Joseph, Count Kinsky

Who was Joseph, Count Kinsky?

Joseph, Count Kinsky, also known as Joseph, Count Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau, was a field marshal in imperial service of the House of Habsburg. He was born in Prague, Bohemia, on 22 February 1731 and died in Vienna, Austria, in 7 February 1804. He is one of four members of House of Kinsky to enter imperial Habsburg service in the eighteenth century including a younger and older brother, his uncle and his nephew; his father was a diplomat for the House of Habsburg, and other relatives include diplomats and imperial officials of the Habsburg empire.