Joseph II and the 'Five Princesses,' 1765-1790
by
Rebecca Gates-Coon
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
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...