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Elisabeth zu Fürstenberg

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Formal portrait, half length, of a young, dark haired woman; her hair is plaited around her head, with curls framing her face. She is wearing a diaphanous shawl around her shoulders, over a short-sleeved gown which shows a great deal of decolletage.
Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis, who married Karl Aloys in 1790.

Elisabeth zu Fürstenberg (1767-1822), was a Princess consort of Fürstenberg by marriage to Karl Aloys zu Fürstenberg. She was the regent of the Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg during the minority of her minor son, Karl Joachim (Fürstenberg-Stühlingen), from 1804 until 1806.

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)