Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria

Princess Elisabeth

Count Otto Seefried, the husband of Princess Elisabeth, as captain of the Austro-Hungarian army

The Viennese residence of Elisabeth in the 13th district of Vienna, Hietzinger Hauptstrasse 80, where she was often visited at the beginning of the 20th century by her grandfather Franz Joseph I, who lived in the nearby Schönbrunn Palace. Today the post office 1132 Vienna is located in the house.

Princess Elisabeth Marie Auguste of Bavaria , married Countess Seefried auf Buttenheim (born January 8, 1874 in Munich , † March 4, 1957 in Gresten ), was German nobleman and granddaughter of the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I.

Life

Elisabeth was the first daughter of Prince Leopold of Bavaria and his wife Archduchess Gisela of Austria . She was also the first grandchild of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria.

In November 1893, in Genoa (Italy), she secretly married the evangelical baron Otto Ludwig Philipp von Seefried auf Buttenheim (1870-1951), who was not in line with her rank, and grandson of the Bavarian general and Greek Minister of War Heinrich Christian von Schmaltz (1787-1865), who was only ennobled in 1817 Great-grandson of General Ludwig von Deroy (1786–1864), who was raised to the rank of Count in 1861 .

Elisabeth's father and especially her grandfather, Prince Regent Luitpold , did not agree to the marriage. It took years before the relationship with the father relaxed again, largely thanks to the advocacy of her mother Gisela and her grandfather, Emperor Franz Joseph. Both gave the couple their blessings in retrospect and Franz Joseph gave the couple a castle near Vienna . He appointed Otto von Seefried lieutenant in the Imperial and Royal 1st Infantry Regiment in Opava , Austrian Silesia , and in 1904 elevated him to the rank of count. 1908 Graf inherited Seefried from the poet Josephine Knorr their castle Stiebar in Gresten , Lower Austria , which is still the seat of the family now.

The old emperor was obviously sympathetic to his granddaughter; although she was officially “only” a countess, he visited her from his retirement home, Schönbrunn Palace , in her Viennese residence in Unter-St.-Veit .

Elisabeth's marriage was happy and the couple had five children. However, the first child Gisela died shortly after birth. Elisabeth's children and the children of her aunt Marie Valerie had dance and riding lessons together.

She died in 1957 at the age of 83 and was buried in the Gresten cemetery in Lower Austria.

progeny

Gisela von Seefried auf Buttenheim (born January 4, 1895 in Opava, † January 19, 1895 in Opava)
Elisabeth von Seefried on Buttenheim (born June 10, 1897 - † August 4, 1975)
Auguste von Seefried on Buttenheim (* June 20, 1899, † January 21, 1978); ⚭ 1919 with Prince Adalbert of Bavaria
Marie Valerie von Seefried on Buttenheim (* August 20, 1901; † March 23, 1972), ⚭ 1935 with Wilhelm Otto von Riedemann, grandson of Wilhelm Anton von Riedemann
Franz-Joseph von Seefried on Buttenheim (born July 29, 1904, † May 15, 1969)

literature

Martha Schad : Empress Elisabeth and her daughters , Munich 1997

Web links

Commons : Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Bavaria, Elisabeth Marie von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bavaria, Elisabeth Marie Auguste Princess of; Seefried on Buttenheim, Elisabeth Countess
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German noblewoman, Princess of Bavaria (until 1918)
DATE OF BIRTH	January 8, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH	Munich
DATE OF DEATH	March 4th 1957
Place of death	Gresten