Maria Josepha Hermengilde Esterházy

Maria Josepha Hermengilde Esterházy
Princess Maria Esterházy, portrait by Angelica Kauffmann
Princess Esterházy of Galántha
Tenure September 15, 1783 – November 15, 1833
Preceded by	Countess Maria Theresia Erdödy de Monyorokerek et Monoszlo
Succeeded by	Princess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis
Personal details
Born	Princess Maria Josepha Hermengilde von Liechtenstein (1768-04-13)April 13, 1768 Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
Died	August 8, 1845(1845-08-08) (aged 77) Hütteldorf, Austrian Empire
Spouse	Nikolaus II, Prince Esterházy
Children	Paul III Anton, Prince Esterházy Princess Leopoldine Esterházy of Galantha
Parent(s)	Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein 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