Maria Josepha Hermengilde Esterházy

Maria Josepha of Liechtenstein
Princess Esterházy of Galántha
Princess Maria Esterházy as Ariadne on Naxos, portrait by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1793
Princess Esterházy of Galántha
Tenure15 September 1783 – 15 November 1833
Born(1768-04-13)13 April 1768
Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
Died8 August 1845(1845-08-08) (aged 77)
Hütteldorf, Penzing, Vienna
SpouseNikolaus II, Prince Esterházy
IssuePaul III Anton, Prince Esterházy
Princess Leopoldine Esterházy
Names
German: Maria Josepha Hermengilde Liechtenstein
HouseLiechtenstein
FatherFranz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein
MotherLeopoldine von Sternberg

Princess Maria Josepha Hermengilde Esterházy de Galantha (née von Liechtenstein, 13 April, 1768 — 8 August, 1845) was the daughter of Franz Josef I of Liechtenstein. On 15 September 1783 she married Prince Nikolaus II Esterházy de Galantha, who in 1794 became the Prince of Esterházy. In 1785 she bore a son, Paul Anton and in 1788 a daughter, Leopoldine.

Patroness

Young Princess Maria Josepha von Liechtenstein by August Friedrich Oelenhainz, 1776

Like her husband Maria was a patron of artists, and especially of Joseph Haydn, who from 1796 to 1802 was commissioned to write a yearly Mass to be performed on her nameday (8 September, the Nativity of the BVM[1]). Thus originated the Heiligmesse (1796), Paukenmesse (1797), Nelsonmesse (1798), Theresienmesse (1799), Schöpfungsmesse (1801) and Harmoniemesse (1802). For her 1807 nameday Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Mass in C major, op. 86. Johann Nepomuk Hummel wrote five Masses for her nameday: Mass in E-flat major, Op. 80 (1804), Mass in D minor, WoO. 13 (1805), Mass in C major, WoO. 12 (1806), Mass in B-flat major, Op. 77 (1808) & Mass in D major, Op. 111 (1810) One final Mass was written by Jan Ladislav Dussek, Missa Solomnelle in G major, C. 256 (1811).

References

  1. ^ List of Masses by Joseph Haydn gives the more plausible Sept. 12, The Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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