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Elsa, Princess Of Liechtenstein
Elisabeth Sarolta "Elsa" von Gutmann (6 January 187528 September 1947) was Princess of Liechtenstein from 1929 to 1938 as the wife of Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Prince Franz I of Principality of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein. Early life Elisabeth (also known as Elsa) was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. She was the daughter of Wilhelm Isak Ritter von Gutmann, Wilhelm Isak Wolf Ritter von Gutmann by his second wife, :File:Ida_von_Gutmann-Wodianer_(ca_1899).jpg, Ida Wodianer. Her father was a Jews, Jewish businessman from Moravia. His coal mining and trading company, Gebrüder Gutmann, was in a leading position in the market dominated by the House of Habsburg, Habsburg monarchy. He and his brother were nobility, ennobled in 1878 by Franz Joseph I of Austria, Emperor Franz Joseph I, thus becoming part of the Austrian nobility. They were made knights of the Order of the Iron Crown (Austria), Order of the Iron Crown which simultaneously meant being given a hereditary knighthood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duchess Of Troppau
The Principality of Opava (; ) or Duchy of Troppau () was a historic territory split off from the Margraviate of Moravia before 1269 by King Ottokar II of Bohemia to provide for his natural son, Nicholas I, Duke of Troppau, Nicholas I. The Opava territory thus had not been part of the original Polish Duchy of Silesia in 1138, and was first ruled by an illegitimate offshoot of the Bohemian Přemyslid dynasty, not by the Silesian Piasts like many of the neighbouring Duchies of Silesia, Silesian duchies. Its capital was Opava (''Troppau'') in the modern-day Czech Republic. From 1337 onwards, the Přemyslid dukes also ruled the adjacent former Piast Duchy of Racibórz, whereupon Opava became united with the Upper Silesian lands. When the Opava branch became extinct in 1464, it fell back to the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, Bohemian Crown, from 1526 part of the Habsburg monarchy. In the final three centuries of its existence, the duchy was ruled by the Princely Family of Liechtenstein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
