President of the Lobkowicz Collections
Alexandra Lobkowicz was born in Boston, the daughter of a French mother and a Romanian diplomat father. She has lived and studied in Romania, Switzerland, and France, graduating in 1985 from Boston College where she earned her degree in Education. She began her career teaching at both public and private schools in Boston before her permanent relocation to Prague in 1992 with her husband, William. Alexandra became intimately involved in the restitution efforts of her husband’s family.
The Lobkowicz family is a 700-year-old Bohemian noble family whose successive generations have played an influential role in European politics and society, especially as patrons of the arts. The family’s art collections and properties were confiscated twice: first in 1939 by the Nazis and again after 1948 by the Communists, forcing the Lobkowiczes to flee their homeland. After the Velvet Revolution of 1989, the family returned to then Czechoslovakia undertook the restitution process to reclaim, reassemble, and restore their lost heritage, permanently opening it to the public for the first time in history.
Alexandra co-founded House of Lobkowiczwhich shares 700 years of Bohemian inspiration through five cultural heritage sites, offering event design and hospitality management services, cultural tourism experiences, and the Lobkowicz Collections—one of Europe’s oldest and finest private art collections. House of Lobkowicz oversees the Lobkowicz Palace in Prague Castle, Nelahozeves Castle and the adjacent Antonín Dvořák Birth House, Roudnice Castle, and Střekov Castle.
Alexandra is President of the non-profit Lobkowicz Collections, responsible for their day-to-day management and public display. She has overseen the curation and implementation of exhibitions, including Six Centuries of European Art Patronage at Nelahozeves Castle, opened with Former President of the Czech Republic Václav Havel (1997); The Princely Collections at the Lobkowicz Palace in Prague Castle (2007); and a new exhibition at Nelahozeves Castle entitled Private Spaces, A Noble Family at Home (2007). Alexandra has supervised international loans and restoration projects, as well as developed ongoing educational programs around the collections. She continues to explore the creative intersection of education and technology, particularly how digital tools can enhance learning and engagement with culture.
Alexandra has served on the board of a private school in Boston, as well as chaired the ISP Fund for Education, a Czech non-profit which raised funds for Czech schools. She has three grown children, two of whom are actively working in the family organization
