Editing Maria von Trapp (section)

{{Short description|Matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers (1905–1987)}}
{{About|the matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers|her stepdaughter|Maria Franziska von&nbsp;Trapp}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix   = 
| name               = Maria von Trapp
| honorific_suffix   = [[Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Catholic)|DHS]]
| image              = Maria von Trapp in 1948.jpg
| caption            = Von Trapp in 1948
| birth_name         = Maria Augusta Kuczera
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|df=yes|1905|1|26}}
| birth_place        = [[Vienna]], [[Austria-Hungary]]
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1987|3|28|1905|1|26}}
| death_place        = [[Morrisville, Vermont]], U.S.
| resting_place      = Trapp Family Cemetery, [[Trapp Family Lodge]], [[Stowe, Vermont]], U.S.
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Georg von Trapp|Georg Ritter von Trapp]]|1927|1947|end=died}}
| children           = 3, including [[Johannes von Trapp]], plus 7 stepchildren
}}

'''Maria Augusta von&nbsp;Trapp''' [[Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Catholic)|DHS]] ({{née|'''Kutschera'''}}; 26 January 1905 – 28 March 1987), often styled as "'''Baroness'''",<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kerr |first=Peter |date=29 March 1987 |title=Maria Von Trapp, Whose Life Was 'Sound of Music,' Is Dead |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/29/obituaries/maria-von-trapp-whose-life-was-sound-of-music-is-dead.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=14 July 1997 |title=Tribute to Baron von&nbsp;Trapp Joined by Country He Fled |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/14/us/tribute-to-baron-von-trapp-joined-by-country-he-fled.html |access-date=27 February 2015 |quote=The ceremonies ended today in a morning Mass, at which the cadets stood watch during a performance of Franz Schubert's ''German Mass'', then laid a wreath at the grave of Baron and Baroness von Trapp, who were portrayed by [[Christopher Plummer]] and [[Julie Andrews]] in the 1965 film ''The Sound of Music.''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Gearin |first1=Joan |title=Movie vs. Reality |url=https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2005/winter/von-trapps.html |access-date=27 February 2015 |publisher=The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration – Winter&nbsp;2005, Vol.&nbsp;37, No.&nbsp;4 National Archives |quote=Georg von&nbsp;Trapp, born in 1880, became a national hero as a captain in the Austrian navy during World War&nbsp;I. He commanded submarines with valor and received the title of "Ritter" and subsequently "baron") as a reward for his heroic accomplishments.}}</ref> was the stepmother and matriarch of the [[Trapp Family|Trapp Family Singers]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|title=Maria Augusta Kutschera von Trapp|url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/603410/Maria-Augusta-Kutschera-von-Trapp|access-date=9 January 2011}}</ref><ref name=tribute>{{cite news|title=Tribute to Baron von&nbsp;Trapp Joined by Country He Fled|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/14/us/tribute-to-baron-von-trapp-joined-by-country-he-fled.html|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|date=14 July 1997|access-date=8 January 2011}}</ref> She wrote ''[[The Story of the Trapp Family Singers]]'', which was published in 1949 and was the inspiration for the 1956 West German film ''[[The Trapp Family]]'', which in turn inspired the 1959 Broadway musical ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' and its 1965 [[The Sound of Music (film)|film version]].<ref name=obit/><ref name=mjmvtspwp>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2CMWAAAAIBAJ&pg=2794%2C33446 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |agency=Washington Post|title=Maria von&nbsp;Trapp speaks |last=Bernhard |first=Marianne |date=1 October 1980 |page=6, part&nbsp;1 }}</ref>