!!!Lobkowitz, Hochadelsgeschlecht

Lobkowitz; family of the higher nobility, originally from Bohemia; 
split into several branches. While some members of the family were 
expropriated in Bohemia after 1620 in the Thirty Years' War, others 
allied themselves to the Habsburgs. Zdenko Adalbert was made an 
imperial prince in 1624; other family members were made imperial 
counts in 1635 and 1670. Several members of the L. family made a name 
for themselves in politics and science. Among the most prominent 
members of the family were Prince Joseph Franz  Lobkowitz and Prince 
Wenzel Eusebius  Lobkowitz. The L. palace in Vienna was built from 
1689-1694 by G.P. Tencala for Count Philipp Siegmund Dietrichstein 
(the portal was probably by Fischer von Erlach). The fresco on the 
ceiling of the main hall is an allegory of the arts by J. van  
Schuppen. Prince Ferdinand Philipp L. bought the palace in 1754. Until 
1909, it housed the French embassy, after 1918 the Czech legation, 
then the French Cultural Institute; since 1991, the palace has housed 
the Oesterreichisches  Theatermuseum.


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