#Maria Theresia of Liechtenstein

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Archduchesses Maria Annunziata (1876-1961) and Elisabeth Amalie of Austria (1878-1960). By Josefine Swoboda.

They were the daughters of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, brother of Emperor Franz Joseph. Maria Annunziata was Abbess of the Theresia Convent in the Hradschin, Prague; and Elisabeth Amalie Princess of Liechtenstein through her marriage to Prince Alois of Liechtenstein.

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✵July 27, 1968 ✵

Countess Maria Theresia von Goëß & Prince Eugen of Liechtenstein

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Princess Maria Theresia of Liechtenstein (11 May 1694 – 20 February 1772) was the heiress to the Silesian Duchy of Troppau (now Opava in Czech Republic). Countess of Soissons by marriage, she was the last person to hold the title. She had one son who predeceased her in 1734. Her son was engaged to Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, duchess of Massa and heiress to the Principality of Carrara.

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Royal Birthdays for today, May 11th:

Anawrahta, King of Burma, 1014

Anne of Bohemia, Queen of England, 1366

Maria Theresia of Liechtenstein,  Countess of Soissons, 1694

Victoire, French Princess, 1733

Irene, Princess of Greece and Denmark, 1942

Basma bint Talal, Princess of Jordan, 1951

Sangay Choden, Queen of Bhutan, 1963

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Maria Theresia of Liechtenstein, Countess of Soissons (11 May 1694 - 20 February 1772)

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Royal Wedding on 26 November 1924.

Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach (60) and Princess Wiltrud of Bavaria (40).

The bridegroom was the eldest son of Wilhelm, Duke of Urach and his second wife, Princess Florestine of Monaco. He was previously married to Duchess Amalie of Bavaria who died in 1912.

The bride was the sixth daughter of King Ludwig III of Bavaria and his wife, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este.

The bridal couple with Princess Wiltrud's niece and nephew, Countess Maria Theresia and Count Johann Kaspar von Preysing-Lichtenegg-Moos.

The wedding guests

Back row: Prince Eberhard of Urach, Prince Wilhelm of Urach, Prince Karl Aloys of Liechtenstein, Prince Karl Gero of Urach and Prince Albrecht of Urach.

Front row: Princess Margarete of Urach, Princess Karl Aloys of Liechtenstein, Princess Wiltrud of Bavaria, Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach, Princess Karola of Urach and Princess Mechthilde of Urach.

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Portrait of Princess Maria Theresia of Liechtenstein, Countess of Soissons (1694 –1772) by Martin van Meytens

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House of the descendants of Attila the Hun

The Hungarian princes of Esterházy constituted one of the most influential non-reigning dynasties of central Europe throughout the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The capital of Burgenland, the current Eisenstadt (Kismarton in Magyar) became the center of their possessions, as feudatories of the Kingdom of Hungary. The family increased its influence from 1613, when the first baron Esterházy was invested, and much more from 1687, year in which the count Pál received the title of prince of the Holy Roman Empire, germ of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Thus, the shadow of this family looms over the entire recent history of Burgenland.

The importance that Esterházy was to acquire is due to the castle-palace that stands at the foot of the Leithagebirge, the mountain range that protects Eisenstadt to the north. The building has its origins in a 14th century castle belonging to the Kanizsay family. In 1622, the possession of the town came into the hands of Miklós Esterházy, the first baron of the family and appointed Count of Fraknó in 1626.

In 1687, Emperor Leopold of Austria bestowed the dignity of imperial prince on Pál Esterházy, a nobleman typical of the Baroque period: a lover of culture and the arts, who excelled as a poet and composer of sacred music. He was in charge of giving it its present appearance, enlarging the originally military and frontier building, incorporating decorations made by Italian architects and artists who were already working in Vienna for the Emperor himself.

One of the most outstanding features of the building is the representation of the genealogy made for the family. The importance given to the mythological-legendary origin of the lineage made it go back at least as far as Attila himself, king of the Huns, considered ancestors of the Hungarians. The busts of the main characters of the lineage are sculpted on the main facade of the palace, identified with their genuine Magyar names.

Inside, construction began on the Great Hall, which immediately began to acquire the grandeur it maintains today, renamed after the chapel master who served the family for more than thirty years towards the end of the eighteenth century, Joseph Haydn. The Austrian composer, born in Lower Austria, but not far from Eisenstadt, served as chapel master from 1761, a position he left in 1790.

Haydn, after a hiatus during which he was in London, returned in 1795 to Eisenstadt and entered the service of Prince Miklós II, who commissioned him to produce religious music until 1802, when he ceased his service for the Esterházy.

Today, the Haydn Hall is the venue for numerous concerts and the main performances of the Haydn Festival, a musical event held at the palace. Schloss Esterházy provides the opportunity to stroll through its park open to the public. In it, you can find a gazebo, several ponds, as well as some semi-hidden paths among woods and meadows.

In the outbuildings you can visit the rooms of several key figures of the Esterházy family, such as the princesses Maria Josepha Hermenegilde (from the family of the princes of Liechtenstein), Maria Theresia (princess of Thurn und Taxis) or Lady Sarah (daughter of the earl of Jersey). Many contemporary objects were preserved despite the vicissitudes of the palace and its owners, who eventually moved to Switzerland during the 20th century. In the absence of direct descendants, a foundation currently manages the activities of the properties that once belonged to such a powerful family.

Photo: Esterházy Stiftung

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Master Post - Members by birth

Disclaimer: Houses that rule(d)/reside(d) in other countries but originally came from German and/or Austrian territories and/or are generally regarded as belonging to this cultural room are listed among the German & Austrian Houses.

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House of Ascania

Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst aka Catherine the Great

House of Coburg (Cadet branch of the House of Wettin)

Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, The Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine

Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess of Württemberg

Princess Charlotte of Belgium, The Empress of Mexico, Archduchess of Austria

Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, Crown Princess of Austria, Hungary & Bohemia

Princess Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess Royal, The German Empress

Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, The Princess of Leiningen, The Duchess of Kent

House of Griffin

Elizabeth of Pomerania, Holy Roman Empress

House of Habsburg

Archduchess Johanna of Austria, The Grand Duchess of Tuscany

Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, The Electress of Bavaria

Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Princess of Lorraine and Bar

Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria, The Electress of Bavaria

Archduchess Maria Antonia “Marie Antoinette” of Austria, The Queen of France and Navarre

Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria, The Empress of Brazil, Queen of Portugal & the Algarves

Maria Theresia, The Archduchess of Austria, Holy Roman Empress

Archduchess Sophie of Austria

House of Hanover (Cadet branch of the House of Welf)

Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, The Queen in Prussia

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, Empress of India

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Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia

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House of Hohenstaufen

Elisabeth “Beatrix” of Swabia, The Queen of Castile, León & Galicia

Konstanze “Anna” of Hohenstaufen, The Empress of Nicaea

House of Hohenzollern

Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia

Princess Caroline of Ansbach, The Queen of Great Britain & Ireland, The Electress of Hanover

Princess Elisabeth of Brandenburg, The Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen

Princess Luise of Prussia, Princess Radziwiłł

Princess Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, The Queen of Sweden

Princess Marie of Prussia, The Queen of Bavaria

Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia, The Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

House of La Marck

Amalia of Cleves

Anne of Cleves, The Queen of England

Sybille of Cleves, The Electress of Saxony

House of Leiningen

Princess Feodora of Leiningen, The Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

House of Liechtenstein

Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein, Countess Esterházy de Galantha

House of Mecklenburg

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Queen of Great Britain, Ireland & Hanover

Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Princess of Brunswick-Lüneburg aka Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia

Friederike (Federica) of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Queen of Hanover

Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Queen of Prussia

Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Princess of Thurn and Taxis

House of Northeim

Richenza of Northeim, Holy Roman Empress

House of Oldenburg

Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, German Empress

Princess Cecilie of Greece & Denmark, The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine

House of Reuß

Princess Hermine Reuß of Greiz, “German Empress”

House of Thurn and Taxis

Princes Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis, Duchess of Württemberg

House of Welf

Adelaide of Burgundy, Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Italy

Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, The Queen of the United Kingdom & Hanover

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empress

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, The Queen in & of Prussia

Princess Juliane of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, The Queen of Denmark and Norway

House of Wettin

Adelheid (Adelaide) of Saxe-Meiningen, The Queen of the United Kingdom and Hanover

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, German Empress

Princess Christina of Saxony, The Landgravine of Hesse

Princess Luise (Louise) of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, The Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, The Countess of Pölzig and Beiersdorf

House of Wied-Neuwied

Princess Elisabeth of Wied, The Queen & Princess of Romania

House of Wittelsbach

Princess Alexandra of Bavaria

Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, The Queen of Saxony

Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empress

Elisabeth “Sisi” in Bavaria, The Empress of Austria

Elisabeth (Isabeau) of Bavaria, The Queen of France

Princess Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, The Queen of Prussia

Helene “Néné” in Bavaria, The Hereditary Princess of Thurn and Taxis

Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, The Duchess in Bavaria

Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria, The Archduchess of Inner Austria-Styria

Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria, The Queen of Saxony

Marie in Bavaria, The Queen of Two Sicilies

Baroness Marie Louise of Wallersee, Countess of Larisch

Mathilde in Bavaria, The Countess of Trani

Sophie in Bavaria, The Duchess of Alençon

Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria

House of Württemberg

Mary of Teck, The Queen of the United Kingdom & British Dominions, Empress of India

Princess Sophie of Württemberg, The Queen of the Netherlands

Minor Nobles

Anna Constantia of Brockdorff, The Imperial Countess of Cosel

Katharina von Bora, Mrs Martin Luther

Baroness Louise Lehzen

Baroness Marie “Mary” of Vetsera

Sophie Botta, The Dark Countess of Hildburghausen

Sophie of Pannwitz, Countess of Voß

Foreign Houses

House of Albret

Jeanne d’Albret, The Queen of Navarre, 1. The Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg and 2. The Duchess of Vendôme

House of Aviz

Infanta Eleonor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress

House of Bourbon

Princess Louise d’Orléans, Princess Alfons of Bavaria

Byzantine Imperial Family

Princess Eudokia Laskarina of Nicaea, The Hereditary Duchess of Austria

Irene of Byzantium, The Queen of the Germans, The Duchess of Swabia

Princess Theodora Angelina, The Duchess of Austria & Styria

Princess Theodora Komnene of Byzantium, The Duchess of Bavaria & Austria

Theophanu, Holy Roman Empress

House of Chotek

Countess Sophie Chotek of Chotkowa and Wognin, The Duchess of Hohenberg

House of Este

Maria Beatrice d’Este, The Duchess of Massa & Carrara, Archduchess of Austria

House of Jagiellon

Jadwiga (Hedwig) Jagiellon, The Electress of Brandenburg

House of Stuart

Elizabeth Stuart, The Queen of Bohemia & Electress Palatine

House of Trastámara

Queen Joanna “The Mad” of Castile, Léon & Aragon, The Duchess of Burgundy, Archduchess of Austria

House of Valois

Mary, The Duchess of Burgundy, Archduchess of Austria

Commoners

Fatima Kariman aka Maria Aurora (von) Spiegel

Helene Baltazzi, The Baroness of Vetsera

Louise Rump, Mrs Ebert

Margot Großmann, Mrs Sauerbruch

Maria Anna Mozart, The Imperial Baroness Berchthold

Maria “Mizzi” Kaspar

Ottilie Richter, Baroness of Faber

Sophie Scholl

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Princess Elisabeth Amalie of Liechtenstein, née Archduchess of Austria, with her two eldest children, Franz Joseph and Maria Theresia, in 1909. 

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Schloß Eszterházy

Els prínceps hongaresos d'Esterházy van ser una de les dinasties no regnants més influents del centre d'Europa al llarg dels segles XVII, XVIII i XIX. La capital de Burgenland, l'actual Eisenstadt (Kismarton en magiar) es va constituir en centre de les seves possessions, com a feudataris del Regne d'Hongria. La família va fer créixer la seva influència a partir de 1613, quan va ser investit el primer baró Esterházy, i molt més a partir de 1687, any en què el comte Pál va rebre el títol de príncep del Sacre Imperi Romà Germànic, germen de l'Imperi austro-hongarès. Per això, l'ombra d'aquesta família s'abat sobre tota la història recent de Burgenland. La importància que anava a adquirir Esterházy es deu al castell-palau que s'alça als peus de la Leithagebirge, la serra que protegeix Eisenstadt pel Nord. L'edifici té el seu origen en un castell del segle XIV pertanyent a la família Kanizsay. El 1622, la possessió de la ciutat va arribar a mans de Miklós Esterházy, primer baró de la família i nomenat comte de Fraknó en 1626. L'emperador Leopold d'Àustria va atorgar el 1687 la dignitat de príncep imperial a Pál Esterházy, un noble típic de l'època barroca: amant de la cultura i les arts, va destacar com a poeta i compositor de música sacra. Ell va ser l'encarregat de donar-li l'aspecte actual, ampliant l'edifici originalment militar i de frontera, incorporant-hi decoracions realitzades per arquitectes i artistes italians que ja estaven treballant a Viena per al mateix Emperador. Una de les característiques més destacades de l'edifici és la representació de la genealogia fabricada per la família. La importància donada a l'origen mitològic-llegendari de l'estirp va fer que es fes remuntar com mínim fins al mateix Àtila, rei dels huns, considerats antecessors dels hongaresos. Els bustos dels principals personatges del llinatge estan esculpits a la façana principal del palau, identificats amb els seus noms genuïnament magiars. A l'interior, es va començar a construir la Gran Sala, que va començar de seguida a adquirir la grandiositat que avui manté, rebatejada amb el nom del mestre de capella que va servir a la família durant més de trenta anys cap a finals del segle XVIII, Joseph Haydn. El compositor austríac, nascut a Baixa Àustria, però no gaire lluny d'Eisenstadt, va ser mestre de capella des del 1761, servint fins el 1790. Haydn, després d'un parèntesi en què va estar a Londres, va tornar el 1795 a Eisenstadt i es va posar al servei del príncep Miklós II, qui li va encarregar la producció de música religiosa fins el 1802, en què va cessar el seu servei per als Esterházy. Actualment, la Sala Haydn és escenari de nombrosos concerts i de les principalas actuacions del Festival Haydn, un esdeveniment musical que té lloc al palau. El Schloss Esterházy proporciona l'oportunitat de passejar pel seu parc obert al públic. S'hi pot trobar un templet, diversos estanys, així com diversos camins semi ocults entre boscos i prats. A les dependències es poden visitar les habitacions de diverses figures clau de la família Esterházy, com les princeses Maria Josepha Hermenegilde (de la família dels prínceps de Liechtenstein), Maria Theresia (princesa de Thurn und Taxis) o Lady Sarah (filla de l’earl de Jersey). Molts objectes contemporanis van poder ser conservats malgrat les vicissituds que el segle XX va oferir al palau i als seus propietaris, que van haver-se de traslladar a Suïssa. Davant la falta de descendència directa, actualment una fundació dirigeix les activitats de les propietats que un dia van ser d’una família tan poderosa.

Foto: Esterházy Stiftung

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✵July 27, 1968 ✵

Countess Maria Theresia von Goëß &  Prince Eugen of Liechtenstein

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Royal Birthdays for today, May 11th:

Anawrahta, King of Burma, 1014

Anne of Bohemia, Queen of England, 1366

Maria Theresia of Liechtenstein, Countess of Soissons, 1694

Victoire, French Princess, 1733

Irene, Princess of Greece and Denmark, 1942

Basma bint Talal, Princess of Jordan, 1951

Sangay Choden, Queen of Bhutan, 1963

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Princess Maria Theresia of Liechtenstein (1908-1973).

Second child and eldest born daughter of Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein and Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria.

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Princess Maria Theresia of Liechtenstein, c. 1908.

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✵July 27, 1968 ✵

Countess Maria Theresia von Goëß &  Prince Eugen of Liechtenstein