Leopoldine von Sternberg

Full name
	Maria Leopoldine Walburga Eva

Leopoldine
Leopoldine
Princess consort of Liechtenstein
Tenure	10 February 1772 - 18 August 1781
Born	11 December 1733; Vienna, Austria
Died	1 March 1809 (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. This circle consisted of Princess Eleonore of Liechtenstein (1745-1812), Princess Maria Josepha von Clary und Aldringen (1728-1801), Princess Maria Sidonia Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (1729-1815), Countess Leopoldine von Sternberg (1733-1809), Count Franz Moritz von Lacy (1725-1801) who was Austrian field marshal and the chief treasury Prince Franz Xaver Wolfgang von Orsini-Rosenberg (1723-1796).

Issue

The couple had eight children:

Joseph Franz de Paula Emanuel Philipp Isaias (Vienna, 6 July 1752 – Vienna, 17 February 1754)
Leopoldina Maria Anna Francisca de Paula Adelgunda (Vienna, 30 January 1754 – Frankfurt, 16 October 1823), married in Felsberg on 1 September 1771 Karl Emanuel, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg, and had issue (including Victor Amadeus, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg)
Maria Antonia Aloysia Walburga Mechthildis (Vienna, 14 March 1756 – Vienna, 1 December 1821), a nun
Franz de Paula Joseph (Vienna, 19 May 1758 – Vienna, 15 August 1760)
Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1759–1805)
Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein (1760–1836)
Philipp Joseph Aloys Martinianus (Vienna, 2 July 1762 – Vienna, 18 May 1802), unmarried and without issue
Maria Josepha Hermenegilde (Vienna, 13 April 1768 – Hütteldorf, 8 August 1845), married in Vienna on 15 September 1783 Nikolaus 7te Fürst Esterházy von Galántha (Vienna, 12 December 1765 – Como, 24 November 1833), and had issue

Ancestry

Ancestors of Leopoldine von Sternberg

16. Count Jan Rudolf of Sternberg

8. Count Oldřich Adolf of Sternberg

17. Baroness Helena Eustachie Křinecká of Ronova

4. Count Franz Damian of Sternberg

18. Count Jachym Oldřich of Chlum and Košumberk

9. Countess Anna Lucie of Chlum and Košumberk

19. Countess Franziske of Meggau-Worporzan

2. Count Franz Philipp of Sternberg

20. Count Johann Maximilian of Trauttmansdorff-Gleichenberg

10. Count Johann Friedrich of Trauttmansdorff

21. Countess Mária Zsofia Pálffy of Erdöd

5. Countess Maria Josepha of Trauttmansdorff

22. Count Vaclav Jiří Holický of Sternberg

11. Countess Marie Eleonora Holická of Sternberg

23. Countess Vorsila Polyxena Borita of Martinic

1. Countess Maria Leopoldine of Sternberg

24. Count Conrad Balthasar of Starhemberg

12. Count Franz Ottokar of Starhemberg

25. Countess Caterina Francesca Cavriani

6. Count Conrad Sigismund of Starhemberg

26. Count Johann Otto of Rindsmaul

13. Countess Cecilia Clara of Rindsmaul

27. Countess Marie Eleonore of Dietrichstein

3. Countess Maria Leopoldine of Starhemberg

28. Ferdinand Karl, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort

14. Maximilian Charles, 1st Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort

29. Countess Anna Maria of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg

7. Princess Maria Leopoldine of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort

30. Mathias Khuen von Belasi, Count of Lichtenberg and Gandegg

15. Countess Polyxena Khuen von Belasi of Lichtenberg and Gandegg

31. Countess Anna Susanna of Meggau in Kreutzen

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References

Adam Wolf: Fürstin Eleonore Liechtenstein, 1745–1812, nach Briefen und Memoiren ihrer Zeit. Wien 1875
Jacob von Falke: Geschichte des fürstlichen Hauses Liechtenstein. 3. Band, Wien 1882.
Raoul Auernheimer: Metternich. Staatsmann und Kavalier. München 1977, S. 37 f.
Günther Ebersold: August Reichsfürst von Bretzenheim. Norderstedt 2004, S. 242 ff.
Derek Beales: Joseph II. 2 Bände, Cambridge University Press 1987/2009, vor allem Band 1, S. 324–337, Abbildung 17a, Band 2, S. 20–25.
Rebecca Gates-Coon: The Charmed Circle. Joseph II and the "Five Princesses," 1765–1790. Purdue University Press, West Lafayette, Indiana 2015, unter anderem S. 2 (Abbildung), 120–127, 343 f. (heutiger Standort der archivalischen Quellen).

Liechtensteiner royalty
Leopoldine von Sternberg House of Sternberg Born: 11 December 1733 Died: 1 March 1809
Preceded by Anna Maria of Liechtenstein	Princess consort of Liechtenstein 1772–1781	Succeeded by Karoline von Manderscheid-Blankenheim

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