Elisabeth Amalie of Austria

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Elisabeth Amalie of Austria (painting by Philip Alexius de László , 1903)

Elisabeth Amalie Eugenia Maria Theresia Karoline Luise Josepha (born July 7, 1878 in Reichenau an der Rax ; † March 13, 1960 in Vaduz , Liechtenstein ) was an Archduchess of Austria .

Life

Elisabeth Amalie was a daughter of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria and Maria Theresa of Portugal . She married Prince Alois von und zu Liechtenstein , son of Alfred von und zu Liechtenstein and Henriette von Liechtenstein , on April 20, 1903 in Vienna. Emperor Franz Joseph I , however, demanded as a condition for the marriage that Prince Alois must give up Austrian citizenship because Elisabeth Amalie should not be the wife of a subject. Elisabeth Amalie had eight children with her husband, including the later Prince Franz Joseph II (1906–1989) of Liechtenstein. She was an enthusiastic huntress and accompanied her husband, who was Austro - Hungarian Lieutenant Colonel , through the garrisons until he took over the inherited rule of Groß Ullersdorf in Moravia in 1909 .

Elisabeth Amalie owned a car collection with 39 vehicles and had converted the stables in her Hungarian palace Stuhlweissenburg into garages. She was probably the most enthusiastic car fanatic of all noble women in Europe, but pursued her hobby rather calmly and secretly, so that most of her contemporaries did not know about her large car collection.

In the late phase of the Second World War , Franz Joseph II brought his mother Elisabeth Amalie and his father Alois, who had renounced the succession to the throne in Liechtenstein in 1923 in favor of Franz Joseph II, to Vaduz in front of the approaching war front. Elisabeth Amalie and her husband spent their last years there after losing their Moravian property. Elisabeth Amalie died on March 13, 1960 at the age of 81 in Vaduz and was buried in the royal crypt there. She was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lothringen .

progeny

  • Franz Joseph II (August 16, 1906 - November 13, 1989), Prince of Liechtenstein, ⚭ 1943 Countess Georgina von Wilczek (1921–1989)
  • Marie Therese (born January 14, 1908; † September 30, 1973), ⚭ 1944 Count Arthur Strachwitz von Groß-Zauche and Camminetz (1905–1996)
  • Karl Alfred (born August 16, 1910; † November 17, 1985), ⚭ 1949 Archduchess Agnes Christina of Austria (1928–2007)
  • Georg Hartmann (born November 11, 1911; † January 20, 1988), ⚭ 1948 Duchess Maria Christina von Württemberg (* 1924)
  • Ulrich (born August 29, 1913 - † October 13, 1978), unmarried
  • Marie Henriette (born November 6, 1914 - October 13, 2011), ⚭ 1943 Peter Graf and Edler Herr von und zu Eltz, called Faust von Stromberg (1909–1992)
  • Aloys (born December 20, 1917 - † February 14, 1967), unmarried
  • Heinrich (* October 21, 1920; † November 29, 1993), ⚭ 1968 Countess Amalie von Podstatzki (* 1935)

Honors

Elisabeth Amalie was a lady of the Star Cross .

literature

  • Elisabeth Amalie , in: Brigitte Hamann (Ed.): Die Habsburger , 1988, p. 94.

Web links

Commons : Archduchess Elisabeth Amalia of Austria  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Elisabeth Amalie , in: Brigitte Hamann (Ed.): Die Habsburger , 1988, p. 94.
  2. ^ Marlene Eilers Koenig: Princess Elisabeth of Liechtenstein loves her cars.
  3. ↑ Darryl Lundy: Elisabeth Amelie Archduchess of Austria , on The Peerage.com
personal data
SURNAME Elisabeth Amalie of Austria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Elisabeth Amalie Eugenia Maria Theresia Karoline Luise Josepha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Archduchess of Austria
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Reichenau on the Rax
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1960
Place of death Vaduz , Liechtenstein