Name Archduchess Franziska | House House of Lorraine | |
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Born 27 January 1892Wien, Austria–Hungary ( 1892-01-27 ) Spouse Georg, Graf von Waldburg zu Zeil und Hohenems Parents Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria Grandparents Empress Elisabeth of Austria Similar People Archduchess Marie Valerie of, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Franz Joseph I of Austria, Archduchess Hedwig of Austria, Archduke Hubert Salvator | ||
Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska Marie Karoline Ignatia Salvator (27 January 1892 – 29 January 1930) was the daughter of Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria and Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria. Through her mother she was a granddaughter of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria.
Biography
She was born in Vienna on 27 January 1892 to Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria and his cousin Archduchess Marie Valerie, youngest daughter of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. She married at Niederwallsee on 19 September 1912 Georg Count von Waldburg zu Zeil und Hohenems (1878–1955). The marriage was one of love and not a political marriage. Georg von Waldburg had no money or property, and had been hired as a tutor for her brothers.
They had four children, three daughters and a son:
Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska was a painter for some time. She died, aged 38, of pneumonia on 29 January 1930. Her widower remarried nearly two years later, on 29 December 1931, to her younger sister Gertrud.