Elisabeth Franziska Maria, Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Hungary and Bohemia (17 January 1831, Buda, Hungary – 14 February 1903, Albertina, Austria-Hungary).
Elisabeth of Austria 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).
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
Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska and her children: Friedrich (with his wife Isabella), Maria Christina and Maria Theresia
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.
Ancestry
Ancestors of Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16. Leopold, Duke of Lorraine | | | | | | | | | 8. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17. Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans | | | | | | | | | 4. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor | | | | | | | | | 9. Maria Theresa of Austria | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | | | | | | | | | 2. Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20. Philip V of Spain | | | | | | | | | 10. Charles III of Spain | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21. Elisabeth of Parma | | | | | | | | | 5. Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22. Augustus III of Poland | | | | | | | | | 11. Maria Amalia of Saxony | | | | | | | | | | | | | 23. Maria Josepha of Austria | | | | | | | | | 1. Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24. Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg | | | | | | | | | 12. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25. Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis | | | | | | | | | 6. Duke Louis of Württemberg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26. Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt | | | | | | | | | 13. Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt | | | | | | | | | | | | | 27. Sophia Dorothea of Prussia | | | | | | | | | 3. Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28. Charles Augustus, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg | | | | | | | | | 14. Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | 29. Augusta Frederika Wilhelmina of Nassau-Idstein | | | | | | | | | 7. Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30. William IV, Prince of Orange | | | | | | | | | 15. Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31. Anne, Princess Royal | | | | | | | |
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