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{{Short description|Austro-Bohemian noble and politician}}
{{distinguish|Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz}}
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{{Infobox nobility
| name                 = Georg Christian
| image                = Georg Christian von Lobkowitz.jpg
| title                = [[House of Lobkowicz|Prince of Lobkowicz]]
| caption              = Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz 
| spouse               = Princess Anna Maria von und zu [[Liechtenstein]]
| issue                = 12
| full name            =
| noble family         = [[House of Lobkowicz]]
| father               = [[August Longin, Prince of Lobkowicz]]
| mother               = Sidonia, Countess [[Kinsky]]
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1835|5|14|df=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Vienna]], [[Austrian Empire]]
| death_date        = {{death date and age|1908|12|22|1835|5|14|df=y}}
| death_place       = [[Prague]], [[Austria-Hungary]]
}}

'''Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz''' ({{langx|cs|Jiří Kristián z Lobkovic}}; 14 May 1835 – 22 December 1908) was a Austro-Bohemian noble and politician. He was member of the old [[Bohemia]]n aristocratic [[Lobkowicz family]] and an influential politician of late 19th century Bohemia and [[Austria-Hungary]]. He was a Prince (''Fürst'') of Lobkowicz.

==Early life==
Born in [[Vienna]] as a son of [[August Longin, Prince of Lobkowicz]], and his wife Sidonia, née Countess [[Kinsky]], he was one of the political leaders of the conservative Bohemian nobility. His sister, Princess Rosa von Lobkowitz, married Count [[Erwin von Neipperg]] (a stepson of [[List of French royal consorts|Empress]] [[Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma|Marie Louise]], the widow of [[Napoleon]] who was also the eldest child of [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor]]).

==Career==
From 1865 to 1872 and, again, from 1883 to 1907, Lobkowicz was a member of the Bohemian [[Diet (assembly)|Diet]], presiding over it from 1871 to 1872 and, again, from 1883 to 1907 as Land Marshal of Bohemia. He served as deputy in the ''[[Abgeordnetenhaus (Austria)|Abgeordnetenhaus]]'' of the [[Austrian Parliament]] (''[[Reichsrat (Austria)|Reichsrat]]'') from 1879 to 1883 and became a hereditary member of the ''[[Imperial Council (Austria)#House of Lords|Herrenhaus]]'' in 1883. In 1871, he was involved in negotiations concerning the relationship between Bohemia and Austria.

==Personal life==
He married Princess Anna Maria von und zu [[Liechtenstein]] (1846-1924), of the [[House of Liechtenstein]], in [[Vienna]] on 22 May 1864, by whom he had 12 children, including John Adolph of Lobkowicz, Frederick of Lobkowicz, Marie Theresia, Prinzessin von Lobkowicz, Therese Prinzessin von Lobkowicz, Rosa Prinzessin von Lobkowicz, Anna Bertha, Prinzessin von Lobkowicz, and Sidonie von Lobkowitz (wife of Maximilian von Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee). He died in [[Prague]].<ref>{{NDB|14|735|736|Lobkowitz, Georg Christian Fürst von|Moritz Csáky}}</ref>

===Descendants===
His daughter, Marie, Princess of Lobkowicz, married Karl, Count of [[Eltz]], the grandfather of Christiane, Countess of Eltz, the mother of [[Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg]].

==Orders and decorations==
* {{flag|Austria-Hungary}}:<ref name="handbuch1907i">{{citation|chapter-url=https://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/alex?aid=shb&datum=1907&page=954&size=45|chapter=Königreich Böhmen|title=Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie|date=1907|access-date=2 November 2019|page=650}}</ref>
** Grand Cross of the [[Order of Leopold (Austria)|Imperial Order of Leopold]], ''1891''<ref name="handbuch1907ii">{{citation|chapter-url=https://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/alex?aid=shb&datum=1907&size=45&page=357|chapter=Ritter-Orden|title=Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie|date=1907|access-date=2 November 2019|pages=[https://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/alex?aid=shb&datum=1907&page=358&size=45 54], [https://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/alex?aid=shb&datum=1907&page=360&size=45 56], [https://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/alex?aid=shb&datum=1907&size=45&page=364 60]}}</ref>
** [[Order of the Golden Fleece|Knight of the Golden Fleece]], ''1903''<ref name="handbuch1907ii"/>
** [[Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary|Grand Cross of St. Stephen]], ''1905''<ref name="handbuch1907ii"/>
* {{flag|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}}: Knight of Honour and Devotion<ref name="handbuch1907i"/>

==Ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz'''
|2= 2. [[August Longin, Prince of Lobkowicz]]
|3= 3. [[Princess Bertha of Schwarzenberg]]
|4= 4. [[Anton Isidor, Prince of Lobkowicz]]
|5= 5. Countess Maria Sidonia Kinská z Vchynic a Tetova
|6= 6. [[Joseph II (Schwarzenberg)|Joseph II. Johann, 6th Prince of Schwarzenberg]]
|7= 7. [[Princess and Duchess Pauline d'Arenberg]]
|8= 8. [[August Anton, Prince of Lobkowicz]]
|9= 9. Countess Maria Ludmilla Czernin z Chudenic
|10= 10. [[Joseph, 4th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau|Joseph, 4th Prince Kinský z Vchynic a Tetova]]
|11= 11. Countess Rosa Harrach of Rohrau and Thannhausen
|12= 12. [[Johann I, Prince of Schwarzenberg|Johann I. Joseph, 5th Prince of Schwarzenberg]]
|13= 13. [[Countess Marie Eleonore Oettingen-Wallerstein]]
|14= 14. [[Louis Engelbert, 6th Duke of Arenberg]]
|15= 15. [[Louise Antoinette de Brancas-Villars, Comtesse de Lauraquais]]
|16= 16. [[Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz]]
|17= 17. Countess Maria Henriette [[House of Waldstein|Waldstein-Wartenberg]]
|18= 18. Count František Antonín [[Czernin von und zu Chudenitz|Czernin z Chudenic]]
|19= 19. Isabella Johanna Maria, Countess de [[House of Mérode|Mérode]]
|20= 20. [[Franz de Paula Ulrich, 3rd Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau|Franz Ulrich, 3rd Prince Kinský z Vchynic a Tetova]]
|21= 21. Countess Sidonie [[Hohenzollern-Hechingen]]
|22= 22. Count [[Ferdinand Bonaventura II. Harrach of Rohrau and Thannhausen]]
|23= 23. Countess Maria Rosa [[Harrach|Harrach of Rohrau and Thannhausen]]
|24= 24. [[Joseph I Adam of Schwarzenberg|Joseph I. Adam, 4th Prince of Schwarzenberg]] 
|25= 25. Princess Theresia of [[Princely Family of Liechtenstein|Liechtenstein]]
|26= 26. Count Philipp Charles [[House of Oettingen-Wallerstein|Oettingen-Wallerstein]]
|27= 27. [[Countess Charlotte Juliane Oettingen-Baldern]]
|28= 28. [[Charles Marie Raymond d'Arenberg|Charles Marie Raymond, Prince and 5th Duke of Arenberg]]
|29= 29. [[Louise Marguerite, Countess de La Marck and de Schleiden]] 
|30= 30. Louis Léon Félicité de Brancas, Duke de Lauraquais, [[Duc de Brancas|Duke de Brancas]]
|31= 31. [[Princess Elisabeth Pauline de Gand-Vilain de Mérode Montmorency]]
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