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Johannes Nepomuk Schwarzenberg (Czech: Jan Nepomuk; born December 1967 in Vienna) is the eldest child of Karel Schwarzenberg (1937–2023), the former Czech foreign minister [1]. On his father's death he inherited the family's titles and estates in the Czech Republic and Austria [1]. He belongs to the House of Schwarzenberg, one of the houses covered in GOTHA's guide to the mediatized houses. This page uses only a Czech national newspaper and the website of Orlík Castle.
Head of the house
Deník reports that after Karel Schwarzenberg's death the titles and family property passed to his son, and that the two Czech branches of the Schwarzenbergs, Orlík and Krumlov-Hluboká, had been united in his father's person, making Johannes Nepomuk the main heir of the house [1].
Note on sources. Noble titles are abolished in the Czech Republic, and Deník therefore presents the titles above as those he "would bear" if they had not been abolished [1]. GOTHA uses them as traditional titles only.
The family estates
He has administered the family estates since 2007, among them Orlík, Schloss Obermurau in Styria and the Schwarzenberg Palace in Vienna [1]. These properties belong formally to a family foundation, which he manages [1]. Orlík Castle states that the Schwarzenbergs held Orlík until its nationalisation in 1948, that it was returned to Karel Schwarzenberg through restitution after 1992, and that it now belongs to the Princely Schwarzenberg Foundation and is administered by Johannes Nepomuk Schwarzenberg [2].
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