Princess Klementine von Metternich


Princess Klementine Maria Octavia von Metternich was an Austrian princess.

Biography

Princess Klementine von Metternich was born on 30 August 1804 into the House of Metternich. Her father was the Austrian diplomat Klemens, Prince of Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein. Her mother was Countess Eleonore von Kaunitz, a granddaughter of Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg. She was their fifth child and second daughter.
Klementine was painted by Moritz Michael Daffinger in 1819, posed as the goddess Hebe. The painting Portrait of a Lady attributed to Sir Thomas Lawrence is allegedly a portrait of Klementine.
She died from tuberculosis on 6 May 1820.