Leopoldine von Sternberg (Maria Leopoldine Walburga Eva; 11 December 1733,

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– 1 March 1809,

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) was a princess consort of

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by marriage to Prince

Franz Joseph I Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (german: Franz Joseph Karl, hu, Ferenc József Károly, 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his ...

. She is noted to have belonged to the discussion circle of Eleonore of Liechtenstein, who acted as political advisers to

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Life

She was the daughter of Count Franz Philipp of Sternberg and Countess Leopoldine of

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. Marie Leopoldine married

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, on 6 July 1750 in

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. After the death of her spouse in 1781, she lived permanently in

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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

, 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

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(1728-1801), Princess Maria Sidonia Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (1729-1815), Countess Leopoldine von Sternberg (1733-1809), Count

Franz Moritz von Lacy Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy ( en, Francis Maurice de Lacy; russian: Борис Петрович Ласси, tr. ; 21 October 1725 – 24 November 1801) was a Baltic German-born Austrian military leader, he was the son of Count Peter von Lac ...

(1725-1801) who was

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and the chief treasury Prince Franz Xaver Wolfgang von

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(1723-1796).

Issue

The couple had eight children: * Joseph Franz de Paula Emanuel Philipp Isaias (

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, 6 July 1752 –

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, 17 February 1754) * Leopoldina Maria Anna Francisca de Paula Adelgunda (

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, 30 January 1754 –

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, 16 October 1823), married in

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on 1 September 1771

Karl Emanuel, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg Charles Emmanuel, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg (Karl Emanuel; 5 June 1746 – 23 March 1812) was landgrave of Hessen-Rotenburg between 1778 and 1812. He was named after his uncle Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia, husband of his aunt Polyxena of ...

, and had issue (including

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) * Maria Antonia Aloysia Walburga Mechthildis (

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, 14 March 1756 –

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, 1 December 1821), a

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* Franz de Paula Joseph (

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, 19 May 1758 –

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, 15 August 1760) *

Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein Aloys I (Aloys Josef Johannes Nepomuk Melchior; 14 May 1759 – 24 March 1805) was the Prince of Liechtenstein from 18 August 1781 until his death in 1805. He was born in Vienna, the third son of Franz Josef I, Prince of Liechtenstein. Aloys was ...

(1759–1805) *

Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein Johann I Joseph (''Johann Baptist Josef Adam Johann Nepomuk Aloys Franz de Paula''; 26 June 1760 – 20 April 1836) was Prince of Liechtenstein between 1805 and 1806 and again from 1814 until 1836. He was the last Liechtenstein prince to rule unde ...

(1760–1836) * Philipp Joseph Aloys Martinianus (

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, 2 July 1762 –

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, 18 May 1802), unmarried and without issue * Maria Josepha Hermenegilde (

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, 13 April 1768 –

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, 8 August 1845), married in

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on 15 September 1783 Nikolaus 7te ''

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'' Esterházy von Galántha (

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, 12 December 1765 –

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, 24 November 1833), and had issue

Ancestry

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). {{DEFAULTSORT:Sternberg, Leopoldine Von 1733 births 1809 deaths Princely consorts of Liechtenstein Nobility from Vienna Leopoldine 18th-century Liechtenstein women 19th-century Liechtenstein women