogeniture in the House of Dietrichstein forbade Maximilian Andreas to inherited a subastancial part of the family heritage. On 18 January 1663, he married with Maria Justina, a daughter of Edmund III of Schwarzenberg, Seigneur de Bierset, d'Hierges, de Champlon and Countess Marie d'Arschot de Riviere. They had twelve children, of whom five survived to adulthood:
Having settled in Prague shortly after his marriage, Maximilian Andreas died there aged 54.