Princess Eleonore Elisabeth Amalia Magdalena von Schwarzenberg

House of Schwarzenberg

-History:The family was first mentioned in 1172. A branch of the Seinsheim family was created when Erkinger I of Seinsheim acquired the Franconian barony of Schwarzenberg, the castle Schwarzenberg and the title Baron of Schwarzenberg, in 1405–21. At this time, they also possessed some fiefdoms in...

, born von Lobkowicz (born 20 June 1682, in Mělník

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 and died 5 May 1741, in Palais Schwarzenberg

Palais Schwarzenberg

Palais Schwarzenberg is a Baroque palace in front of Schwarzenbergplatz, Landstraße, the 3rd district of Vienna, Austria. It is owned by the princely Schwarzenberg family....

, Vienna) was a member of the House of Lobkowicz and was, by marriage, princess of Schwarzenberg.

Biography

Eleonore was the daughter of Prince Ferdinand August of Lobkowicz (1655–1715), the Duke of Sagan, and his second wife Margravine Maria Anne Wilhelmine of Baden-Baden (1655–1701), daughter of Wilhelm, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Wilhelm, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Margrave William of Baden-Baden was regent of Baden-Baden between 1621 and 1677.Born in Baden-Baden, he was the eldest son of Margrave Edward Fortunatus of Baden and Maria of Eicken. He was Geheimrat, Generalfeldmarschall and Imperial Kammerrichter of Speyer, which gave him his nickname: Wilhelm...

.

On 6 December 1701 Princess Eleonore married the Austrian Hofmarschall, hereditary prince (and later prince) Adam Franz Karl Eusebius von Schwarzenberg. Eleonore was considered a cultivated lady, and Eleonore's and her husband’s wealthy and cultural lifestyle was often displayed at court. The marriage produced two children:

• Maria Anna of Schwarzenberg
  Maria Anna of Schwarzenberg
  Maria Anna av Schwarzenberg was a Margravine consort of Baden-Baden. She was the daughter of Adam Franz Karl Eusebius von Schwarzenberg and Eleonore von Schwarzenberg. She married Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden in 18 March 1721. Her future mother-in-law travelled to Vienna in order to seek...
  
   (1706–1755): married Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden
  Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden
  Louis George of Baden-Baden was the Margrave of Baden-Baden from 1707 till his death in 1761. From 1707 till 1727 his mother Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg was the regent of Baden-Baden. He was succeeded by his younger brother August Georg Simpert...
  
   (m. 1721).
• Joseph I Adam of Schwarzenberg (1722–1782): married Princess Maria Theresia of Liechtenstein (m. 1741).

Her husband died after 31 years of marriage in a hunting accident on imperial land near Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav

Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav

Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic on the banks of the Elbe River, in the heart of an agricultural region about 25 km northeast of Prague. The town is part of the Prague metropolitan area. Brandýs nad Labem dates its origin to the...

, today in the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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. Emperor Charles VI

Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles VI was the penultimate Habsburg sovereign of the Habsburg Empire. He succeeded his elder brother, Joseph I, as Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia , Hungary and Croatia , Archduke of Austria, etc., in 1711...

 fired the deadly shot, and he just happened to be in the way. Afterwards, the Emperor took Eleonore’s son to his court in Vienna, and she was paid a baronial maintenance of 5000 guldens.

Princess Eleonore died on 5 May 1741 in the Palais Schwarzenberg

Palais Schwarzenberg

Palais Schwarzenberg is a Baroque palace in front of Schwarzenbergplatz, Landstraße, the 3rd district of Vienna, Austria. It is owned by the princely Schwarzenberg family....

 in Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

. Franz von Gerstoff, the Emperor’s physician, requested an autopsy which eventually diagnosed cervical cancer

Cervical cancer

Cervical cancer is malignant neoplasm of the cervix uteri or cervical area. One of the most common symptoms is abnormal vaginal bleeding, but in some cases there may be no obvious symptoms until the cancer is in its advanced stages...

 as the cause of death.

In 2007, the Austrian documentary The Vampire Princess tried to find evidence for the vampire thesis about her.

Styles

• 1682 – 1701: Princess Eleonore of Lobkowicz
• 1701 – 1703: The Hereditary Princess of Schwarzenberg
• 1703 – 1732: The Princess of Schwarzenberg
• 1732 – 1741: The Princess Dowager of Schwarzenberg