Countess Franziska de Paula Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (8 August 1813,

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– 5 February 1881, Vienna) was

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from 1836 to 1858 as the wife of Aloys II,

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, and her son's regent from 1858 to 1860.

Biography

She was born as the younger daughter of Count Franz de Paula Joseph Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (1784-1823) (younger brother of Ferdinand, Prince Kinsky) and his wife, Countess Therese Antonia Barbara von Würben und Freudenthal (1789-1874). On 8 August 1831 she married

Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein Aloys II (Aloys Maria Josef Johann Baptista Joachim Philipp Nerius; 25/26 May 1796 – 12 November 1858) was the sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein from 20 April 1836 until his death in 1858. He was a son of Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenste ...

in Vienna. It was a double wedding as on the same day her elder sister Countess Maria Anna (1809-1892) married Prince Frederick Wilhelm of

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(1801–1868), eldest surviving son of

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and Duchess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Franziska acted as

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during the reign of her son, Johann II, from 10 February 1859 to November 1860.Peter Geiger: Geschichte des Fürstentums Liechtenstein 1848 bis 1866. In: Jahrbuch des Historischen Vereins für das Fürstentum Liechtenstein. Volume 70. Vaduz 1970, p. 242 ff. (in German) Her son ascended to the throne shortly after his 18th birthday, and as such his reign had been the longest precisely documented tenure of any European monarch since antiquity in which a

(that is, a minor regency) was never employed, until the record was surpassed by that of

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on 9 May, 2022.Worldstatesmen.org – Liechtenstein
Retrieved 16 December 2007 Franziska Kinsky did act as his regent, but she did not function as the regent of a minor regency government, but was appointed by her son as his regent in his absence, because he had not been given time to finish his education before suddenly inheriting the throne, and he wished to do so before actually taking up his rule, and thus appointed his mother to rule in his stead while he focused on finishing his studies. He officially appointed her 10 February 1859, and relieved her of her duties as regent when he finished his studies in November 1860. Franziska Kinsky founded the first relief fund for orphans in Liechtenstein, as well as a school for girls, the ''Haus Gutenberg''. In 1854 she bought

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, while in 1870 she also bought Burg Wartenstein and had it rebuilt in the fashionable Romantic style.

Issue

Her children were: * Princess Marie Franziska de Paula Theresia Josepha (Vienna, 20 September 1834 – Vienna, 1 December 1909), married in Vienna on 29 October 1860 Count Ferdinand of Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (Vienna, 27 June 1825 – Schloss Fridau, 12 December 1896), and had issue * Princess Carolina Maria Josepha Walpurgis Nestoria (Vienna, 27 February 1836 – Vienna, 28 March 1885), married in Vienna on 3 June 1855 Alexander Fürst von Schönburg-Hartenstein (Vienna, 5 March 1826 – Vienna, 1 October 1896), and had issue * Princess Sophie Marie Gabriele Pia (Vienna, 11 July 1837 – Schloss Fischhorn, 25 September 1899), married in Vienna on 4 May 1863 as his second wife Charles, 6th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (

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, 21 May 1834 – Köln, 8 November 1921), 1,067th

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of the Order of the Golden Fleece in

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, and had issue * Princess Aloysia Maria Gabriela Hyppolita ( Eisgrub, 13 August 1838 – Vienna, 17 April 1920), married in Vienna on 22 May 1864 Heinrich Graf von Fünfkirchen ( Schloss Fünfkirchen, 25 January 1830 – Vienna, 2 January 1885), without issue * Princess Ida Maria Lamberta Theresia Franziska de Paula ( Eisgrub, 17 September 1839 – Libejic, 4 August 1921), married in Vienna on 4 June 1857 Adolf Joseph 8th Fürst zu Schwarzenberg (Vienna, 18 March 1832 – Libejic, 5 October 1914), 1,092nd

of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria, and had issue *

Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein Johann II (Johann Maria Franz Placidus; 5 October 1840 – 11 February 1929), nicknamed the Good (german: Johann II. der Gute), was Prince of Liechtenstein from 12 November 1858 until his death in 1929. His reign of 70 years and 91 days is the th ...

(1840–1929) * Princess Franziska Xaveria Maria David (Vienna, 30 December 1841 – Vienna, 13 May 1858) * Princess Henriette Maria Norberta ( Schloss Liechtenstein bei Mödling, 6 June 1843 – Frauenthal Castle, 24 December 1931), married in Vienna on 26 April 1865 her first cousin

Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein Prince Alfred Louis of Liechtenstein (Alfred Aloys Eduard; 11 July 1842 in Prague – 8 October 1907 in Frauenthal castle)

(1842–1907), and had issue, which eventually inherited the Principality by male line * Princess Anna Maria Franziska de Paula Leandra (Vienna, 26 February 1846 –

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, 22 April 1924), married in Vienna on 22 May 1864

Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz ( cz, Jiří Kristián z Lobkovic) (14 May 1835 - 22 December 1908) was a member of the old Bohemian aristocratic family of House of Lobkowicz, Lobkowicz and an influential politician of late 19th century Bohe ...

(Vienna, 14 March 1835 –

, 22 December 1908), 1,145th

of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria, and had issue * Princess Therese Maria Josepha Martha ( Schloss Liechtenstein, 28 July 1850 –

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, 13 March 1938), married in Vienna on 12 April 1882

Prince Arnulf of Bavaria Prince Arnulf of Bavaria (german: Franz Joseph Arnulf Adalbert Maria Prinz von Bayern; 6 July 1852 – 12 November 1907) was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach and a General of Infantry. Early life Arnulf was born in Munich, Bava ...

(Munich, 6 July 1852 –

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, 12 November 1907), 1,035th

of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria, and had issue, now extinct *

Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein Franz I (Franz de Paula Maria Karl August; 28 August 1853 – 25 July 1938) was Prince of Liechtenstein from 11 February 1929 until his death in 1938. Early life Franz de Paula Maria Karl August was born on 28 August 1853, to Aloys II and Fra ...

(1853–1938)

Ancestry

Notes

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