On 17 October 1703, Lobkowicz married Countess Eleonore Karoline von Lobkowicz auf Bílina (1684–1720), a daughter of
Wenzel Ferdinand Popel von Lobkowitz (the
Habsburg Envoy to France). Before her death on 3 March 1720, the couple had one son: • Ferdinand von Lobkowicz (d. 1704), who died young. After the death of his first wife, he married Countess Maria Wilhelmine von
Althann (1704–1757) on 25 August 1721. She was a cousin of Count
Gundaker Ludwig von Althann. Together, they were the parents of: •
Wenzel Ferdinand, 5th Prince of Lobkowicz (1723–1739), who died unmarried. •
Ferdinand Philipp Joseph, 6th Prince of Lobkowicz (1724–1784), who married Princess Maria Gabriella di
Savoia-Carignano, a daughter of
Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano and
Princess Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg (daughter of
Ernst II Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg), in 1769. • Marie Anne von Lobkowicz (1725–1729), who died young. • Anne Maria Elisabeth von Lobkowicz (1726–1786), who married diplomat Count
Anton Corfiz von Ulfeldt, in 1743. • Philip Joseph von Lobkowicz (1728–1729), who died young. • Charles Joseph von Lobkowicz (1732–1734), who died young. The Prince of Lobkowicz died on 21 December 1734 in
Vienna and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son,
Wenzel Ferdinand. He died, unmarried, in 1739 and the title passed to his younger brother,
Ferdinand.
Descendants Through his son
Ferdinand, he was a grandfather of
Joseph Franz, 7th Prince of Lobkowitz, who married Maria Karolina von
Schwarzenberg (daughter of
Johann I, Prince of Schwarzenberg and Countess Maria Eleonore zu
Oettingen-Wallerstein, a daughter of Count Philipp Karl von Oettingen-Wallerstein). They had twelve children. Through his daughter Anne Maria, he was a grandfather of
Elisabeth Ulfeldt (wife of
Count Georg Christian von Waldstein-Wartenberg; ancestors of several European monarchs through
Princess Maria Antonia Koháry), and
Maria Ulfeldt (wife of Count Josef von
Thun und Hohenstein; known for her patronage of
Mozart and
Beethoven). ==References==