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Adolph Schwarzenberg (18 August 1890 – 27 February 1950) was a notable landowner, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was the eldest son of Johann (Czech: Jan) and Therese Schwarzenberg, née Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg.
- 1938-1950
- House of Schwarzenberg
- Prince Heinrich (1903-1965, r. 1950-1965)
- Princess Hilda of Luxembourg
The House of Schwarzenberg is a German ( Franconian) and Czech ( Bohemian) aristocratic family, formerly one of the most prominent European noble houses. The Schwarzenbergs are members of the German and Czech nobility, and they once held the rank of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire.
- Joseph II, 6th Prince of Schwarzenberg
- Seinsheim
Adolph (Fürst zu) Schwarzenberg (* 18. August 1890 in Frauenberg, Böhmen; † 27. Februar 1950 in Bordighera, Italien) war ein böhmischer Adliger und wurde 1938 einer der größten Grundbesitzer der Tschechoslowakei .
Adolph Schwarzenberg had been a staunch supporter of the first Czechoslovak Republic right from the beginning. Despite the substantial property losses the family had endured in the cause of the first land reform, he remained an untiring supporter of the Czechoslovak Republic.
Adolph Schwarzenberg’s stance against the Nazis and the Third Reich was clear even before the occupation of the Czech Lands and the outbreak of WWII: in 1937 he invited Edvard Beneš to Český Krumlov castle, where he gave him a million crowns, at the time a very considerable sum, for the defence of Czechoslovakia against Germany.
Was Schwarzenberg a Realpolitiker attempting a decisive turn from the policies of Prince Clemens von Metternich, as the traditional interpretation would have it?
His coup d'état of 2 December 1851 and his decision to take the title of emperor the next year were dramatic steps in the rise of the new Bonaparte from exile to arbiter of Europe. Understandably, these acts have attracted the attention of numerous historians.
