⭐ ⭐️ Prinzessin Monica von Liechtenstein, die nach Brasilien durchgebrannt ist, ist 80!

Prinzessin Monica.

Heute feiert Prinzessin Monica von und zu Liechtenstein ihren achtzigsten Geburtstag!

Prinzessin Monica Maria Theresia Elisabeth von Liechtenstein wurde am 8. April 1942 in Wien als einziges Kind von Fürst Constantin von Liechtenstein (1911-2001) und seiner ersten Frau Maria Elisabeth von Leutzendorff (1921-1944) geboren, die 1941 heirateten. Prinzessin Maria Elisabeth kam bei einem Bombenangriff in Wien ums Leben. In den späten 1970er Jahren heiratete Fürst Constantin erneut Gräfin Ilona Esterházy von Galántha (1921-2019; Witwe von Graf Miklós Cziráky von Czirák und Dénesfalva).

Prinz Constantin und Prinzessin Monica waren Gäste auf einer Party, die Joan Crawford 1955 in St. Moritz gab. Dies wird in dem Buch Mommie Dearest von Joans nicht ganz so glücklicher Tochter Christina erwähnt . Im folgenden Jahr 1956, als sie vierzehn war, begannen Monica und Prinz Francesco Borghese eine Beziehung. Ihr Vater war von der romantischen Zuneigung seiner Tochter aufgrund ihres jungen Alters so beunruhigt, dass er Monica ein Jahr lang in ein Kloster in Wien schickte, um „darüber nachzudenken“. Es erübrigt sich zu sagen, dass Monica und Francesco nicht heirateten.

In 1959, Princess Monica represented her family at the inauguration of the new Brazilian capital, Brasília. During the festivities, she met her future husband, Andrzej Franciszek Spitzman Jordan (b.1933; also known as André Franz Jordan), a Polish expat who had become a businessman in Latin America. The couple swiftly fell in love. When Monica returned to Vaduz, she told her family of her feelings for André. Her father Constantin was not wholly opposed to his only child’s desire to marry Mr. Jordan. However, her cousin Prince Franz Joseph II and his wife Princess Georgina did not think the union wise or “suitable,” given Monica’s status. In an attempt to win over her family, Monica cabled André and asked him to come to Liechtenstein, which he did in short order. His reception by the princely family was reportedly courteous but not terribly warm. Franz Joseph told Monica: “The young man is cultured and pleasant and I wish him well. But I’m dead set against your marrying a commoner as I’ve been before.” Faced with the opposition of the sovereign prince, Monica decided to do a rather daring deed. The eighteen year-old decided to run away from home and elope. She and André agreed that he would return to Rio de Janeiro and prepare for their marriage. Several weeks later, Monica pretended that she was going to visit relatives in Paris. When she arrived in the French capital, she boarded a plane for Brazil that ended up being grounded in London due to poor weather conditions. It took her father Constantin almost two days to find out that his daughter was staying at a hotel in the British capital. He was able to reach Monica by phone, but she refused to return to Vaduz. The next day she flew to Brazil.

Monica and André on their wedding day.

On 25 November 1960 at Rio de Janeiro, Princess Monica of Liechtenstein and André Jordan were married. The couple had two sons, Gilberto Frederic Jordan (b.1961) and Constantino Pedro Jordan (b.1964), before divorcing in 1969. Prince Constantin flew to Rio for his first grandson Gilberto’s christening. In February 1979, Princess Monica joined her father Prince Constantin and their cousin Princess Barbara with her husband Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia for a holiday in St. Moritz.