Karoline von Manderscheid-Blankenheim

Karoline
Princess consort of Liechtenstein
Karoline von Manderscheid-Blankenheim as Iris by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1793).
Tenure	16 November 1783 - 24 March 1805
Born	13 November 1768 Vienna, Austria
Died	1 March 1831 (aged 62) Vienna, Austrian Empire
Burial	Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Brno
Spouse	Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein
Full name Karoline Felicitas Engelberte
House	House of Manderscheid-Blankenheim
Father	Count Johann Wilhelm of Manderscheid-Blankenheim
Mother	Countess Johanna Maximiliana Franziska of Limburg-Stirum

Karoline von Manderscheid-Blankenheim (Karoline Felicitas Engelberte; 13 November 1768, Vienna – 1 March 1831 in Vienna), was a princess consort of Liechtenstein; married on 16 November 1783 to prince Alois I of Liechtenstein.

Karoline was the daughter of Count Johann Wilhelm von Manderscheid-Blankenheim zu Geroldseck and Countess Johanna Maximiliana Franziska von Limburg-Stirum (daughter of Christian Otto of Limburg-Stirum). She had no children with her spouse, but two children with her long term lover Franz von Langendonck, captain of the Austrian army; one was her son Karl Ludwig (1793–dead after 1868) Viscount von Fribert. In 1805, her husband died and was succeeded by her brother-in-law as monarch. Karoline spent her remaining life mainly in Vienna.

Titles and styles

• 13 November 1768 – 16 November 1783: Countess Caroline of Fürstenberg-Weitra
• 16 November 1783 – 24 March 1805: Her Serene Highness The Princess of Liechtenstein
• 24 March 1805 – 1 March 1831: Her Serene Highness Princess Caroline of Liechtenstein

Ancestry

Ancestors of Karoline von Manderscheid-Blankenheim

16. Count Johann Arnold of Manderscheid-Blankenheim               8. Count Salentin Ernst of Manderscheid-Blankenheim                       17. Countess Antonia Elisabeth of Manderscheid-Gerolstein               4. Count Franz Georg of Manderscheid-Blankenheim                             18. Count Georg Albrecht I of Erbach               9. Countess Juliane Christine of Erbach                       19. Countess Elisabeth Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst               2. Count Johann Wilhelm of Manderscheid-Blankenheim                                   20. Count Hugo of Königsegg-Rothenfels               10. Count Leopold Wilhelm of Königsegg-Rothenfels                       21. Princess Maria Renata of Hohenzollern-Hechingen               5. Countess Maria Johanna of Königsegg-Rothenfels                             22. Count Johann Wilhelm of Scharffenberg               11. Countess Maria Polyxena of Scharffenberg                       23. Countess Marie Maximiliana of Harrach in Rohrau               1. Countess Caroline of Manderscheid-Blankenheim                                         24. Count Moritz of Limburg-Stirum               12. Count Moritz Hermann of Limburg-Stirum                       25. Countess Maria Bernhardine of Limburg-Bronckhorst               6. Count Christian Otto of Limburg-Stirum                             26. Count Emich Christian of Leiningen-Dagsburg               13. Countess Elisabeth Dorothea of Leiningen-Dagsburg                       27. Countess Christiane Louise of Daun-Falkenstein               3. Countess Johanna Maximiliana of Limburg-Stirum                                   28. Count Ludwig Gustav of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst               14. Prince Philipp Ernst of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst                       29. Countess Marie Eleonore of Hatzfeld               7. Princess Caroline Sophie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst                             30. Count Franz of Welz, Baron of Eberstein               15. Countess Franziska Barbara of Welz                       31. Baroness Anna Barbara of Guin

References

• Centre d'Études des Dynasties Royales Européenes.