Princess Marie Henriette of Liechtenstein
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Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Eltville, Germany
- Johannes
- Alexander
- Franz
| Princess Marie Henriette of Liechtenstein | |||||
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| Born | 6 November 1914 Vienna, Austria-Hungary | ||||
| Died | 13 October 2011 (aged 96) Eltville, Germany | ||||
| Spouse |
Count Peter von und zu Eltz
(m. 1943; died 1992) | ||||
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| House | House of Liechtenstein | ||||
| Father | Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein | ||||
| Mother | Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria | ||||
Princess Marie Henriette of Liechtenstein (6 November 1914 – 13 October 2011) was a member of the House of Liechtenstein and a sister of Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein.[1]
Born in Vienna, she was the youngest daughter of Prince Aloys and Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria.[2] Through her mother, she was a niece of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and a first cousin of Emperor Charles I of Austria.[3]
Her childhood was marked by the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and her father's 1923 renunciation of his rights to the Liechtenstein throne in favor of her brother, Franz Joseph II.[2]
Marriage and issue
On 5 August 1943, she married Peter, Count von und zu Eltz gennant Faust von Stromberg in a civil ceremony in Vaduz, followed by a religious wedding at Schloss Waldstein on 23 August. Her husband was a descendant of the House of Eltz, a prominent Rhenish noble family.[4][5][1]
They had three sons:
- Johannes, Count von und zu Eltz (1946–2019) married Felicitas von Urbanski in 1983 and had issue.
- Alexander, Count von und zu Eltz (born 1948) married Maria Spann in 1981 and had issue.
- Franz,Count von und zu Eltz (1950–2007) married Katherine O'Donoghue in 1979 and had issue.
Princess Marie Henriette died in Eltville on 13 October 2011 at the age of 96.[5]