Leopoldine von Sternberg

Leopoldine
Princess consort of Liechtenstein
Tenure 10 February 1772 - 18 August 1781
Born (1733-12-11)11 December 1733
Vienna, Austria
Died 1 March 1809(1809-03-01) (aged 75)
Valtice, Austrian Empire
Burial Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Brno
Spouse Franz Joseph I of Liechtenstein
Full name
Maria Leopoldine Walburga Eva
House House of Sternberg
Father Count Franz Philipp of Sternberg
Mother Countess Leopoldine of Starhemberg

Leopoldine von Sternberg (Maria Leopoldine Walburga Eva; 11 December 1733, Vienna – 1 March 1809, Valtice) was a princess consort of Liechtenstein by marriage to Prince Franz Joseph I. She is noted to have belonged to the discussion circle of Eleonore of Liechtenstein, who acted as political advisers to Emperor Joseph II.

Life

She was the daughter of Count Franz Philipp of Sternberg and Countess Leopoldine of Starhemberg. Marie Leopoldine married Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein, on 6 July 1750 in Valtice or Feldsberg.

After the death of her spouse in 1781, she lived permanently in Vienna with her youngest daughter, Maria Josepha Hermenegilde.

She belonged to the salon or discussion circle of five princesses, headed by Eleonore of Liechtenstein, who acted as the political advisers of Emperor Joseph II, and who met him once a week (four times a week after 1780) to discuss state affairs: their circle consisted of Eleonore of Liechtenstein, Maria Josepha Fürstin Clary (1728-1801), Maria Sidonia Princess Kinsky (1729-1815), and Leopoldine von Sternberg (1733-1809); field marshal Franz Moritz von Lacy (1725-1801) and the chief treasury Franz Xaver Wolfgang von Orsini-Rosenberg (1723-1796) also frequently attended their discussion circle.

Issue

She couple had eight children:

Ancestry

References

  1. Theroff, Paul. "Landgravial House of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rothenburg". www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/ (Paul Theroff’s Royal Genealogy Site).
  2. Theroff, Paul. "Princely and Countly House of Esterházy de Galántha". www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/ (Paul Theroff’s Royal Genealogy Site).
Leopoldine von Sternberg
House of Sternberg
Born: 11 December 1733 Died: 1 March 1809
Liechtensteiner royalty
Preceded by
Anna Maria of Liechtenstein
Princess consort of Liechtenstein
1772–1781
Succeeded by
Karoline von Manderscheid-Blankenheim

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