The Charmed Circle: Joseph II and the 'Five Princesses, ' 1765-1790

by Rebecca Gates-Coon

In late eighteenth-century Vienna a remarkable coterie of five aristocratic women, popularly known as the "five princesses," achieved social preeminence and acclaim as close associates of the reforming Habsburg Emperor Joseph II. They were Princess Maria Josepha Clary (1728-1801); Princess Maria Sidonia Kinsky (1729-1815); Princess Maria Leopoldine Liechtenstein (1733-1809); Countess, subsequently Princess, Maria Leopoldine Kaunitz (1741-1795); and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557536945
• ISBN13: 9781557536945
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"