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Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria

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Religion
  
Roman Catholic

Name
  
Archduchess Franziska


Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria

Born
  
17 January 1831Buda, Kingdom of Hungary (
1831-01-17
)

Issue
  
Maria Theresia, Queen of BavariaArchduke Franz Joseph of AustriaArchduke Friedrich, Duke of TeschenMaria Cristina, Queen of SpainArchduke Charles Stephen of AustriaArchduke Eugen of AustriaArchduchess Maria Eleonora of Austria

House
  
House of Habsburg-Lorraine(by birth & marriage)House of Habsburg-Este (by marriage)

Father
  
Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary

Mother
  
Maria Dorothea of Wurttemberg

Died
  
February 14, 1903, Vienna, Austria

Spouse
  
Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (m. 1854), Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este (m. 1847)

Children
  
Maria Christina of Austria

Parents
  
Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, Duchess Maria Dorothea of Wurttemberg

Grandchildren
  
Alfonso XIII of Spain

Similar People
  
Maria Theresa of Austria‑Este, Archduke Friedrich - Duke of T, Duchess Maria Dorothea, Maria Christina of Austria, Archduke Eugen of Austria

Archduchess elisabeth franziska of austria


Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska Maria of Austria (17 January 1831 – 14 February 1903) was born in Ofen (Buda), Hungary, the daughter of Palatine Joseph of Hungary (1776–1847) and his third wife Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (1797–1855).

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First marriage

Her first marriage, on 4 October 1847 in Vienna, was to her second cousin Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este (1821–1849), by whom she had one daughter:

  • HI&RH Archduchess Maria Theresia of Austria-Este (1849–1919), wife of King Ludwig III of Bavaria and Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England and Scotland.
  • Second marriage

    Her second marriage, on 18 April 1854, in Vienna, was to her first cousin Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (1818–1874) by whom she had six children:

  • HI&RH Archduke Franz Joseph of Austria (1855–1855)
  • HI&RH Archduke Friedrich of Austria, Duke of Teschen (1856–1936)
  • HI&RH Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria (1858–1929), wife of King Alfonso XII of Spain
  • HI&RH Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria (1860–1933)
  • HI&RH Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863–1954)
  • HI&RH Archduchess Maria Eleonora of Austria (1864–1864)
  • Elisabeth died at her son's palais, the Albertina, Vienna, of pneumonia. She is buried in Baden bei Wien, where there is a street named after her.

    References

    Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria Wikipedia