Princess Isabella of Croÿ

Princess Isabella of Croÿ

Archduchess of Austria
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroArchduchess of Austria
PlacesGermany
wasLady-in-waiting
Gender
Female
Birth27 February 1856, Dülmen
Death5 September 1931Budapest (aged 75 years)
Family
Father:Rodolphe de Croÿ
Spouse:Archduke Friedrich Duke of Teschen
Children:Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria Archduchess Maria Henrietta of Austria Archduchess Isabella of Austria Archduke Albrecht Franz Duke of Teschen
The details

Biography

Princess Isabella Hedwig Franziska Natalie of Croÿ (27 February 1856 – 5 September 1931) was the daughter of Rudolf, Duke of Croÿ, and his wife, Princess Natalie of Ligne.

Biography

Marriage and issue

Isabelle with her husband, her husband's mother Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, her husband's sister Maria Christina of Austria and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, sister-in-law of Frederich's mother through her first marriage.

She married Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen on 8 October 1878. They had eight daughters and one son:

  • Maria Christina, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1879–1962), married Prince Emanuel of Salm-Salm
  • Maria Anna, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1882–1940), married Elias, Duke of Parma
  • Maria Henrietta, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1883–1956), married Prince Gottfried of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingfurst
  • Natalie Maria, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1884–1898)
  • Stephanie Maria Isabelle, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1886–1890)
  • Gabriele Maria Theresia, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1887–1954)
  • Isabella, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1887–1973), married Prince Georg of Bavaria
  • Maria Alice, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1893–1962), married Baron Friedrich Waldbott von Bassenheim
  • Albrecht Franz, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Teschen (1897–1955)

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

In the mid-1890s, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria began visiting Isabella and Friedrich's home. At first, it was assumed that he was there to court one of their many daughters. Eventually, it was discovered that in fact he was courting Countess Sophie Chotek, a lady-in-waiting to Archduchess Isabella.

Isabella became infuriated that Franz Ferdinand had not singled out one of her eight daughters as his bride and future empress; as a result she engaged in a crusade to thwart the marriage of Franz Ferdinand and Sophie. Sophie was dismissed from service, thus beginning an ongoing conflict between Friedrich and Franz Ferdinand, who married Sophie in 1900. The marriage was morganatic; Sophie was subjected to the indignities of a much lower rank at court than that of her husband, and none of their children could succeed to their father's dynastic honours—all chiefly as a result of Isabella's machinations.

A decade later, Archduchess Isabella created a similar furor when her nephew, Karl, 13th Prince von Croÿ, of the House of Croÿ, sought to marry Nancy Leishman, the charming young daughter of United States Ambassador to Germany John George Alexander Leishman, the former president of Carnegie Steel. The Archduchess felt that Nancy, being an American commoner, was not an appropriate spouse for a prince of Croÿ. Karl and Nancy were wed, nonetheless; today their grandson is the present Duke of Croÿ.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Isabella of Croÿ
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Anne-Emmanuel, Duke of Croÿ
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Auguste, Duke of Croÿ
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Princess Auguste Friederike of Salm-Kyrburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Alfred, Duke of Croÿ
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Jean-Baptiste de Rochechouart, Duke of Mortemart
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Anne-Victurnienne de Rochechouart-Mortemart
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Anne d'Harcourt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Rudolf, Duke of Croÿ
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Maximilian Friedrich, Prince of Salm-Salm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Konstantin, Prince of Salm-Salm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Landgravine Ludovika of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Princess Eleonore of Salm-Salm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Count Philipp Christian of Sternberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Countess Maria Walpurgis of Sternberg-Manderscheid
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Countess Auguste Dorothea of Manderscheid-Blankenheim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Princess Isabella of Croÿ
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Prince Louis Eugène of Ligne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Princess Maria Franziska of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Eugène, 8th Prince of Ligne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Jean Joseph, Count van der Noot de Duras
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Louise van der Noot, Countess of Duras
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Florence Marie de Ruysschen, Countess of Elissem
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Princess Natalie of Ligne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Joseph Lothaire, Marquis of Trazegnies
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Georges Philippe, Marquis of Trazegnies
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Marie Caroline de Namur
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Nathalie de Trazegnies
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Joseph Alexandre, Count of Maldeghem
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Marie Louise de Maldeghem
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Marie Anne d'Argenteau
 
 
 
 
 
 

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