Karoline von Manderscheid-Blankenheim

Karoline von Manderscheid-Blankenheim
Duchess of Troppau and Jägerndorf
Karoline von Manderscheid-Blankenheim as Iris by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1793)
Princess consort of Liechtenstein
Tenure	16 November 1783 – 24 March 1805
Born	(1768-11-13)13 November 1768 Vienna, Austria
Died	1 March 1831(1831-03-01) (aged 62) Vienna, Austrian Empire
Burial	Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Brno
Spouse	Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein
Names 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 Count 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.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Karoline von Manderscheid-Blankenheim

8. Count Salentin Ernst of Manderscheid-Blankenheim 4. Count Franz Georg of Manderscheid-Blankenheim 9. Countess Juliane Christine of Erbach 2. Count Johann Wilhelm of Manderscheid-Blankenheim 10. Count Leopold Wilhelm of Königsegg-Rothenfels 5. Countess Maria Johanna of Königsegg-Rothenfels 11. Countess Maria Polyxena of Scharffenberg 1. Countess Caroline of Manderscheid-Blankenheim 12. Count Moritz Hermann of Limburg-Stirum 6. Count Christian Otto of Limburg-Stirum 13. Countess Elisabeth Dorothea of Leiningen-Dagsburg 3. Countess Johanna Maximiliana of Limburg-Stirum 14. Prince Philipp Ernst of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst 7. Princess Caroline Sophie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst 15. Countess Franziska Barbara of Welz

References

• Centre d'Études des Dynasties Royales Européenes.