He grew up at the Imperial Court of Vienna and gained a vast knowledge. He was very good at economic thinking, he was also an advocate of enlightened sciences and mercantilism. He made Sloup the centre of his enterprise endeavour and moved there his court.

In 1733, he built a new château in Sloup in accordance with both Baroque architecture philosophy and a sophisticated urban planning. An axis was marked out, starting from an already standing church located in the heart of the village of Sloup. On this axis, some supporting outbuildings, château, gardens and lime tree alley were placed. The alley went up a small hillside along the road to Nový Bor, ending up on a small yard where the Chapel of Saint John of Nepomuk, representing the family tomb, put an end to the 750 m long Baroque complex. Just next to the château, a hospital was built. It has been converted and serves nowadays as a house for the elderly. The count was also a keen supporter of arts. Antonín Braun (who learned crafts from his famous father Matyáš Braun) and Antonín Max (the grandfather of the family of Max which was a famous artistic family in the 19ththth and 20th century) both worked in Sloup.

In 1733, he built a new château in Sloup in accordance with both Baroque architecture philosophy and a sophisticated urban planning. An axis was marked out, starting from an already standing church located in the heart of the village of Sloup. On this axis, some supporting outbuildings, château, gardens and lime tree alley were placed. The alley went up a small hillside along the road to Nový Bor, ending up on a small yard where the Chapel of Saint John of Nepomuk, representing the family tomb, put an end to the 750 m long Baroque complex. Just next to the château, a hospital was built. It has been converted and serves nowadays as a house for the elderly. The count was also a keen supporter of arts. Antonín Braun (who learned crafts from his famous father Matyáš Braun) and Antonín Max (the grandfather of the family of Max which was a famous artistic family in the 19ththth and 20th century) both worked in Sloup.

He processed textile and did trade with it. Furthermore, he was successful in developing the trade with raw materials needed fot the textile production. In order to get the trading rights in the small but more conveniently situated village Haida (near Sloup), he asked Maria Theresa to promote Haida (Nový Bor) to a town (1757) with trading rights. He also focused on processing mirrors and doing trade with it. He gained master craftsmen into his service bringing new technologies with them. He provided the whole monarchy with all kinds of mirrors which he also exported into some even far away places in Europe. It is told that his mirros overshadowed the traditional mirror production from Venice in their quality.

The one, who brought such a prosperity, did not find his own noble family, died unmarried and childless in 1780.