Landgravine Josepha of Fürstenberg-Weitra (german: Landgräfin Josefa zu Fürstenberg-Weitra; 21 June 177623 February 1848) was

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as wife of Johann I Joseph,

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. By virtue of her birth, she was member of the House of Fürstenberg.

Early life

Josepha was born at

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, the first daughter of Joachim Egon,

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of Fürstenberg-Weitra (1749–1828) and his wife, Countess Sophia Maria of

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(1751–1835).

Marriage and issue

On 12 April 1792 in Vienna, she married Prince Johann Joseph of Liechtenstein (1776–1848). They had 14 children: * Princess Maria Leopoldine Josepha Sophia Aemiliana (Vienna, 11 September 1793 – Vienna, 28 July 1808) * Princess Karoline (Vienna, 2 February 1795 – died in infancy) *

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(1796–1858) * Princess Maria Sophie Josepha (Vienna, 5 September 1798 – Vienna, 27 June 1869), married in Vienna on 4 August 1817 Vincenz Graf Esterházy von Galántha ( Pressburg, 25 October 1787 – Eisgrub, 19 October 1835), without issue * Princess Maria Josepha (Vienna, 11 January 1800 – Vienna, 14 June 1884), unmarried and without issue *

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(1802–1887), married Countess Julia Potocka and had issue. His great-grandson would eventually become

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. *

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(1803–1871). Married Gräfin Rosalie d'Hemricourt von Grünne and had issue. * Princess Klothilda Leopoldina Josepha (Vienna, 19 August 1804 – Vienna, 27 January 1807) * Princess Henriette (Vienna, 1 April 1806 –

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, 15 June 1886), married in Vienna on 1 October 1825 Joseph Graf Hunyady von Kethély (Vienna, 13 January 1801 – Vienna, 9 March 1869), and had issue * Prince Friedrich Adalbert (Vienna, 22 September 1807 – Vienna, 1 May 1885), 1,018th

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of the Order of the Golden Fleece in

, married at Schloss Rosegg on 15 September 1848 Johanna Sophie Christiane Löwe ( Oldenburg, 24 May 1815 – Pest, 28 November 1866), without issue *

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(1809–1864). Married Countess Honoria Choloniowa-Choloniewska and had issue. * Prince August Ludwig Ignaz (Vienna, 22 April 1810 – Vienna, 27 May 1824) * Princess Ida Leopoldine Sophie Marie Josephine Franziska ( Eisgrub,

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, 12 September 1811 – Vienna, 27 June 1884), Dame of the Imperial Court, Dame of the

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, married in Vienna on 30 July 1832 Karl 4th Fürst Paar von Hartberg und Krottenstein ( Brieg,

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, 6 January 1806 – Vienna, 17 January 1881), Hereditary Grand-Master of the Posts of the Imperial Court, and had issue * Prince Rudolf Maria Franz Placidus (Vienna, 5 October 1816 –

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, 19 June 1848), unmarried and without issue

Notes and sources

* Around 1801 Beethoven made a dedication to Josepha, his Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, op.27, no. 1. *Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 1968 {{DEFAULTSORT:Furstenberg-Weitra, Landgravine Josepha Of 1776 births 1848 deaths Josepha Princely consorts of Liechtenstein Nobility from Vienna Hereditary Princesses of Liechtenstein 18th-century Liechtenstein women 19th-century Liechtenstein women