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Josepha Sophie, Princess of Liechtenstein

Princess of Liechtenstein from 1805 to 1836


Princess of Liechtenstein from 1805 to 1836

FieldValue
consortyes
nameJosepha of Fürstenberg-Weitra
titleDuchess of Troppau and Jägerndorf
imageJosepha Sophie v Liechtenstein.jpg
captionPortrait by Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder
successionPrincess consort of Liechtenstein
reign24 March 1805 – 20 April 1836
birth_date
birth_placeVienna, Austria
death_date
death_placeVienna
burial_placeChurch of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Brno
spouse
issuePrincess Maria Leopoldine
Princess Karoline
Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein
Princess Maria, Countess Esterházy von Galántha
Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein
Prince Karl Johann
Princess Klothilda
Princess Henriette, Countess Hunyady von Kethély
Prince Friedrich Adalbert
Prince Eduard Franz
Prince August
Ida, Princess Paar
Prince Rudolf
full nameMaria Josepha Sophie
houseHouse of Fürstenberg-Weitra
fatherJoachim Egon, Landgrave of Fürstenberg-Weitra
motherCountess Sophia Maria of Oettingen-Wallerstein

Princess Karoline Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein Princess Maria, Countess Esterházy von Galántha Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein Prince Karl Johann Princess Klothilda Princess Henriette, Countess Hunyady von Kethély Prince Friedrich Adalbert Prince Eduard Franz Prince August Ida, Princess Paar Prince Rudolf

Landgravine Josepha of Fürstenberg-Weitra (; 21 June 177623 February 1848) was princess consort of Liechtenstein as wife of Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein. By virtue of her birth, she was member of the House of Fürstenberg. Around 1801 Beethoven made a dedication to Josepha, his Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, op.27, no. 1.

Early life

Josepha was born at Vienna, Austria, the first daughter of Joachim Egon, Landgrave of Fürstenberg-Weitra (1749–1828) and his wife, Countess Sophia Maria of Oettingen-Wallerstein (1751–1835).

Personal life

On 12 April 1792 in Vienna, she married Prince Johann Joseph of Liechtenstein (1776–1848), the fourth son of Franz Joseph I and Countess Leopoldine von Sternberg. After his elder brother Aloys's death in 1805, Prince Johann Joseph became heir apparent to the Principality of Liechtenstein. Together, they had fourteen children:

  • Princess Maria Leopoldine Josepha Sophia Aemiliana (1793–1808), who died young.
  • Princess Karoline (1795–1795), who died in infancy.
  • Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1796–1858), who married Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau in 1831.
  • Princess Maria Sophie Josepha (1798–1869), who married Count Vincenz Esterházy von Galántha in Vienna in 1817.
  • Princess Maria Josepha (1800–1884), who died unmarried and without issue.
  • Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein (1802–1887), who married Countess Julia Potocka and had issue; his great-grandson would eventually become Prince Franz Joseph II.
  • Prince Karl Johann of Liechtenstein (1803–1871), who married Countess Rosalie d'Hemricourt von Grünne and had issue.
  • Princess Klothilda Leopoldina Josepha (1804–1807), who died young.
  • Princess Henriette (1806–1886), who married Count Joseph Hunyady von Kethély in Vienna in 1825.
  • Prince Friedrich Adalbert (1807–1885), 1,018th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria; he married Johanna Sophie Christiane Löwe in 1848 at Schloss Rosegg.
  • Prince Eduard Franz of Liechtenstein (1809–1864), who married Countess Honoria Choloniowa-Choloniewska.
  • Prince August Ludwig Ignaz (1810–1824), who died unmarried.
  • Princess Ida Leopoldine Sophie Marie Josephine Franziska (1811–1884), a Dame of the Imperial Court, Dame of the Order of the Starry Cross; she married Karl, 4th Prince Paar von Hartberg und Krottenstein in Vienna in 1832.
  • Prince Rudolf Maria Franz Placidus (1816–1848), who unmarried and without issue.

Princess Josepha died in Vienna on 23 February 1848.

References

References

  1. (15 January 2015). "The Charmed Circle: Joseph II and the 'Five Princesses,' 1765-1790". [[Purdue University Press]].
  2. (2004). "Almanach de Gotha: Annual Genealogical Reference". [[Almanach de Gotha]].
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