Elisabeth zu Fürstenberg

Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis, who married Karl Aloys in 1790.

Elisabeth zu Fürstenberg (1767–1822), regent of the Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg during the minority of her son, Charles Egon II, from 1804 until 1806.

Early life

Born into the rich House of Thurn und Taxis, was the daughter of Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his third wife, Princess Maria Henriette Josepha of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen (1732–1772).

Personal life

On 4 November 1790, in Prague, she married her cousin, Prince Karl Aloys zu Fürstenberg. They had:

• Charles Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg (1796–1854); married Princess Amalie of Baden and had issue
• Princess Marie Leopoldine of Fürstenberg (1791–1844); married Charles Albert III, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst and had issue
• Princess Maria Josefa of Fürstenberg (d. 1792)
• Princess Antonie of Fürstenberg (1744–1799)
• Princess Maria Anna of Fürstenberg (1798–1799)

References

• Karl Siegfried Bader: Fürstin Elisabeth zu Fürstenberg im Kampf um die Erhaltung der Rechte ihres mediatisierten Hauses, in: Schriften des Vereins für Geschichte und Naturgeschichte der Baar und der angrenzenden Landesteile in Donaueschingen, XXIV. Heft 1956, Donaueschingen 1956; S. 119–153 online (PDF; 41,9 MB)