Jakob Anton of Dietrichstein
Jakob Anton of Dietrichstein (24 July 1678 – 15 May 1721) was a German prince member of the House of Dietrichstein. He was eighteenth child and ninth (but fourth surviving) son of Ferdinand Joseph, 3rd Prince of Dietrichstein, and Marie Elisabeth, a daughter of Johann Anton I, Prince of Eggenberg, Duke of Český Krumlov and Princely Count ("gefürsteter Graf") of Gradisca d'Isonzo. Life. As the youngest surviving son of his family, Jakob Anton had no chances to inherit a substantial part of the Dietrichstein heritage, due to the institution of the primogeniture. In 1709, Jakob Anton married  firstly with Countess Maria Carolina of Wolfsthal (d. in childbirth, 15 January 1711). They had two children: On 23 October 1715, Jakob Anton married secondly with Maria Anna Franziska Magdalena Sophia (1 September 1688 – 1 December 1757), a daughter of Gundackar XVI, Count of Starhemberg-Schaunberg and Maria Anna of Rappach. They had five children: