Career
Born at Prague, he was 5th Bishop of České Budějovice (1883–1885) and 28th Archbishop of Prague (from 1885), and was created Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in 1889. He was a son of Erwein Damian Hugo, Count of Schönborn-Wiesentheid (1812-1881) and Christina Maria Josefa Countess von Brühl (1817-1902).