Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz

Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz (Jiří Kristián z Lobkovic; 14 May 1835 – 22 December 1908) was a Austro-Bohemian noble and politician. He was member of the old Bohemian aristocratic Lobkowicz family and an influential politician of late 19th century Bohemia and Austria-Hungary. He was a Prince (Fürst) of Lobkowicz.

Early life
Born in Vienna as a son of August Longin, Prince of Lobkowicz, and his wife Sidonia, née Countess Kinsky, he was one of the political leaders of the conservative Bohemian nobility. His sister, Princess Rosa von Lobkowitz, married Count Erwin von Neipperg (a stepson of Empress Marie Louise, the widow of Napoleon who was also the eldest child of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor).

Career
From 1865 to 1872 and, again, from 1883 to 1907, Lobkowicz was a member of the Bohemian Diet, presiding over it from 1871 to 1872 and, again, from 1883 to 1907 as Land Marshal of Bohemia. He served as deputy in the Abgeordnetenhaus of the Austrian Parliament (Reichsrat) from 1879 to 1883 and became a hereditary member of the Herrenhaus in 1883. In 1871, he was involved in negotiations concerning the relationship between Bohemia and Austria.

Personal life
He married Princess Anna Maria von und zu Liechtenstein, of the House of Liechtenstein, in Vienna on 22 May 1864, by whom he had 12 children, including John Adolph of Lobkowicz, Frederick of Lobkowicz, Marie Theresia, Prinzessin von Lobkowicz, Therese Prinzessin von Lobkowicz, Rosa Prinzessin von Lobkowicz, Anna Bertha, Prinzessin von Lobkowicz, and Sidonie von Lobkowitz (wife of Maximilian von Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee). He died in Prague.

Descendants
His daughter, Marie, Princess of Lobkowicz, married Karl, Count of Eltz, the grandfather of Christiane, Countess of Eltz, the mother of Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg.

Orders and decorations

 * Austria-Hungary:
 * Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Leopold, 1891
 * Knight of the Golden Fleece, 1903
 * Grand Cross of St. Stephen, 1905
 * Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Knight of Honour and Devotion