Pauline von Königsegg (1830–1912), was an Austrian court official. Karin Amtmann: Elisabeth von Österreich: Die politischen Geschäfte der Kaiserin. Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 1998.

Early life

''Pauline Marie'' was born as younger daughter of Count August von Bellegarde (1795-1873) and his wife, Baroness Julia von Gudenus (1795-1865). She was paternal granddaughter of Count

Heinrich von Bellegarde Count Heinrich von Bellegarde, Viceroy of Lombardy-Venetia (german: Heinrich Joseph Johannes, Graf von Bellegarde or sometimes ''Heinrich von Bellegarde''; 29 August 1756 – 22 July 1845), of a noble Savoyard family, was born in Saxony, joined the ...

, who served as

Viceroy A viceroy () is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory. The term derives from the Latin prefix ''vice-'', meaning "in the place of" and the French word ''roy'', meaning " ...

of Lombardy-Venetia.

Court life

She was the

lady in waiting A lady-in-waiting or court lady is a female personal assistant at a court, attending on a royal woman or a high-ranking noblewoman. Historically, in Europe, a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman but of lower rank than the woman to whom sh ...

to Empress Elisabeth of Austria, later promoted to the position of

Oberhofmeisterin Court Mistress ( da, hofmesterinde; nl, hofmeesteres; german: Hofmeisterin; no, hoffmesterinne; sv, hovmästarinna) or Chief Court Mistress ( da, Overhofmesterinde; ('grand mistress'); ; no, overhoffmesterinne; sv, överhovmästarinna; russia ...

. She was a favorite and confidant of the empress. Pauline was awarded with an

Order of the Starry Cross The Order of the Starry Cross (or Order of the Star Cross/Star Cross Order; German: ''Sternkreuz-Orden'') is an imperial Austrian dynastic order for Catholic noble ladies, founded in 1668. The order still exists under the House of Habsburg-Lorrain ...

Personal life

On 15 April 1857 in

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

, she married Count Alfred zu

Königsegg-Aulendorf Königsegg-Aulendorf was a county of southeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was created in 1622 as a baronial partition of the Barony of Königsegg, and it was raised to a county in 1629. By 1806, the territories of Königsegg-Aulendorf ...

(1817-1898). They had one son: * Count Franz Xaver zu Königsegg-Aulendorf (1858-1927); married Countess Hedwig von Neipperg (1859-1916) and had issue.

References

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