Her Serene Highness Maria-Pia Kothbauer Princess of Liechtenstein |
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Kothbauer in April 2013
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Ambassador of Liechtenstein to Belgium and to the European Union | |
In office 1993–1996 |
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Ambassador of Liechtenstein to Austria | |
Assumed office 11 December 1997 |
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Ambassador of Liechtenstein to the Czech Republic | |
Assumed office 11 April 2011 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Vienna, Austria |
6 August 1960
Spouse(s) | Max Kothbauer |
Relations | Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein (first cousin) |
Children | Hieronymous Kothbauer |
Alma mater | Columbia University |
Maria-Pia Ludovika Ulrika Elisabeth Paschaline Katharina Ignazia Lucia Johanna Josefa Kothbauer, Princess of Liechtenstein (born 6 August 1960), is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Liechtenstein to Austria and the Czech Republic, formerly also to Belgium and the European Union. She also serves as Liechtenstein's Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and to the United Nations.
Born in Vienna as Princess Maria-Pia of Liechtenstein, Kothbauer is the fifth child and second daughter of Prince Karl Alfred and his wife, Archduchess Agnes Christina of Austria. A member of the Princely Family of Liechtenstein, she is a first cousin of the present monarch, Prince Hans-Adam II. On 4 August 1995, she married Max Kothbauer, now Vice President of the National Bank of Austria. The couple's only child, a son named Hieronymus, was born on 26 January 1997. Since her marriage, she has been officially styled as "Her Serene Highness Maria-Pia Kothbauer, Princess of Liechtenstein".
Princess Maria-Pia graduated from the Schule der Dominikanerinnen, run by Dominican nuns, in Vienna in 1978. She then enrolled in Columbia University, attaining the degree of Master of Arts in Political Science.