Maria-Pia Kothbauer

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Her Serene Highness
Maria-Pia Kothbauer
Princess of Liechtenstein
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Kothbauer in April 2013
Ambassador of Liechtenstein to Belgium and to the European Union
In office
1993–1996
Ambassador of Liechtenstein to Austria
Assumed office
11 December 1997
Ambassador of Liechtenstein to the Czech Republic
Assumed office
11 April 2011
Personal details
Born (1960-08-06) 6 August 1960 (age 64)
Vienna, Austria
Spouse(s) Max Kothbauer
Relations Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein (first cousin)
Children Hieronymous Kothbauer
Alma mater Columbia University
Religion Roman Catholicism

Maria-Pia Ludovika Ulrika Elisabeth Paschaline Katharina Ignazia Lucia Johanna Josefa Kothbauer, Princess of Liechtenstein (born on 6 August 1960), is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Liechtenstein to Austria and the Czech Republic, formerly also to Belgium and the European Union. She also serves as Liechtenstein's Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and to the United Nations.

Personal life

Born in Vienna as Princess Maria-Pia of Liechtenstein, Kothbauer is the fifth child and second daughter of Prince Karl Alfred and his wife, Archduchess Agnes Christina of Austria. A member of the Princely Family of Liechtenstein, she is a first cousin of the present monarch, Prince Hans-Adam II. On 4 August 1995, she married Max Kothbauer, now Vice President of the National Bank of Austria. The couple's only child, a son named Hieronymous, was born on 26 January 1997.[1][2] Since her marriage, she has been officially styled as "Her Serene Highness Maria-Pia Kothbauer, Princess of Liechtenstein".[3][4]

Education and career

Princess Maria-Pia graduated from the Schule der Dominikanerinnen, run by Dominican nuns, in Vienna in 1978. She then enrolled in Columbia University, attaining the degree of Master of Arts in Political Science.[5][6]

From 1984 until 1986, she worked for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and then from 1987 until 1988 for the Foreign Department of Caritas in Vienna. Since 1989, Princess Maria-Pia has been in diplomatic service of the Principality of Liechtenstein, and started working for the Embassy of Liechtenstein in Vienna in 1990. From 1993 until 1996, she served as Liechtenstein's Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union.[5][6]

In August 1996, she became Permanent Representative of the Principality of Liechtenstein in Vienna, as well as Ambassador and Head of Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). In December next year, Kothbauer assumed the office of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Liechtenstein to Austria. Since July 2000, she has served as Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the United Nations.[5][6] In April 2011, she became Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Liechtenstein to the Czech Republic. She resides in Vienna.[6]

Kothbauer speaks German, English and French, and has basic knowledge of Spanish.[5]

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Ancestry

Family of Maria-Pia Kothbauer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Countess Julia Eudoxia Potocka-Piława
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Princess Henriette of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Countess Franziska Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Prince Karl Alfred of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Princess Sophie of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. King Miguel of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Princess Maria-Pia of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Archduchess Agnes Christina of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Alfred, 7th Prince of Salm-Salm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Emanuel Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Salm-Salm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Countess Rosa of Lützow
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Princess Isabella of Croÿ
 
 
 
 
 
 

See also

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