LAST PRINCES OF THE HOUSE OF COLLALTO E SAN SALVATORE IN MORAVIA

This study deals with life and activities of the last four Princes Collalto e San Salvatore who owned the Moravian family estates between 1854 and 1945. On the basis of preserved archive materials, it provides a biographical overview of their lives, family situation and of their activities connected with Moravian estates during the end of Austria-Hungary, First Czechoslovak Republic and post-war Czechoslovakia. Among these four Collaltos, Emanuel Josef (1854–1924) is the central figure, though, to understand the stagnation of the House of Collalto under its four last Princes, attention is also paid to Emanuel’s father Eduard and his two successors: Manfred and Octavian.