Ladislaja Harnoncourt
Ladislaja Harnoncourt | |
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Born | Ladislaja Johanna Franziska Gräfin von Meran 8 October 1899 |
Died | 22 July 1997 Graz, Styria, Austria | (aged 97)
Children | |
Family | Franz, Count of Meran (grandfather) |
Ladislaja Harnoncourt, née
Life
Ladislaja Johanna Franziska Gräfin von Meran, Freiin von Brandhoven, was born in 1899. She was the great-granddaughter of the
Her future husband, Eberhard Harnoncourt (1896–1970), born Graf de la Fontaine und d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt,[5] was an Austrian engineer working in Berlin. He was a widower with two small children, Alice and Renatus (René).[3]: 106 He thought of Ladislaja as a possible mother for his children, and asked permission from her mother to meet her.[3]: 107 He travelled to Austria for the meeting in October 1928, and they were married on 29 December that year in the bishop's chapel in Graz.[3]: 108 Their son Nikolaus was born in 1929, his brother Philipp two years later. In 1931, her husband's company went bankrupt.[3]: 107 The family moved to Graz where he obtained a post in the state government (Landesregierung) of Styria.[1] Their children Juliana, Karl and Franz were born there.[5][6] She and her husband brought the children up to be alert and generous-spirited.[7] The family also spent time in Grundlsee and the Brandhof estate.[6][8]
Nikolaus Harnoncourt became a cellist, conductor and pioneer of historically informed performance, Philipp Harnoncourt was a priest and patron of the arts, Karl Harnoncourt a physician, and Franz Harnoncourt CEO of the warehouse Kastner & Öhler. Nikolaus Harnoncourt wrote a memoir of the family from the 13th century to the early 1950s,[3]: 5 which his wife Alice published after his death. It covers details of his mother's life,[3][9] some narrated by herself.[3]: 12―15
Ladislaja Harnoncourt died in Graz at the age of 97.
References
- ^ a b Millington, Barry (16 June 2016). "Nikolaus Harnoncourt obituary". The Guardian.
- ^ Wagner, Matthias (15 May 2021). "Unsere Spielplätze: Stainz" (in German). Styriarte. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
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- ^ a b Kübler, Susanne (12 February 2019). "Die Mutter wild, der Onkel ein Nazi". Basler Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Nikolaus Harnoncourt". Munzinger-Archiv (in German). Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Adel verpflichtet". diesteirerin.at (in German). 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ Nagl, Siegfried (19 May 2016). "Trauersitzung des Gemeinderates für den Ehrenringträger der Stadt Graz Nikolaus Harnoncourt" (PDF). Graz (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ "Nikolaus Harnoncourt ist 75". ORF (in German). 31 March 2004. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ Tschida, Michael (23 June 2019). "Das wichtigste Wort ist Nein". Kleine Zeitung (in German).
External links
- Ladislaja Gräfin Von Meran (in German) myheritage.de
- Ladislaja Johanna Franziska Gräfin de la Fontaine und d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt (in German) geni.com