⭐ 👍 La muerte de una noble: Fürstin Marie de Liechtenstein (1940-2021)

Fürstin Marie y Fürst Hans Adam II en la misa de embellecimiento del Papa Juan Pablo II, 2011. Fotografía (c) Getty Images / Vittorio Zunino Celotto.

EspañolHoy ha fallecido en Grabs (Suiza) la princesa María de Liechtenstein, esposa del príncipe Hans Adam II de Liechtenstein. Tenía ochenta y un años. La princesa había sufrido un derrame cerebral el 18 de agosto y llevaba varios años sufriendo problemas de salud. La Casa Principesca ha publicado el siguiente comunicado de prensa: “ Su Alteza Serenísima la Princesa María de Liechtenstein falleció el 21 de agosto de 2021 a las 16:43 horas en el hospital de Grabs. Tras un deterioro constante de su salud tras un derrame cerebral el 18 de agosto de 2021, ha fallecido hoy en presencia de su familia y tras recibir los Santos Sacramentos de la Última Cena, en paz y con gran confianza en Dios ” .

Los padres de Marie: Ferdinand y Henriette.

Nacida el 14 de abril de 1940 en Praga, la condesa Marie Aglaë Bonaventura Theresia Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau fue la cuarta y segunda hija del conde Ferdinand Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (1908-1969) y su esposa, la condesa Henriette von Ledebur-Wicheln (1910- 2001). Ferdinand y Marie Henriette se casaron en 1933. Marie tenía seis hermanos: el conde Ferdinand (1934-2020; casado con la condesa Hedwig von Ballestrem), la condesa Eleonore (n. 1936; casada con Thomas Cornides von Krempach), el conde Johannes (1937-2004; casado con la condesa Eleonore von Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg), la condesa Aglaë (n. 1941; casada con el conde Conrad von Ballestrem), la condesa Elisabeth (n. 1944; casada con el conde Ludwig zu Dohna-Schlobitten) y el conde Carl (1954-2016; casado con la baronesa Elisabeth Zobel von Giebelstadt en Darstadt).

Los abuelos paternos de María: el conde Fernando y la princesa Aglaë.

Los abuelos maternos de María: el conde Eugenio y la condesa Leonor.

Los abuelos paternos de Marie fueron el conde Ferdinand Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (1866-1916) y su esposa, la princesa Aglaë von Auersperg (1868-1919). Los abuelos maternos de Marie fueron el conde Eugen von Ledebur-Wicheln (1873-1945) y su esposa, la condesa Eleonore Larisch von Moennich (1888-1975).

Princesa heredera Marie, 1967. Fotografía (c) Archivo SRF.

According to the profile of Fürstin Marie on the website of the Princely Family of Liechtenstein: “Princess Marie attended primary school in Ering am Inn from 1946 to 1949. She then entered the boarding school of the Lioba Sisters in the ‘Wald’ Convent in Württemberg for eight years and completed her secondary education there. In 1957, Princess Marie spent an extended time in England in order to improve her English. She then attended the Academy for Applied Graphics at the University of Munich for six semesters and graduated with a diploma. After another, shorter language stay in Paris, she worked as a commercial artist in a print shop in Dachau until her engagement in 1965.“

Countess Marie Aglaé is escorted by her father Count Ferdinand

Inside St Florin’s

Hans Adam and Marie Aglaé

On 30 July 1967 at Vaduz, Countess Marie Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau married then Hereditary Prince Hans Adam of Liechtenstein in St Florin’s. Prince Hans Adam was the eldest son of Fürst Franz Joseph II of Liechtenstein (1906–1989) and his wife Fürstin Georgina (née von Wilczek; 1921–1989). Hans Adam and Marie Agläe were second cousins once removed through their descent from Fürst Ferdinand Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (1834-1904) and his wife Princess Maria Josepha of Liechtenstein (1835-1905).

(left to right) Princess Sofía of Spain and Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark

The Count and Countess of Paris followed by Prince Michael and Princess Marina of Greece as well as Duchess Diane of Württemberg

Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes arrives on the arm of Prince Heinrich of Liechtenstein

Among the guests were a plethora of the European Gotha. Attendees included Archduke Otto of Austria, the Duke of Bragança, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece and her sisters-in-law Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark and Princess Sofía of Spain, Prince Michael and Princess Marina of Greece, the Count and Countess of Paris, Prince Jacques d’Orléans and siblings Princess Chantal and Prince Thibault, Duke Philipp and Duchess Rosa of Württemberg as well as Duke Carl and Duchess Diane of Württemberg. Members of the Bourbon-Parma, Hannover, Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Mecklenburg, Schwarzenberg, Thurn and Taxis, and Orsini families were also present.

Fürstin Gina of Liechtenstein and her daughter-in-law Princess Marie.

Hereditary Princess Marie and Hereditary Prince Hans Adam of Liechtenstein, 1979. Photo (c) Getty Images / Lichfield.

Princes Alois, Constantin, and Maximilian of Liechtenstein in 1979 Photograph (c) Getty Images / Lichfield

Hans Adam and Marie with their four children, 1985. Photo (c) Seeger-Presse.

Fürst Hans-Adam, Fürstin Marie, and their four children.

Fürst Hans Adam and Fürstin Marie had four children: Hereditary Prince Alois (b.1968; married Duchess Sophie in Bavaria), Prince Maximilian (b.1969; married Angela Brown), Prince Constantin (b.1972; married Countess Maria Kálnoky de Köröspatak), and Princess Tatjana (b.1973; married Philipp von Lattorff).

Duke Max and Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria, Duke Albrecht of Bavaria, Duchess Sophie in Bavaria and Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein, Fürstin Marie and Fürst Hans Adam II, 1993. Photo (c) Getty Images / Picture Alliance.

On 3 July 1993 at Vaduz, Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein married Duchess Sophie in Bavaria, the daughter of Duke Max in Bavaria and his wife Duchess Elizabeth (née Countess Douglas). The Hereditary Prince and Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein have four children: Prince Joseph Wenzel (b.1994), Princess Marie-Caroline (b.1996), Prince Georg (b.1999), and Prince Nikolaus (b.2000).

Fürstin Marie, Prince Maximilian and Princess Angela, and Fürst Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein, 2000. Photo (c) Seeger-Presse.

On 29 January 2000 at New York, Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein (b.1969) religiously married Angela Gisela Brown (b.1958), the daughter of Javier Francisco Brown and Silvia Maritza Burke. The couple had celebrated their civil marriage at Vaduz on 21 January. Prince Maximilian and Princess Angela have one son, Prince Alfons (b.2001).

Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein and Countess Maria Kálnoky de Köröspatak, 1999. Photo (c) Belga Picture.

On 17 July 1999 at Csicso, Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein (b.1972) religious married Countess Maria Kálnoky de Köröspatak (b.1975), the daughter of Count Alois Kálnoky de Köröspatak and his wife Countess Sieglinde (née Baroness von Oer). The couple had celebrated their civil wedding at Vaduz on 14 May. Prince Constantin and Princess Maria have three children: Prince Mortiz (b.2003), Princess Georgina (b.2005), and Prince Benedikt (b.2008).

Princess Tatjana of Liechtenstein and Philipp von Lattorff, 1999. Photo (c) Seeger-Presse.

On 5 June 1999 at Vaduz, Princess Tatjana of Liechtenstein (b.1973) married Philipp von Lattorff (b.1968), the son of Klaus Jürgen von Lattorff and his wife Countess Julia Batthyány de Német-Ujvár. Princess Tatjana and Philipp have seven children: Lukas (b.2000), Elisabeth (b.2002), Marie (b.2004), Camilla (b.2005), Anna (b.2007), Sophie (b.2009), and Maximilian (b.2011).

The Prince and Princess of Wales with the Hereditary Prince and Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein during a ski holiday in the 1980s. Photo (c) Seeger-Presse.

Fürst Hans Adam y Fürstin Marie de Liechtenstein con el rey Carlos XVI Gustavo de Suecia, 1985. Foto (c) Getty Images.

Fürstin Gina, Fürst Franz Joseph, la princesa heredera Marie y el príncipe heredero Hans Adam en el Día Nacional de Liechtenstein, 1986. Foto (c) Getty Images / Chip Hires.

Fürstin Marie y Fürst Hans Adam celebran el 70 cumpleaños de Marie, 2010. Foto (c) Seeger-Presse / Sandra Zellner.

Hans Adam II y Marie asisten a la boda del Gran Duque heredero Guillermo de Luxemburgo y la condesa Estefanía de Lannoy, 2011. Foto (c) Getty Images / Pascal Le Segretain.

Fürstin Marie y Fürst Hans Adam en Schloß Vaduz con motivo del 73 cumpleaños de Marie, 2013. Foto (c) Seeger-Presse / Sandra Zellner.

(de izquierda a derecha) Fürstin Marie, Fürst Hans Adam II, el Papa Francisco I, el Príncipe Heredero Alois y la Princesa Heredera Sofía de Liechtenstein, 2017. Foto (c) Getty Images / Vatican Pool-Corbis.

La Fürstin Marie de Liechtenstein ha sido una figura inseparable de la escena real europea desde que se casó con el príncipe heredero Hans Adam en 1967. Formaron una pareja devota, muy querida por familiares y amigos. Fürstin Marie de Liechtenstein ha estado muy comprometida con las instituciones sociales de Liechtenstein. Fue presidenta honoraria de la Cruz Roja de Liechtenstein, que dirigió de 1985 a 2015.