Elisabeth Franziska of Austria-Tuscany

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Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska, 1914

Elisabeth Franziska Maria Karolina Ignatia, married Elisabeth Countess of Waldburg zu Zeil and Hohenems , (born January 27, 1892 in Vienna ; † January 29, 1930 in Syrgenstein Castle ) was born Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Tuscany .

Life

Elisabeth Franziska (left) with parents and siblings (around 1905)

Elisabeth Franziska, called Ella , was the first-born daughter of Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria-Tuscany and Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria . Thus she was a granddaughter of Emperor Franz Joseph and Sisi , Empress Elisabeth of Austria , who was also her godmother. Your educator was Elsa Koehler . From the school year 1903/04 she and her brother Franz Karl attended the Schottengymnasium in Vienna as private students .

In January 1911 Ella took part in her first court ball .

Elisabeth Franziska got engaged to Count Georg von Waldburg zu Zeil and Hohenems (1878–1955) on April 8, 1912 , whom she married on September 19, 1912 in Niederwallsee . From her marriage until she died, she lived in Syrgenstein in the Allgäu, where she also worked as a painter at times. She died of pneumonia at the age of 38. She was buried in Maria Thann in the Allgäu. On December 29, 1931, her widowed husband Georg married her sister Gertrud .

useful information

The collection of 33,000 individual objects belonging to the journalist and monarchist Raoul Korty (1889–1944), which was restituted by the ÖNB in ​​2005 and bought by the Austrian National Library at the owner's request , contains numerous photographs of the imperial family and thus also of Elisabeth Franziska. The collection was shown in April 2008 under the title In memory of more beautiful times - Pictures from the lost world by the Jewish collector Raoul Korty in the State Hall of the Austrian National Library . Among them was a photo of her grandfather with Elisabeth Franziska. The website Royal magazin mentions that a diadem from Marie Valerie of Austria was later worn by Elisabeth Franziska. In 1961, their children were in positions 1057 to 1060 of a hypothetical British line of succession that ignored the exclusion of Catholics as set out in the Act of Settlement .

In 2008, two telegrams from Empress Elisabeth were auctioned at Vienna's Dorotheum at a starting price of € 800 each, one of which was sent in 1896 to Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska, who was then five years old: SAIR l'Archiduchess Ella, Wallsee, Amstetten, Autriche. God bless you. With many kisses your loving grandma .

Ella was at times referred to as the prettiest or one of the prettiest granddaughters of Empress Elisabeth. As a trousseau she was given a travel toilet set. The silver parts contained therein came from the purveyor to the court, Josef Carl Klinkosch , the glass objects were made by J. & L. Lobmeyr .

  • Archduchess Marie Valerie with her daughter Ella, painted by Josef Arpád Koppay in 1898. (detail)

  • Elisabeth Franziska on a postcard photo, ca.1905

  • The Archduchesses Ella and Hedwig of Austria-Tuscany (1912)

  • Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska (around 1910)

  • Engagement photo of Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska and Count Georg von Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems in 1912

progeny

  • Marie Valerie Waldburg-Zeil (1913–2011)
  • Clementine Waldburg-Zeil (1914–1941)
  • Elisabeth Waldburg-Zeil (1917–1979)
  • Franz Josef Waldburg-Zeil (* 1927)

literature

  • Arnold McNaughton: The Book of Kings. A Royal Genealogy . Garnstone Press, London 1973, ISBN 0-900391-19-7 , Volume 1, pp. 368, 376.
  • Révai Nagy Lexikona. Az ismeretek enciklopédiája . Volume 4: Brutus - Csát . Sn, Budapest 1912, OBV .
  • Elisabeth Franziska . In: Brigitte Hamann (Ed.): Die Habsburger - ein biografisches Lexikon , Piper, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-492-03163-3 , p. 96.
  • Franz-Joseph I., Georg Nostitz-Rieneck (Ed.): Letters from Emperor Franz Joseph to Empress Elisabeth. 1859-1898 . Herold, Vienna / Munich 1966, Volume 1, OBV , p. 162.
  • Marie Valerie, Martha Schad and Horst Schad (eds.): The diary of Empress Elisabeth's favorite daughter 1878–1899. Fourth edition. Piper series, Volume 4364. Piper, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-492-24364-3 .
  • Martha Schad: Empress Elisabeth and her daughters . Unabridged paperback edition. Piper Taschenbuch, Volume 30181. Piper, Munich (et al.) 2012, ISBN 3-492-30181-9 .

Press reports

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Dorotheum: Breakfast at Sisi's - Imperial House Auction at Dorotheum in Vienna . ( MS Word ; 174 kB)
  2. ^ F. Gymnasial Chronicle. In:  Annual report Schottengymnasium Wien , year 1904, p. 44 above. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / jsg.
  3. ↑ From the very highest imperial house. In:  Sport & Salon , No. 5/1911 (XIV. Year), January 28, 1911, p. 2, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / sus.
  4. ↑ Chroniknet /wissen.de
  5. ↑ Daily report. (...) deaths. In:  Reichspost , No. 29/1930 (XXXVII. Year), January 30, 1930, p. 6 middle. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / rpt.
  6. ↑ a b c Restitution Korty Collection ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on October 16, 2009)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.onb.ac.at
  7. ↑ Korty Collection  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.picturedesk.com  
  8. ^ Diadem of the Archduchess
  9. ^ Diadem Waldburg-Zeil
  10. ↑ British Succession to the Throne, as of 1961
  11. ↑ Dorotheum  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.dorotheum.at  
  12. ^ Elisabeth Franziska . In: Brigitte Hamann : The Habsburgs - a biographical lexicon . Third, corrected edition. Piper, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-492-03163-3 , p. 96.

Web links

Commons : Elisabeth Franziska of Austria-Tuscany  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Austria-Tuscany, Elisabeth Franziska von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waldburg zu Zeil and Hohenems, Elisabeth von; Ella
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian nobles; Archduchess of Austria-Tuscany
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1930
Place of death Syrgenstein Castle