Liechtenstein princess killed in bombing

September 12, 1944

The New York Times has received a report from Vaduz, Liechtenstein, announcing that Princess Marie Elisabeth, 23, who was married to Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein, was killed in Vienna on September 10 "during an American air raid" on the city.

Marie Elisabeth von Leutzendorff married Prince Constantin, a cousin of Prince Franz, the sovereign of the tiny principality, at Vienna in March 1941. She gave birth to the couple's only child, Princess Monica Maria Theresia Elisabeth of Liechtenstein who was born in April 1942.