Rudolf, 9th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau


Rudolf, 9th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau was the titular pretender Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau.

Early life

Rudolf was born at Hermanmiestetz, Kingdom of Bohemia the third child and second son of Ferdinand Bonaventura, 7th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau and Princess Maria of Liechtenstein.

Marriage and family

Rudolf married on 20 September 1881 in Vienna to Countess Marie of Wilczek, eldest child of Graf Johann Nepomuk of Wilczek and his wife, Countess Emma Maria Helene Emo Capodilista.
They had five daughters:
He became the titular pretender 9th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau at the death of his brother Karl in 1919, his brother died childless. As for him, without a male heir the title was passed to his nephew Ulrich at his death in 1930.

Ancestry