Josefa zu Fürstenberg-Weitra

Johann Baptist von Lampi : Josefa zu Fürstenberg-Weitra

Landgravine Maria Josefa Sophie zu Fürstenberg-Weitra (born June 21, 1776 in Vienna ; † February 23, 1848 ibid) was a princess from and to Liechtenstein .

Life and family

She was born in Vienna as the daughter of Landgrave Joachim Egon zu Fürstenberg-Weitra and his wife Countess Sophia Theresia zu Oettingen-Wallerstein . On April 12, 1792, she married Colonel Prince Johann I Josef von und zu Liechtenstein in Vienna, and from 1805 Prince and Regent of the House of Liechtenstein. The couple had thirteen children:

• Leopoldine Maria Josepha (September 11, 1793 - July 28, 1808); Grave site: Wranau
• Alois II. Josef (May 26, 1796 - November 12, 1858), married Countess Franziska Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau in 1831
• Sophie Maria Josepha (Vienna September 5, 1798 - June 17, 1869 ibid), married Count Vinzenz Esterhàzy Baron zu Galántha († 1835) in 1817; Princess Esterházy was the court lady of Empress Elisabeth and was immortalized in the "Sissy" films (portrayed by Helene Lauterböck ); Grave site: Wranau
• Marie Josephine (Vienna January 11, 1800 - June 13, 1884 ibid); Grave site: Ischl
• Franz de Paula Joachim Josef (Vienna February 25, 1802 - March 31, 1887 ibid), KuK Feldmarschallleutnant, married Julia Countess Potocki in 1841; Great-grandparents of Franz Josef II (1906–1989) and ancestors of today's Princely House; Grave site: Wranau
• Karl Johann Anton (Vienna June 14, 1803 - October 12, 1871 Ischl), 1806–1813 nominally regent of the principality; married Countess Rosalie von Grünne in 1836, widowed Countess von Schönfeld (March 3, 1805 - April 20, 1841); Grave site: Neulengbach
• Klothilde (April 19, 1804 - January 27, 1807 Vienna); Grave site: Wranau
• Henriette (Hermanestec April 1, 1806 - June 15, 1886 Ischl), married Count József Hunyady von Kéthely (1801–1869) in 1825 ; Grave site: Ischl?
• Friedrich (September 21, 1807 - May 1, 1885 Vienna), married the kuk Kammersängerin Sophie Löwe in 1848 (March 24, 1811 - September 28, 1866); Grave site: Wranau
• Eduard Franz Ludwig (February 22, 1809 Vienna - June 27, 1864 Karlsbad), married Countess Honoria Chonloniewska in 1839. Kowniacki (August 1, 1813 - September 1, 1869); Grave site: Wranau
• August (Ludwig) Ignaz (Vienna April 22, 1810 - May 27, 1884 ibid); Grave site: Wranau
• Ida Leopoldine Sophie (Eisgrub September 12, 1811 - June 27, 1884 Vienna), married Karl Fürst Paar (1806–1881) in 1832; Burial place: Bechyne
• Rudolf (Vienna October 5, 1816 - June 19, 1848 in Vincenza by being wounded)

Relationship with Beethoven

Princess Josefa is the recipient of Ludwig van Beethoven's piano sonata op. 27 No. 1 “Quasi una fantasia” , which was published in 1801.

tomb

Liechtenstein crypt in Wranau

Princess Josefa was buried at the side of her husband Johann I in 1848 in the New Crypt of the Liechtenstein family crypt in Wranau , north of Brno, which he built.

swell

• Wilhelm Karl Prince of Isenburg: Family tables on the history of the European states. Volume I. The German States . 2nd improved edition. JA Stargardt Verlag, Marburg 1953, plates 175–179.
• Detlef Schwennicke (Ed.): European family tables. Family tables on the history of the European states. New episode (EST NF), Volume III / 1 . JA Stargardt Verlag, Marburg, panels 30–39.
• Norbert Jansen: Franz Josef II. Ruling prince from and to Liechtenstein. Festschrift for the 40th anniversary of the government of the SD Official Teaching Aid Publishing House, Vaduz 1978 (multilingual edition German-English-French).
• Harald Wanger: The ruling princes of Liechtenstein . Frank P. van Eck Publishing House, Triesen 1995, ISBN 3-905501-22-8 .
• Gustav Wilhelm: Family table of the Princely House of Liechtenstein. Vaduz n.d., plate 7.
• Center d'Études des Dynasties Royales Européenes.

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Liechtenstein, Josephine Sophie Fürstin . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 15th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1866, p. 128 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Herbert Haupt: Fürstenberg-Weitra, Josepha Sophie Landgräfin zu. In: Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein .

predecessor	Office	Successor
Karoline von Manderscheid-Blankenheim	Princess of Liechtenstein 1805–1836	Franziska Kinsky from Wchinitz and Tettau