Marie Eleonore of Dietrichstein

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Marie Eleonore of Dietrichstein (1 January 1623 – 20 March 1687), was a German noblewoman by birth member of the House of Dietrichstein and by her two marriage Countess of Kaunitz and .

Born in Vienna, she was the fourth child and third (but second surviving) daughter of Maximilian, 2nd Prince of Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg, and his first wife Anna Maria, a daughter of Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein and Duke of Troppau and Jägerndorf.[1][better source needed][2]

Life[]

In Vienna on 26 November 1646 Marie Eleonore married firstly with Lev Vilém (Leopold Wilhelm; 16 January 1614 – 31 October 1655), a Bohemian Count since 12 June 1642 and son of Oldřich (Ulrich) V of Kaunitz and his second wife Ludmilla Raupowsky of Raupow. They had one son:[3][better source needed][4]

  • Dominik Andreas I (30 November 1654 – 11 January 1705), Count of Kaunitz; married on 25 November 1675 to Countess Maria Eleonore of Sternberg. They had eight children; one of his descendants, Countess Maria Eleonora of Kaunitz-Rietberg, became in the first wife of Klemens von Metternich.

In Hodonín on 15 April 1663 Marie Eleonore married secondly with Bedřich Leopold (Frederick Leopold; d. 22 January 1699), Count of Oppersdorf. They had no children.[5][better source needed]

Marie Eleonore died in Brno aged 64.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of the House of Dietrichstein (Nikolsburg line)". genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 24 April 2015.[self-published source]
  2. ^ Maxmilián II. – 1. kníže Dietrichstein in: rmm.cz Archived 2015-06-07 at the Wayback Machine [retrieved 24 April 2015].
  3. ^ Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of the House of Kaunitz". genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 24 April 2015.[self-published source]
  4. ^ Maria Eleanore, Prinzessin von Dietrichstein-Nikolsburg in: geneall.net [retrieved 24 April 2015].
  5. ^ Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of the House of Oppersdorf". genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 24 April 2015.[self-published source]
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