Karoline, Princess of Liechtenstein

Karoline, Princess of Liechtenstein
Duchess of Troppau and Jägerndorf
Karoline of Manderscheid-Blankenheim as Iris by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1793)
Princess consort of Liechtenstein
Tenure16 November 1783 – 24 March 1805
Born(1768-11-13)13 November 1768
Vienna, Habsburg monarchy
Died1 March 1831(1831-03-01) (aged 62)
Vienna, Austrian Empire
Burial
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Brno
Spouse
(m. 1783; died 1805)
Names
Karoline Felicitas Engelberte
HouseHouse of Manderscheid-Blankenheim
FatherCount Johann Wilhelm of Manderscheid-Blankenheim
MotherCountess Johanna Maximiliana Franziska of Limburg-Stirum

Karoline Felicitas Engelberte of Manderscheid-Blankenheim (German: Karoline von Manderscheid-Blankenheim; 13 November 1768 – 1 March 1831) was a princess consort of Liechtenstein; married on 16 November 1783 to Prince Aloys I of Liechtenstein.

Biography

Karoline was born on 13 November 1768 in Vienna. She was the daughter of Count Johann Wilhelm of Manderscheid-Blankenheim zu Geroldseck and Countess Johanna Maximiliana Franziska of Limburg-Stirum (daughter of Count Christian Otto of Limburg-Stirum). She had no children with her spouse, but two children with her long term lover Franz von Langendonck, captain of the Austrian army; one was her son Karl Ludwig (1793–dead after 1868), Viscount von Fribert. In 1805, her husband died and was succeeded by her brother-in-law as monarch. Karoline spent her remaining life mainly in Vienna. She died on 1 March 1831 in Vienna.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Karoline, Princess of Liechtenstein
8. Count Salentin Ernst of Manderscheid-Blankenheim
4. Count Franz Georg of Manderscheid-Blankenheim
9. Countess Juliane Christine of Erbach
2. Count Johann Wilhelm of Manderscheid-Blankenheim
10. Count Leopold Wilhelm of Königsegg-Rothenfels
5. Countess Maria Johanna of Königsegg-Rothenfels
11. Countess Maria Polyxena of Scharffenberg
1. Countess Caroline of Manderscheid-Blankenheim
12. Count Moritz Hermann of Limburg-Stirum
6. Count Christian Otto of Limburg-Stirum
13. Countess Elisabeth Dorothea of Leiningen-Dagsburg
3. Countess Johanna Maximiliana of Limburg-Stirum
14. Prince Philipp Ernst of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
7. Princess Caroline Sophie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
15. Countess Franziska Barbara of Welz

References

  • Centre d'Études des Dynasties Royales Européenes.