House of Metternich
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The House of Metternich was an old German noble family originating in the Rhineland. The most prominent member was Prince Klemens von Metternich, who was the dominant figure at the Congress of Vienna.
Lothar Friedrich von Metternich-Burscheid (1617–1675), Elector of Mainz
The Lordship of Winneburg–Beilstein in the Moselle Valley
Lothar von Metternich (1551–1623), Elector of Trier
Klemens von Metternich (1773–1859)
Richard von Metternich
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Richard Klemens Josef Lothar Hermann, 2nd Prince of Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein, usually known as Richard von Metternich, was an Austrian diplomat and the eldest surviving son of the diplomat Kl
House of Metternich
…of Vienna and was Minister-President of Austria from 1821 to 1848. He acquired Schloss Johannisberg in the Rheingau. Klemens' eldest surviving son, Richard von Metternich, was a diplomat and married his half-niece, Pauline Sándor de Szlavnicza (she was the daughter of Richard's half-sister, Eleonore). Richard and Pauline…
Richard Klemens von Metternich
Portrait of his wife Pauline by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1860.