Landgravine Josepha of Fürstenberg-Weitra (German: Landgräfin Josefa zu Fürstenberg-Weitra; 21 June 1776 – 23 February 1848) was princess consort of Liechtenstein as the wife of Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein. By virtue of her birth, she was member of the House of Fürstenberg. Around 1801, Beethoven made a dedication to Josepha, his Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, op.27, no. 1.
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Early life
Josepha was born at Vienna, Austria, the first daughter of Joachim Egon, Landgrave of Fürstenberg-Weitra and his wife, Countess Sophia Maria of Oettingen-Wallerstein.
Personal life
On 12 April 1792 in Vienna, she married Prince Johann Joseph of Liechtenstein, the fourth son of Franz Joseph I and Countess Leopoldine von Sternberg. After his elder brother Aloys's death in 1805, Prince Johann Joseph became heir apparent to the Principality of Liechtenstein. Together, they had fourteen children:
Princess Maria Leopoldine Josepha Sophia Aemiliana (1793–1808), who died young.
Princess Karoline (1795–1795), who died in infancy.
Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1796–1858), who married Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau in 1831.
Princess Maria Sophie Josepha (1798–1869), who married Count Vincenz Esterházy von Galántha in Vienna in 1817.
Princess Maria Josepha (1800–1884), who died unmarried and without issue.
Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein (1802–1887), who married Countess Julia Potocka and had issue; his great-grandson would eventually become Prince Franz Joseph II.
Prince Karl Johann of Liechtenstein (1803–1871), who married Countess Rosalie d'Hemricourt von Grünne and had issue.
Princess Klothilda Leopoldina Josepha (1804–1807), who died young.
Princess Henriette (1806–1886), who married Count Joseph Hunyady von Kethély in Vienna in 1825 and had 6 children; Janos (1826-1861), Imre Joachim (1827-1902), Franziska (1832-1910), Sophie (1835-1869), Karolina (1836-1907), Maria ((1838-1908).
Prince Friedrich Adalbert (1807–1885), 1,018th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria; he married Johanna Sophie Christiane Löwe in 1848 at Schloss Rosegg.
Prince Eduard Franz of Liechtenstein (1809–1864), who married Countess Honoria Choloniowa-Choloniewska.
Prince August Ludwig Ignaz (1810–1824), who died unmarried.
Princess Ida Leopoldine Sophie Marie Josephine Franziska (1811–1884), a Dame of the Imperial Court, Dame of the Order of the Starry Cross; she married Karl, 4th Prince Paar von Hartberg und Krottenstein in Vienna in 1832.
Prince Rudolf Maria Franz Placidus (1816–1848), who unmarried and without issue.
Princess Josepha died in Vienna on 23 February 1848.