Patron of the apartment
Marie Ernestina, Princess of Schwarzenberg
*1649 Brussels +1719 Vienna
Czech noblewoman, wife of Johann Christian I of Eggenberg and the only duchess to govern the Krumlov District independently. The Baroque reconstruction of Český Krumlov owes much to her intervention. After her death, the property of the Czech branch of the Eggenbergs passed to the Schwarzenbergs.