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| name           =Joseph
| title          =Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau
| image          =Joseph, 4.Fürst Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau.jpg
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| spouse = Countess Rosa of Harrach of Rohrau and Thannhausen
| issue = Maria Sidonia, Princess of Lobkowicz <br>Countess Maria Rosa Johanna<br>[[Ferdinand, 5th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau]]<br>Count Franz de Paula
| full name      =Joseph Ernst Leonhard Dominik
| house          =[[House of Kinsky]]
| father         =[[Franz de Paula Ulrich, 3rd Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau]]
| mother         =Countess Maria Sidonie of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
| birth_date  ={{birth date|1751|1|12|df=y}}
| birth_place =[[Vienna]], [[Habsburg monarchy]]
| death_date  ={{death date and age|1798|8|11|1751|1|12|df=y}}
| death_place =[[Prague]], [[Kingdom of Bohemia]]
}}
'''Joseph, 4th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau''' ({{langx|de|Joseph Ernst Leonhard Dominik Fürst Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau}}; 12 January 1751{{spaced ndash}}11 August 1798) was the 4th [[House of Kinsky#Princes Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau|Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau]].
==Early life==
Joseph was born at [[Vienna]], [[Habsburg monarchy]] second son of [[Franz de Paula Ulrich, 3rd Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau]] and Countess Maria Sidonie of Hohenzollern-Hechingen. He became the prince upon the death of his father in 1792.
==Political career==
Joseph became an [[Imperial Chamber Court|Imperial chamberlain]] in 1767, [[Lord-in-waiting]] (wirklicher Kammerherr) in 1772, counsellor to the government of the [[Archduchy of Austria]] in 1774, and imperial counsellor in 1775. In this role he travelled extensively throughout [[Europe]]. He succeeded his father in 1792, becoming the 4th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau. At this stage he resigned his position in the state service.
He was a patron of [[Pavel Wranitzky]] (1756–1808) and other [[Moravia]]n and [[Bohemia]]n musicians in Vienna.
==Marriage and family==
Joseph married on 23 April 1777 in [[Vienna]] to Countess Rosa of Harrach of Rohrau and Thannhausen (1758–1814), youngest daughter of [[Ferdinand Bonaventura II von Harrach]] and his wife, Countess Maria Rosa of Harrach of Rohrau and Thannhausen.
They had four children:
*Countess Maria Sidonia of Wchinitz and Tettau (12 February 1779 – 26 March 1837), married in 1796 to Anton Isidor, Prince of Lobkowicz; had issue.
*Countess Maria Rosa Johanna of Wchinitz and Tettau (23 May 1780 – 16 March 1842), married to Franz Anton, Count of Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky (1778-1861).
*[[Ferdinand, 5th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau]] (5 December 1781 – 3 November 1812), married in 1801 to Baroness Maria Charlotte Caroline of Kerpen; had issue.
*Count Franz de Paula Joseph of Wchinitz and Tettau (23 March 1784 – 17 November 1823), married in 1809 to Countess Therese of Wrbna and Freudenthal; had issue, including [[Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau]].
==Ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''Joseph, 4th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau'''
|2= 2. [[Franz de Paula Ulrich, 3rd Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau]]
|3= 3. [[Countess Sidonie of Hohenzollern-Hechingen]]
|4= 4. [[Philip Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau|Count Philip Joseph Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau]]
|5= 5. Countess Marie Karolina Borita of Martinic
|6= 6. [[Count Hermann Friedrich of Hohenzollern-Hechingen]]
|7= 7. [[Countess Maria Josefa of Oettingen-Spielberg]]
|8= 8. [[Count Wenceslaus Norbert Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau]]
|9= 9. Baroness Anna Theresia of Nesselrode
|10= 10. [[Count Jiri Adam Ignác Borita of Martinic]]
|11= 11. Countess Josepha of Sternberka
|12= 12. [[Philip, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Philipp, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen]]
|13= 13. [[Margravine Marie Sidonie of Baden]]
|14= 14. [[Franz Albrecht, Prince of Oettingen-Spielberg]]
|15= 15. Baroness Johanna Margaretha of Schwendi
|16= 16. [[Count Jan Oktavian Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau]]
|17= 17. Countess Margaretha Magdalena of Porcia and Brugnera
|18= 18. [[Philipp Wilhelm Christoph, Baron of Nesselrode]]
|19= 19. Baroness Adriana of Leerodt
|20= 20. [[Count Maximilian Valentin Borita of Martinic]]
|21= 21. Anna Katharina Bukuwka von Bukuwky
|22= 22. [[Count Oldrich Adolf Vratislav of Sternberka]]
|23= 23. Count Anna Lucia Slavata of Chlumu a Kosumberka
|24= 24. [[John George, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Johann Georg, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen]]
|25= 25. [[Countess Franziska of Salm, Wild- and Rheingräfin in Neufville]]
|26= 26. [[Herman Fortunatus, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern|Hermann Fortunatus, Margrave of Baden in Rodemachern]]
|27= 27. [[Countess Antonie Elisabeth of Criechingen]]
|28= 28. [[Johann Franz, Count of Oettingen of Spielberg]]
|29= 29. Countess Ludovica Rosalia of Attems
|30= 30. Franz Ignaz, Baron of Schwendi
|31= 31. Countess Maria Margareta [[Fugger family|Fugger of Glött]]
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==Notes and sources==
*Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 1956 548
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