Marie of Wchinitz and Tettau (Marie Aglaë Bonaventura Theresia; 14 April 1940 – 21 August 2021) was Princess of Liechtenstein from 13 November 1989 until her death in 2021 as the wife of Prince Hans-Adam II. By birth, she was a member of the House of Kinsky. Biography Early life and career Countess Marie was born on 14 April 1940 in Prague as the daughter of Count Ferdinand Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau (1907–1969) and his wife, Countess Henriette Caroline of Ledebur-Wicheln (1910–2002) in the Nazi-run Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (now the Czech Republic). Her paternal grandparents were Count Ferdinand Vincenz Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau and Princess Aglae Franziska von Auersperg (1868-1919). Her maternal grandparents were Count Eugen Rudolf Maria von Ledebur-Wicheln and Countess Eleonore Larisch von Moennich, great-granddaughter of Barbu Dimitrie Știrbei, Prince of Wallachia. Countess Marie spent the first five years of her life in the Horažďovice family estate in Bohemia. In 1945, her family fled to Germany where Marie began her education in Ering am Inn from 1946 to 1950. Then she attended Lioba Sisters' boarding school at the Wald Monastery in Baden-Württemberg for eight years. In 1957, she spent an extended period of time in England to improve her English. She then attended the Academy for Applied Arts at the University of Munich, graduating in 1961. Following some time in Paris to improve her French, she began working as a commercial artist for a printing house in Dachau, Germany until 1965. Marriage and family In 1966, Countess Marie became engaged to Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein, her second cousin once removed. The couple married at Cathedral of St. Florin in Vaduz, Liechtenstein on 30 July 1967. They had four children and fifteen grandchildren: Alois Philipp Maria, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein, Regent of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg (born on 11 June 1968 in Zürich, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland). Married to German Duchess Sophie Elisabeth Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria (born on 28 October 1967) in July 1993. They have four children: Prince Joseph Wenzel Maximilian Maria of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg (born on 24 May 1995 at Portland Hospital in London, England, United Kingdom). Princess Marie Caroline Elisabeth Immaculata of Liechtenstein, Countess of Rietberg (born on 17 October 1996 in Grabs, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland). Prince Georg Antonius Constantin Maria of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg (born on 20 April 1999 in Grabs, Canton of St.