Countess Maria Antonia von Waldstein

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.

Countess Maria Antonia von Waldstein
Born
Maria Antonie Gräfin von Waldstein Herrin zu Wartenberg

(1771-03-04)4 March 1771[1]
Died17 January 1854(1854-01-17) (aged 82)[1]
TitleCountess von Waldstein
Princess Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya
SpouseFerenc József, Prince Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya[1]
ChildrenFerenc (1792–1795)
Mária Antónia (1797–1862)
Parent(s)Count Georg Christian von Waldstein[1]
Countess Elisabeth Ulfeldt[1]

Biography

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Husband of Countess Antonia von Waldstein: Ferenc József, Prince Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya

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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ 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.