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Princess Aloysia of Liechtenstein

Princess Aloysia of Liechtenstein

Liechtensteiner princess

Princess Aloysia of Liechtenstein (Aloysia Maria Gabriela Hyppolita; 13 August 1838 – 17 April 1920) was a member of the Princely Family of Liechtenstein as the daughter of Aloys II. She was active in Catholic charities and founded a mission for the homeless in Vienna.

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Biography

Princess Aloysia was born on 13 August 1838 at Lednice Castle in Lednice to Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein and Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau.[1]

On 22 May 1864, she married the Austrian nobleman Count Heinrich Fünfkirchen, the son of Count Otto Franz Fünfkirchen and Countess Aloysia von Wurmbrand-Stuppach, in Vienna. Their marriage remained childless.

She was an active philanthropist and, in 1904, founded the Viennese Station Mission to care for the homeless and the needy in Vienna.[2] A Catholic, she was active in the Catholic Imperial Women's Organization of Austria.[3]

Aloysia was widowed on 2 January 1885. She died on 17 April 1920 in Vienna.[4] She is buried next to her husband in the Fünfkirchen family crypt in Stützenhofen, Drasenhofen.

References

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    "Liechtenstein 4". www.genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  2. [2]
    "ARIADNE - Projekt "Frauen in Bewegung" - Aloisia von Fünfkirchen". web.archive.org. 27 December 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
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    "Bericht über den I. allgemeinen österreichischen katholischen Frauentag in Wien vom 29. März bis 2. April 1910 | Frauen in Bewegung 1848–1938". fraueninbewegung.onb.ac.at. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
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    "Fünfkirchen, Aloisia von | Frauen in Bewegung 1848–1938". fraueninbewegung.onb.ac.at. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
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