Heinrich of Austria (1828-1891)
Heinrich Anton Maria Rainer Karl Gregor of Austria (born May 9, 1828 in Milan , † November 30, 1891 in Vienna ) from the House of Habsburg-Lothringen was an Archduke of Austria and an Imperial Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal .
Life
Heinrich was a son of Archduke Rainer (1783-1853), viceroy of Lombardy from his marriage to Maria Elisabeth (1800-1856), daughter of Prince Karl Emanuel of Savoy-Carignan . On his father's side, he was a grandson of Emperor Leopold II.
In imperial Austrian military service Heinrich reached the rank of field marshal lieutenant and owner of the infantry regiment No. 62 in 1863. He was knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece and the Grand Ducal Hessian Order of Ludwig . Heinrich acted as divisional commander in Graz and Brno, among others. He fought with distinction in the Battle of Custozza (1866) .
As a retired general Heinrich lived with his wife from 1872 until his death in his own palace in the Mustergasse in Bozen. On one of his rare visits to Vienna, he and his wife fell ill with pneumonia and both died that same night.
Marriage and offspring
Heinrich married in a morganatic marriage on February 4, 1868 in Bozen against the will of Emperor Franz Joseph the singer Leopoldine Hofmann (1840-1891), who was raised in 1878 to the "Freifrau von Waideck". From this marriage a daughter was born:
- Maria Rainiera (1872–1936), Countess von Waideck
- ⚭ 1892 Count Enrico Lucchesi Palli , Prince of Campofranco, Duke della Grazia (1861–1924).
Because of his marriage, Heinrich's membership in the Erzhaus Austria was revoked, he resigned from all military functions, left Austria and lived in Lucerne in Switzerland, where he held the title of Count von Waideck. In 1871 he was unexpectedly accepted back into the family association as Archduke by handwriting from the emperor and his marriage was subsequently recognized.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Habsburg, Heinrich Anton Maria Rainer Karl Gregor . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 6th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1860, p. 277 ( digitized version ).
- Sigmund Hahn: Reichsraths-Almanach for the session , Satow, 1867, p. 50.
- Brigitte Hamann : The Habsburgs. A biographical lexicon. Piper, Munich-Zurich 1988. ISBN 3-492-03163-3 .
Web links
- Heinrich Archduke of Austria on thepeerage.com , accessed on August 12, 2015.
- http://english.habsburger.net/schlagworte/begegnen/matrixverb_period_view?epochUID=8c691e70776bfb4d852f2c66b96ba5a2
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Kaiserthumes Österreich , 1868, p. 7 ( digitized version ).
- ^ Otto Stolz: History of the State of Tyrol: first volume , Tyrolia-Verlag, 1955, p. 642.
- ↑ Brigitte Hamann: The Habsburgs: a biographical lexicon , Piper, 1988, p. 162.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Heinrich of Austria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heinrich Anton Maria Rainer Karl Gregor of Austria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Archduke of Austria and Imperial Austrian Field Marshal Lieutenant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 1891 |
| Place of death | Vienna |