Karoline, Princess of Liechtenstein

Karoline Felicitas Engelberte of Manderscheid-Blankenheim was a princess consort of Liechtenstein; married on 16 November 1783 to Prince Aloys I of Liechtenstein.

Biography

Karoline was born on 13 November 1768 in Vienna. She was the daughter of Count Johann Wilhelm of Manderscheid-Blankenheim zu Geroldseck and Countess Johanna Maximiliana Franziska 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, 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. She died on 1 March 1831 in Vienna.