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Francesca von Strassoldo Grafenberg

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Francesca von Strassoldo Grafenberg

Francesca Romana von Strassoldo Grafenberg was a Countess of Carniola in Slovenia. She was born January 3, 1781, in Tržič.[1]

Life

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She was born as the first of three children in a family of the soldier Leopold Lorenz Bartholomaeus von Strassoldo-Grafenberg, the Count of Carniola. She had two younger brothers, Michael and Julius.

In April 1798, she married the Bohemian nobleman and Austrian field marshal, Count Joseph Radetzky von Radetz. The couple lived together on Bohemian estate of Radetzky's in Třebnice (now a part of the town Sedlčany), in Vienna and in the former estate of Francesca's mother in Tržič until 1819.[2] Then they moved to Milano, where they lived in Villa reale.[3]

Children

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They had five sons and four daughters.[4]

  • Joseph (1799-1837)
  • Franz Xaver (1800-1828)
  • Karl Leopold (1804-1847)
  • Theodor Constantin (1813-1878); married with Josephine Schafarzik (* 1813)
  • Aloisie (Luisa) Anna Wenceslawa
  • Francesca Romana Alexandra
  • Frederika Romana
  • Frederika Wilhelmina
  • Anton (1817-1847)

She died on January 12, 1854.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Franziska Romana von Strassoldo-Gräfenberg". geni_family_tree. Retrieved Nov 19, 2020.
  2. ^ "I'm from Tržič, I'm known far and wide". Visit Tržič. Retrieved Nov 19, 2020.
  3. ^ Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, Band 39, Wien 1879, s. 291
  4. ^ Geni.com: Franziska Gräfin Radetzky von Radetz