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Maria Josefa Vietoris
Maria Josefa Vietoris
Maria Josefa with her husband, Leopold, in their later years.
Birth: 18 July 1901
Austria-Hungary (now Austria)
Death: 24 March 2002
Innsbruck, Austria
Age: 100 years, 249 days
Country: AustriaAUT
Centenarian

Maria Josefa Vincentia Vietoris (neé Riccabona zu Reichenfels; 18 July 1901 – 24 March 2002) was an Austrian centenarian and wife of mathematician and supercentenarian Leopold Vietoris (1891–2002).

Biography

Vietoris was born on 18 July 1901 in Austria-Hungary (now Austria).

In 1936, she married Leopold Vietoris. The couple had no children. Her sister, Klara Riccabona, first wife of Leopold Vietoris, died while giving birth to their sixth daughter (citation needed).

With her husband dying at the age of 110, they became one of the eldest couples of the world, having the seventh-highest aggregate age of a married couple (total combined age). Their combined age at the end of their marriage, 211 years, 177 days, is the second-highest on record.

Vietoris died on 24 March 2002 in Innsbruck, Austria, at the age of 100 years, 249 days. Leopold died two weeks after her death.

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