Background
A member of the Bohemian noble family, the House of Kinsky, Philip was born in Prague as the son of Count Wenceslaus Kinsky, a Bohemian high chancellor himself, and Maria Anna Theresia de Nesselrode zu Ereshoven.
A member of the Bohemian noble family, the House of Kinsky, Philip was born in Prague as the son of Count Wenceslaus Kinsky, a Bohemian high chancellor himself, and Maria Anna Theresia de Nesselrode zu Ereshoven.
Count Franz Karl (1722–1728)
Count Karl Joseph (1723–1724)
Countess Maria Josepha (1724–1754)
Franz de Paula Ulrich, Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau (1726–1792)
Countess Maria Anna (1727–1733)
Countess Maria Therese (1730–1797)
Countess Maria Antonia (1732–1752)
Count Johann Joseph (1734–1790)
Count Kinsky received a fine education and had many interests, such as improving education in Bohemia. He served Emperor Charles VI as an Imperial envoy in London between 1728 and 1736. Many feared him because of his temper.
He was thought to be willful, but also stubborn and arrogant, which is why he wasn"t very popular.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1731.
Royal Society.