to Spain, Savoy and Brandenburg. When in 1703 he returned from a diplomatic mission to France and Portugal on a Portuguese ship, he was captured by the French and held at Vincennes for nearly a year. His release came as a prisoner exchange for the French marshal François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy. Georg Christian von Waldstein-Wartenberg (Prague, 16 April 1743 – Litomyšl, 6 October 1791) was the Bohemian great-grandfather of King Ferdinand II of Portugal, Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Victoria, Duchess of Nemours. Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein (14 February 1759 – 24 May 1823) was an Austrian soldier, explorer and naturalist. Ferdinand Ernst Gabriel von Waldstein (24 March 1762 – 26 May 1823) was a statesman and an early patron of famous composer Ludwig van Beethoven. Emmanuel Ernst von Waldstein was the 6th Bishop of Litoměřice, a patron of art and science. References Further reading External links Stanislav Kasík: Die Waldsteiner. from: Waldsteiner Bildergalerie im Egerer Museum – Katalog zur ständigen Ausstellung. Eger 1999