House House of Sternberg | Name Leopoldine Sternberg | |
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Tenure 10 February 1772 - 18 August 1781 Born 11 December 1733
Vienna, Austria ( 1733-12-11 ) Burial Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Brno Father Count Franz Philipp of Sternberg Mother Countess Leopoldine of Starhemberg Role Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein's wife Died March 1, 1809, Valtice, Czech Republic Spouse Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein (m. 1750) Children Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein Parents Countess Leopoldine of Starhemberg, Count Franz Philipp of Sternberg Grandchildren Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein Great grandchildren Princess Theresa of Liechtenstein | ||
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.
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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: