Johanna Maria Louise Loisinger (18 April 1865 – 20 July 1951) was an Austrian actress, pianist and operatic

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singer. She was born in Preßburg, Hungary (today

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), the daughter of John Loisinger and Maria Meier. After she had completed her singing studies, Loisinger sang in Prague, Troppau (today

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and at the court theatre in

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. She was a well-known singer of the works of

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. Loisinger married Prince

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(1857–1893) on 6 February 1889 in

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, Alpes-Maritimes, France. The prince had resigned from the Bulgarian throne in 1886 and had assumed the style of Count von Hartenau, so Loisinger became the Countess von Hartenau. The couple settled in

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, Austria, and had two children,

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(1890–1965) and Zvetana (1893–1935). After her husband's early death, she moved to Vienna, where she was an active patron of musical organisations. Among other posts, she was president of the

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. Loisinger died on 20 July 1951 in Vienna. She was buried in St. Leonhard Cemetery in Graz where her daughter Zvetana was previously buried.

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* 1865 births 1951 deaths

Johanna Johanna is a feminine name, a variant form of Joanna that originated in Latin in the Middle Ages, including an -h- by analogy with the Latin masculine name Johannes. The original Greek form ''Iōanna'' lacks a medial /h/ because in Greek Spiritus ...

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