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Ferdinand Kinsky was married twice and had a total of 16 children. His first wife was Marie Therese Eleonore Gräfin von Fünfkirchen (1675–1729), and his second wife Maria Augustina Countess Pálffy de Erdőd (1714–1759). He had:
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Ferdinand Kinsky comes from the Bohemian aristocratic family of
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Ferdinand, Count Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau
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Ferdinand Graf Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau
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