The article describes the houses, palaces and chateaus of Emanuel Collalto e San Salvatore with the emphasis on the places he himself built and used as temporary or permanent residences. These comprise the Moravian castle Uherčice and the small chateau Kněžice near Brtnice, which he used as his summer residences or for temporary stays purposed to manage his Moravian estates. Furthermore, it includes Viennese houses built by prince Collalto: the house at Rathausstrasse 21 and two villas in Heiligenstadt. The personality of prince Emanuel is described with regard to his housing and settlement preferences.
This article looks at the life and personality of Emanuel Josef, the fourth Prince of Collalto e San Salvatore, a prince whose great-niece called him the last man of the old regime in Austria due to his impractical and odd character. The study looks only at the three most significant periods of his life: 1) his birth and childhood, 2) his morganatic marriage and its consequences, and 3) his family and financial situation at the time of his death. It relies on preserved archived materials and the contemporary press to do so. The objective is to acquire a closer look at the somewhat contradictory head of the Collalto family in the second half of the 19th century and early 20th century.
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