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He was born at Mýto, Rokycany District, Bohemia.

His father was a cultured man, and his mother was the sister of Raphael Georg Kiesewetter ( 1773 – 1850 ), the musical archaeologist and collector.

Ambros studied at the University of Prague and was well-educated in music and the arts, which were his abiding passion.

He was, however, destined for the law and an official career in the Austrian civil service, and he occupied various important posts under the ministry of justice, music being an avocation.