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Princess Klementine von Metternich

Princess Klementine von Metternich

Austrian princess

Princess Klementine Maria Octavia von Metternich (30 August 1804 – 6 May 1820) was an Austrian princess.

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Biography

Princess Klementine von Metternich was born on 30 August 1804 into the House of Metternich. Her father was the Austrian diplomat Klemens, Prince of Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein. Her mother was Countess Eleonore von Kaunitz, a granddaughter of Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg.[1] She was their fifth child and second daughter.[2]

Klementine was painted by Moritz Michael Daffinger in 1819, posed as the goddess Hebe.[3] The painting Portrait of a Lady attributed to Sir Thomas Lawrence is allegedly a portrait of Klementine.[4]

She died from tuberculosis on 6 May 1820.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Nadeau, Ryan (2016). "Creating a Statesman: The Early Life of Prince Clemens von Metternich and its Effect on his Political Philosophy". cupola.gettysburg.edu. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  2. [2]
    Freitag, Sabine; Wende, Peter (21 December 2000). British Envoys to Germany 1816-1866. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521790666 – via Google Books.
  3. [3]
    "MORITZ MICHAEL DAFFINGER (AUSTRIAN, 1790-1849), Princess Clementina Metternich (1804-1820) as Hebe, in loose white dress with yellow sash fastened by a strand of pearls and drop pearl pendant at corsage, her dark brown hair curled and upswept". www.christies.com.
  4. [4]
    "Portrait of a lady, thought to be Princess Clémentine de Metternich". Musée Cognacq-Jay. 18 March 2014.
  5. [5]
    "Princess Clementine Metternich - Artist - Royal Academy of Arts". www.royalacademy.org.uk.
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