Countess Maria Antonia von Waldstein
Countess Maria Antonia von Waldstein | |
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| Born | Maria Antonie Gräfin von Waldstein Herrin zu Wartenberg 4 March 1771[1] |
| Died | 17 January 1854 (aged 82)[1] Vienna, Austrian Empire, Habsburg monarchy |
| Title | Countess von Waldstein Princess Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya |
| Spouse | Ferenc József, Prince Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya[1] |
| Children | Ferenc (1792–1795) Mária Antónia (1797–1862) |
| Parent(s) | Count Georg Christian von Waldstein[1] Countess Elisabeth Ulfeldt[1] |
Countess Maria Antonie Gräfin von Waldstein Herrin zu Wartenberg (4 March 1771, Vienna – 17 January 1854, Vienna) was a Bohemian noblewoman.[1] By birth, she was a member of the prominent House of Waldstein, maternal grandmother of King Ferdinand II of Portugal and great-grandmother of King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria.
Biography
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Born into an old House of Waldstein, Antonia was the fourth child of Count Georg Christian von Waldstein (1743–1791) and wife, Countess Elisabeth Ulfeldt (1747–1791),[1] and is the great-granddaughter of the notorious Count Corfitz Ulfeldt. In Vienna on 13 February 1792, Antonia married the Hungarian nobleman Ferenc József, Prince Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya,[1] a member of the enormously affluent House of Koháry, to whom she bore two children; Ferenc (1792–1795) and Mária Antónia (1797–1862) who married the German Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and bore four children.
Sources
[edit]- Wurzbach, Constantin (1885). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaisertums Österreich - Zweiundfünfzigster Teil - Vrcevic - Wallner [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire - Fifty-Second Part - Vrcevic - Wallner] (in German). Vol. 52. Graz: Universitätsbibliothek Graz.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h Wurzbach, Constantin (1885). "Stammtafel der Grafen Waldstein" [Family tree of the Counts of Waldstein]. Biographisches Lexikon des Kaisertums Österreich - Zweiundfünfzigster Teil - Vrcevic - Wallner [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire - Fifty-Second Part - Vrcevic - Wallner] (in German). Vol. 52. Graz: Universitätsbibliothek Graz. p. 213. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
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