Ludovika "Lulu" Franziska Maria, Countess von Thürheim (14 March 1788, in Tirlemont – 22 May 1864, in Döbling) was an Austrian painter, noblewoman and a memoirist.

Countess Ludovika von Thürheim

Biography

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Coat of arms of the Counts von Türheim, (1835)

Ludovika Franziska Maria was born into Türheim family, an uradel German noble family originating in Swabia. She was second daughter Josef Wenzel Count von Thürheim (1749–1808) and his wife, Countess Luise Berghe von Trips (1759–1812), sister-in-law of Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal.[1] She is best remembered for her portraits, landscapes, and her memoirs of the Congress of Vienna which have served as important sources on cultural and social history of the Austrian Empire. She maintained close friendships with Andrey Razumovsky, Alexander Ypsilantis, Ioannis Kapodistrias, and Ludwig van Beethoven during her lifetime.[2][3][4][5][6] In 1832, she was married to Charles Thirion (1803–1832), secretary of Prince Razumovsky, who was 15 years younger than Lulu, but the marriage didn't last long, as he committed suicide, eight month later.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ https://gw.geneanet.org/frebault?lang=en&n=berghe+von+trips&p=johann+heinrich+adam+christoph
  2. ^ Assmann, Peter (1995). Lulu von Thürheim (1788-1864) (in German). OÖ. Landesmuseum. ISBN 978-3-900746-84-1.
  3. ^ Caeyers, Jan (3 May 2022). Beethoven, A Life. Univ of California Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-520-39021-8.
  4. ^ Robertson, Angus (7 October 2021). Vienna: The International Capital. Birlinn Ltd. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-78885-476-4.
  5. ^ von Wurzbach, Constantin (1882). "Thürheim, Luise Francisca Maria". Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich (in German). Wurzbach. p. 282.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ "Lulu von Thürheim". www.stifterhaus.at. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  7. ^ https://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl/oebl_T/Thuerheim_Louise_1788_1864.xml
  8. ^ https://www.stifterhaus.at/stichwoerter/lulu-von-thuerheim