Elizabeth Lucretia, Duchess of Cieszyn

Elizabeth Lucretia
Duchess of Cieszyn
Elisa(beth) Lucre(tia) D(ei) G(ratia) in Sile(sia) Tesch(inensis) ... Ducis(sa). Stylized duchess' portrait on a gold 5 ducat (1650)
Born	(1599-06-01)1 June 1599
Died	19 May 1653(1653-05-19) (aged 53)
Noble family	Piast
Spouse(s)	Gundakar, Prince of Liechtenstein
Issue	Maria Anna of Liechtenstein Ferdinand Johann of Liechtenstein Albert of Liechtenstein
Father	Adam Wenceslaus, Duke of Cieszyn
Mother	Elisabeth Kettler

Elizabeth Lucretia of Cieszyn (German: Elisabeth Lukretia von Teschen; Polish: Elżbieta Lukrecja Cieszyńska; Czech: Alžběta Lukrécie Těšínská; 1 June 1599 – 19 May 1653), was a reigning Duchess of Cieszyn (Teschen, Těšín) from 1625 until her death. Born as the third child and second daughter of Adam Wenceslaus, Duke of Cieszyn (by his wife Princess Elisabeth Ketteler of Courland, daughter of Gotthard Kettler, Duke of Courland), she was the last ruler of Cieszyn from the Polish-origin Silesian Piast dynasty.

After her death, the Duchy of Cieszyn reverted to the Bohemian Crown as a completed fiefdom and was onward ruled directly by the Bohemian kings, then members of the House of Habsburg. Subsequently, Habsburg dynasty bore the title until the fall of the Empire and the liquidation of the Duchy of Cieszyn in 1918.