Margherita, Dowager Archduchess of Austria-Este (née Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta; born 7 April 1930) is the first-born child of the late Amedeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta and Princess Anne d'Orléans.
Marriage and issue
Margherita's family announced her engagement to Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este on 20 October 1953. They married on 29 December 1953 in Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain, France (civilly) and 29 December 1953 (religiously), in Brou, France. He was the second son of former Emperor Charles I of Austria and Zita of Bourbon-Parma. Robert was 38, and Margherita was 23. As the royal couple arrived for the first ceremony, hundreds of Austrians and Italians stood outside the town hall where the marriage was held. The wedding was also attended by former King Umberto II of Italy and Robert's older brother Otto of Habsburg, the claimant to the Austrian throne. At six feet tall, Margherita was, according to some witnesses, an impressive sight. She wore an ivory gown made out of satin with a long train hung from a diamond tiara.
The couple took up residence in Paris, where Robert was a bank clerk. They had five children:
Archduchess Maria Beatrice Anna Felicitas Zita Charlotte Adelheid Christina Elisabeth Gennara (11 December 1954). Married Count Riprand of Arco-Zinneberg, a great-grandson of the last Bavarian king, Ludwig III, and has issue. They have six daughters:
Countess Anna Therese Marie von und zu Arco-Zinneberg (b. 28 December 1981 at Munich)
Countess Margherita Ginevra Maria von und zu Arco-Zinneberg (b. 18 June 1983 at Munich)
Countess Olympia Elena Maria von und zu Arco-Zinneberg (b. 4 January 1988 at Munich)
Countess Maximiliana Aimée Maria von und zu Arco-Zinneberg (b. 1 November 1990 at Greenwich, Connecticut)
Countess Marie Gabrielle Hillary von und zu Arco-Zinneberg (b. 1992 at Greenwich)
Countess Giorgiana Astrid Maria von und zu Arco-Zinneberg (b. 1997 at Greenwich)
Archduke Lorenz Otto Carl Amadeus Thadeus Maria Pius Andreas Marcus d'Aviano (16 December 1955), Created Prince of Belgium on 10 November 1995. Married 22 September 1984 at Brussels, Princess Astrid of Belgium (b. 1962) only daughter of King Albert II of the Belgians. They have three daughters and two sons:
Prince Amedeo Marie Joseph Carl Pierre Philippe Paola Marcus d'Aviano of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (b. 21 February 1986)
Princess Maria Laura Zita Beatrix Gerhard of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (b. 26 August 1988)
Prince Joachim Carl Maria Nikolaus Isabelle Marcus d'Aviano of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (b. 9 December 1991)
Princess Luisa Maria Anna Martine Pilar of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (b. 12 October 1995)
Princess Laetitia Maria Nora Anna Joachim Zita of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (b. 23 April 2003);
Archduke Gerhard Thaddäus Anton Marcus d'Aviano Maria Umberto Otto Carl Amadeus (30 October 1957) who wed in 2015 Iris Jandrasits (1961);
Archduke Martin Carl Amadeo Maria (21 December 1959). Married Princess Katharina of Isenburg-Birstein. They have three sons and a daughter:
Archduke Bartholomäus Karl Robert of Austria (b. 27 July 2006 at Pavia);
Archduke Emmanuel Achatius Franz Alexander of Austria (b. 15 February 2008 at Pavia);
Archduchess Helene Cristina Margherita of Austria (b. 13 July 2009 at Pavia);
Archduke Luigi Amedeo Thadeus (b. 12 February 2011 at Pavia);
Archduchess Isabella Maria Laura Helena Antonia Zita Anna Gennara (2 March 1963). Married Andrea Czarnocki-Lucheschi. They have three sons and a daughter:
Alvise Marie Lorenz Bronislaw Robert Marcus d'Aviano Czarnocki-Lucheschi (b. 1999 at Brussels])
Carlo Amedeo Czarnocki-Lucheschi (b. 2 May 2000 at Brussels)
Maria Anna Astrid Martin Zita Lucia Victoria Czarnocki-Lucheschi (b. 15 February 2002 at Brussels)
Alessandro Czarnocki-Lucheschi (b. 24 August 2004 at Brussels)
7 April 1930 – 29 December 1953 Her Royal Highness Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta
29 December 1953 – 7 February 1996 Her Imperial and Royal Highness Margherita, Archduchess of Austria-Este
7 February 1996 – present Her Imperial and Royal Highness Margherita, Dowager Archduchess of Austria-Este
House of Habsburg: Dame of the Imperial and Royal Order of the Starry Cross, 2nd Class
