Margarete Sophie of Austria
Margarete Sophie Marie Annunciata Theresia Caroline Luise Josephine Johanna (born May 13, 1870 in Artstetten , Austria ; † August 24, 1902 in Gmunden am Traunsee ) from the House of Habsburg-Lothringen was born Archduchess of Austria and by marriage Duchess of Württemberg .
Life
Margarete Sophie (named after her father's first wife, Margarete von Sachsen, and her grandmother Sophie , née Princess of Bavaria) was the only daughter of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria and his second wife Maria Annunziata of Naples-Sicily . She was the younger sister of Franz Ferdinand von Österreich-Este , to whom she was personally very close. When she was close to her first birthday, her mother died, but her stepmother Marie Therese von Braganza , her father's third wife , looked after her lovingly.
On January 24, 1893, the Archduchess - who had previously been the abbess of the aristocratic monastery at Prague's Hradschin from May 23, 1886 to January 15, 1893 - married Duke Albrecht von Württemberg , son of Duke Philipp von Württemberg and Archduchess Marie Therese von Austria . The marriage had seven children, one of whom died in infancy.
Margarete Sophie died at the age of 32 in Gmunden and was buried in the Württemberg family crypt of Ludwigsburg Palace . The husband Duke Albrecht did not enter into another marriage. After a crypt was built at the castle and parish church of St. Michael in Altshausen in 1927, the coffin was moved there.
progeny
- Philipp Albrecht (born November 14, 1893 - April 15, 1975)
- Albrecht Eugen (born January 8, 1895 - † June 24, 1954)
- Carl Alexander (March 12, 1896 - December 27, 1964)
- Maria Amalia (born August 15, 1897 - † August 13, 1923)
- Maria Theresa (born August 16, 1898 - March 26, 1928)
- Maria Elisabeth of Württemberg (September 12, 1899 - April 15, 1900)
- Margarethe Maria (born January 4, 1902 - † April 22, 1945)
literature
- Wladimir Aichelburg: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este and Artstetten. Publishing office Johann Lehner, Vienna 2000 (pp. 25, 26)
Web links
- Darryl Lundy: Margarete Sophie Archduchess of Austria , on The Peerage.com
- Literature by and about Margarete Sophie of Austria in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Margarete Sophie of Austria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Austria, Margarete Sophie Marie Annunciata Theresia Caroline Luise Josephine Johanna von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Archduchess of Austria and Duchess of Württemberg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Artstetten , Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 24, 1902 |
| Place of death | Gmunden am Traunsee |