Eugen Erwein von Schönborn-Heusenstamm
Eugen Erwein von Schönborn-Heusenstamm (27 January 1727 – 25 July 1801) was an Austrian imperial official and nobleman.
He was born in Mainz a few months after his father died. His father was Anselm Franz von Schönborn-Heusenstamm (1681–1726) and his mother was Maria Theresia von Montfort-Tettnang. He came from the Schönborn family, which included several important churchmen and diplomats.
He became Count of Schönborn-Heusenstamm, a small territory formed in 1717. The county included Heusenstamm Castle, built in 1661 by his grandfather Philipp Erwein von Schönborn. He expanded the family holdings by acquiring more estates. He inherited the Weyerburg estate and the Mautern an der Donau estate from his uncle. In 1766 he bought the Rossatz estate near Mautern. He also bought Hessenstein Castle and the large Hungarian estate of Munkács from his uncle Rudolf Franz. In Munkács he built a hosiery factory and a large stud farm. In 1782 he built a bridge over the Latorica river.
Eugen Erwein held important offices in Austria. He was an Imperial Privy Councillor, Chamberlain, and Supreme Hereditary Cupbearer of Austria. He received the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1790.
He married twice. In 1751 he wed Princess Elisabeth Josepha zu Salm-Salm (1729–1775). They had five daughters and two sons. After her death, he married Princess Marie Theresia of Colloredo (born 1744) in 1776, but they did not have any children.
Eugen Erwein von Schönborn-Heusenstamm died on 25 July 1801 in Vienna at the age of 74. Since both of his sons died young and his daughters could not inherit, the family estates went to the Franconian line, started by Rudolph Franz Erwein.
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