Elisabeth Franziska, Archduchess of Austria

HI & RH Elisabeth Franziska Maria, Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Hungary and Bohemia (17 January 1831 - 14 February 1903)

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17 January - 1831 - 14 February - 1903

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Elisabeth of Austria was born in Buda, Hungary, the daughter of Archduke Joseph of Austria (1776-1847) and his third wife Maria Dorothea von Württemberg (1797-1855).

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Buda - Hungary - Archduke Joseph of Austria - Maria Dorothea von Württemberg

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Her paternal grandparents were Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Luisa of Spain. Her maternal grandparents were Ludwig Friedrich Alexander, Prince of Württemberg (1756 - 1817) and Henriette, Princess of Nassau-Weilburg.

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Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor - Ludwig Friedrich Alexander, Prince of Württemberg - 1756 - 1817

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Maria Luisa was a daughter of Charles III of Spain and Maria Amalia of Saxony. Ludwig Friedrich Alexander was a younger son of Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg and Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt. He was brother to both Frederick I of Württemberg and Sophia Dorothea of Württemberg, Empress consort of Paul I of Russia.

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Charles III of Spain - Maria Amalia of Saxony - Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg - Frederick I of Württemberg - Sophia Dorothea of Württemberg - Paul I of Russia

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Her first marriage, on 4 October 1847 in Vienna, was to Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este (1821-1849), by whom she had one daughter, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1849-1919), wife of King Ludwig III of Bavaria and Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England and Scotland.

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4 October - 1847 - Vienna - Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este - Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este - Ludwig III of Bavaria - Jacobite - Pretender - England - Scotland

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

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18 April - 1854 - Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria

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• (1) Franz Joseph v.Österreich (1855-1855)
• (2) Friedrich Maria Albrecht Wilhelm Karl Erzherzog v.Österreich-Teschen (1856-1936)
• (3) Maria Christina of Austria (1858-1929), wife of King Alfonso XII of Spain
• (4) Karl Stephan Eugen Viktor Felix Maria Erzherzog v.Österreich (1860-1933)
• (5) Eugen Ferdinand Pius Bernhard Felix Maria Erzherzog v.Österreich (1863-1954)
• (6) Maria Eleonora v.Österreich (1864-1864)

Elisabeth died in Vienna. She is buried in Baden bei Wien where there is a street named after her.

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Vienna - Baden bei Wien

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