Zdenko Lobkowitz

File:Kaiser Karl I., .Besuch in Trient,, Empfang durch die Zivilbevölkerung. Im Vordergrund rechts, FML Zdenko Prinz zu Lobkowitz (BildID 15415162).jpg.]]

Zdenko Lobkowitz was born on 5 May 1858 in Vienna. He was one of the ten children of Cavalry General {{ill|Joseph Franz Karl Prince of Lobkowicz|cs|Josef František Karel z Lobkovic}} (1803–1875) and his second wife, Maria Sidonia of Lobkowicz (1828–1917).

After attending the gymnasium, in July 1876 the Prince joined the 14th Dragoon Regiment (Prince of Windisch-Graetz's Own), which was then stationed in Kőszeg in western Hungary. In 1878 he passed the cadet examination and became a lieutenant in the 1st Dragoon Regiment (Emperor Francis I's Own) at Stanislau in Galicia, where he served until May 1901. He was promoted to Rittmeister in 1890. He then served in the 7th Dragoon Regiment (Duke of Lorraine's Own) in Brandýs nad Labem. In 1902 he became a major and in 1906 a lieutenant colonel.{{ÖBL|5|262|262|Lobkowitz (Lobkowicz), Zdenko Prinz von|Egger}}

From 18 August 1907, after his career as an officer, he acted as head of chambers for Archduke Karl Franz Josef, who was 29 years his junior and who had interrupted his military service in Brandýs nad Labem in Bohemia to study in Prague. The Archduke, then number two in the line of succession, behind Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este, became the direct heir to the throne of Emperor Franz Joseph I with the murder of Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914 and succeeded him on 21 November 1916 as Emperor Karl I. after. In this capacity he promoted Zdenko Lobkowitz on 24 November 1916 to his Adjutant General and appointed him Field Marshal Lieutenant on 4 June 1917. Lobkowitz now accompanied the new Emperor in 1917/1918 on his frequent visits to the troops at the front.[http://www.weltkriege.at/Generalitaet/04%20Feldmarschalleutnant/Lobkowitz/lobkowitz_kurz.htm Zdenko Prinz von Lobkowitz] weltkriege.at. Retrieved 23-08-2023. In 1918 he was awarded the Order of the Golden Fleece by the Emperor.

Due to family tradition, in November 1918, when Austria-Hungary dissolved, Zdenko Lobkowitz opted for Czechoslovak citizenship. The new republic abolished titles of nobility in December 1918. After 1918, Zdenko Lobkowitz lived in Prague-Smíchov and worked for the Catholic people's movement in Bohemia. He died on 13 August 1933 in Harrachov, at the age of 75.

The Prince was married to Pauline (Maria Paula) Duchess von Schönborn-Wiesenthal (Prague 1861–1922 Prague), a younger sister of the politician {{ill|Friedrich von Schönborn|cs|Friedrich Schönborn|de|Friedrich von Schönborn (Politiker)}}.{{NDB|23|397|397|Schönborn, Friedrich Erwein Maria Carl Franz Graf von|Peter Urbanitsch|116863854}} The couple had six children together:{{cite web |url=http://genealogy.euweb.cz/lobkow/lobkow5.html|title=Family tree of Joseph Franz Karl z Lobkowicz|website=genealogy.euweb.cz|access-date=2023-08-23}}

• Joseph Zdenko (Prague 1884–1918 Vienna)
• Zdenka (Prague 1885–1964 Prague)
• Erwein (Prague 1887–1965 {{ill|Stepperg|de|Stepperg)}})
• Marie Christine (Dolní Beřkovice 1890–1972 Ludenhausen, according to other sources Lüdinghausen)
• Wenzel (Theresienstadt 1893–1915 {{ill|Hetzendorf|de|Hetzendorf (Wien)}}, Vienna)
• Bertha (Postelberg 1896–1959 Prague)

As of 31 December 1918

• Military Jubilee Cross 1908
• Military Jubilee Medal 1898
• Medal for Officers 2nd Class
• Bronze Military Merit Medal
• Bronze Military Merit Medal, War Decoration
• Imperial Order of Leopold Commander
• Order of the Iron Crown Knight 1st Class, War Decoration

In addition, as mentioned above, the Emperor awarded Lobkowitz the Golden Fleece, the house order of the dynasty, which was not a specifically military order:

• Order of the Golden Fleece

• {{ÖBL|5|262|262|Lobkowitz (Lobkowicz), Zdenko Prinz von|{{ill|Rainer Egger|de|Rainer Egger (Historiker)}}}}

{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lobkowitz, Zdenko}}

Category:1858 births

Category:1933 deaths

Category:Nobility from Vienna