His maternal grandfather, Baron György Luzsénszky (1721–1773), Hungarian nobleman was owner of extensive lands in Hungary.

[citation needed] On 25 September 1848, the Viennese Court appointed Lamberg as the military commander and provisional palatine of Hungary.

While he was crossing the Chain Bridge, an angered mob frustrated by the approaching Croatian army recognised Lamberg, murdered him, mutilated the body and triumphantly carried its pieces around, impaled on scythes.

Lamberg married Countess Caroline Hoyos von und zu Stichsenstein on 19 April 1828 in Vienna.

She was the daughter of Count John Ernest Hoyos (1779–1859), a wealthy landowner, and his wife, Countess Maria Theresia von Schlabrendorf (1781–1862).