Maria Josepha Hermengilde Esterházy

Princess Maria
Princess Esterházy of Galántha
Princess Maria Esterházy, portrait by Angelica Kauffmann
Princess Esterházy of Galántha
Tenure	15 September 1783 – 15 November 1833
Born	(1768-04-13)13 April 1768 Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
Died	8 August 1845(1845-08-08) (aged 77) Hütteldorf, Penzing, Vienna
Spouse	Nikolaus II, Prince Esterházy
Issue	Paul III Anton, Prince Esterházy Princess Leopoldine Esterházy
Names German: Maria Josepha Hermengilde Liechtenstein
House	Liechtenstein
Father	Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein
Mother	Leopoldine 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). 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).

External links

• Maria Josepha Hermengilde Fürstin Esterházy Archived 2016-06-18 at the Wayback Machine