Zdenko of Lobkowicz

Zdenko Lobkowitz (full name Maria Zdenko Vinzenz Kaspar Prince of Lobkowitz; 5 May 1858 – 13 August 1933) was an Austrian officer in the Common Army of Austria-Hungary and a confidant of its last Emperor-King, Charles I. He was a member of the princely Lobkowicz family, an old Bohemian noble family. Biography Zdenko Lobkowitz was born on 5 May 1858 in Vienna. He was one of the ten children of Cavalry General (1803–1875) and his second wife, Maria Sidonia of Lobkowicz (1828–1917). After attending the gymnasium, in July 1876 the Prince joined the 14th Dragoon Regiment (Prince of Windisch-Graetz's Own), which was then stationed in Kőszeg in western Hungary. In 1878 he passed the cadet examination and became a lieutenant in the 1st Dragoon Regiment (Emperor Francis I's Own) at Stanislau in Galicia, where he served until May 1901. He was promoted to Rittmeister in 1890. He then served in the 7th Dragoon Regiment (Duke of Lorraine's Own) in Brandýs nad Labem. In 1902 he became a major and in 1906 a lieutenant colonel.