Career
His father was Johann Weikhard of Auersperg (1615–1677) was a hereditary Imperial Prince and in 1653 or 1654, Emperor Ferdinand III, in his capacity as King of Bohemia, had enfeoffed him with the Duchy of Münsterberg. In 1678, Johann Ferdinand married Countess Anna Maria of Herberstein (1660–1726). They had a daughter, Maria Theresa of Auersperg (1686–1756), who married Count Georg Siegmund of Auersperg-Kirchberg.
Johann Ferdinand died in 1705.