Consort: | yes |
Duchess of Troppau and Jägerndorf | |
Princess Leopoldine | |
Succession: | Princess consort of Liechtenstein |
Reign: | 10 February 1772 – 18 August 1781 |
Birth Place: | Vienna, Austria |
Death Place: | Valtice, Austrian Empire |
Burial Place: | Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Brno |
Spouse: | Franz Joseph I of Liechtenstein |
Issue: | Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein Maria Josepha Hermengilde Esterházy |
Full Name: | Maria Leopoldine Walburga Eva |
House: | House of Sternberg |
Father: | Count Franz Philipp of Sternberg |
Mother: | Countess Leopoldine of Starhemberg |
Leopoldine von Sternberg (Maria Leopoldine Walburga Eva; 11 December 1733, Vienna – 1 March 1809, Valtice) was a princess consort of Liechtenstein by marriage to Prince Franz Joseph I. She is noted to have belonged to the discussion circle of Eleonore of Liechtenstein, who acted as political advisers to Emperor Joseph II.
She was the daughter of Count Franz Philipp of Sternberg and Countess Leopoldine of Starhemberg. Marie Leopoldine married Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein, on 6 July 1750 in Valtice or Feldsberg.
After the death of her spouse in 1781, she lived permanently in Vienna with her youngest daughter, Maria Josepha Hermenegilde.
She belonged to the salon or discussion circle of five princesses, headed by Eleonore of Liechtenstein, who acted as the political advisers of Emperor Joseph II, and who met him once a week (four times a week after 1780) to discuss state affairs. This circle consisted of Princess Eleonore of Liechtenstein (1745-1812), Princess Maria Josepha von Clary und Aldringen (1728-1801), Princess Maria Sidonia Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (1729-1815), Countess Leopoldine von Sternberg (1733-1809), Count Franz Moritz von Lacy (1725-1801) who was Austrian field marshal and the chief treasury Prince Franz Xaver Wolfgang von Orsini-Rosenberg (1723-1796).
The couple had eight children: