Althann was the son of Christoph Freiherr von Althann auf Goldburg und Murstetten (died Vienna, 1589) and Elisabeth Freiin Teuffel von Gundersdorff.

In 1606 he married Elisabeth von Stotzingen, daughter of the governor of Lower Austria; in 1627 he married Maria Eva von Sternberg.
Althann was the son of Christoph Freiherr von Althann auf Goldburg und Murstetten (died Vienna, 1589) and Elisabeth Freiin Teuffel von Gundersdorff.
In 1606 he married Elisabeth von Stotzingen, daughter of the governor of Lower Austria; in 1627 he married Maria Eva von Sternberg.
Michael Adolph von Althann