Margarethe Klementine of Austria

Princess Margarethe Klementine von Thurn und Taxis, around 1895

Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria, around 1880

Margarethe Klementine Maria Archduchess of Austria (born July 6, 1870 in Alcsút , Austria-Hungary , † May 2, 1955 in Regensburg ) was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lothringen and, by marriage, Princess of Thurn and Taxis . It came from the Hungarian branch of the House of Habsburg-Lothringen, which went back to Archduke Joseph († 1847) .

Life

Archduchess Margarethe Klementine was the third daughter of Archduke Joseph Karl Ludwig of Austria (1833-1905) and his wife Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1846-1927), daughter of Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Clementine the Elder 'Orléans .

She married Prince Albert von Thurn und Taxis , son of Hereditary Prince Maximilian Anton von Thurn und Taxis and Duchess Helene in Bavaria on July 15, 1890 in Budapest . From this marriage there were seven children:

• Franz Joseph (1893–1971) ⚭ 1920 Princess Elisabeth of Braganza (1894–1970)
• Karl August (1898–1982) ⚭ 1921 Princess Maria Anna of Braganza (1899–1971)
• Ludwig Philipp (1901–1933) ⚭ Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg
• Max Emanuel (1902–1994),
• Elisabeth Helene (1903–1976) ⚭ 1923 Friedrich Christian Prince of Saxony Duke of Saxony (1893–1968)
• Raphael Rainer (1906-1993)
• Philipp Ernst von Thurn and Taxis (1908–1964)

Margarethe Klementine was an Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Thurn und Taxis until the November Revolution of 1918 . She was a passionate rider and worked as a sculptor. In both the First and the Second World War she performed services of a nurse and supported throughout their lives charitable associations. She took her siblings in Regensburg when they left Hungary in the final phase of World War II in 1944 . Three years after the death of her husband, Margarethe Klementine died on May 2, 1955 at the age of 84 in Regensburg.

Artistic activity

War memorial

Archduchess Margarethe Klementine worked as a sculptor, also under her stage name Margit von Valsassina . For example, she designed the altar for Regensburg, modeled the two side altar reliefs and the 14 statues of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church and designed the war memorial in the city ​​park of Regensburg. She also designed the monument to Bonifaz Wimmer in Thalmassing (cast in 1909 by A. Brandstetter in Munich).

Honors

• 1930: Golden Citizen Medal of the City of Regensburg
• 1950: Honorary citizenship of the city of Regensburg

literature

• Wolfgang Behringer : Thurn and Taxis. The history of your post office and your company . Piper, Munich, Zurich 1990, ISBN 3-492-03336-9 .
• Martin Dallmeier, Martha Schad : The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis. 300 years of history in pictures . Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 1996, ISBN 3-7917-1492-9 .
• Margarethe. In: Brigitte Hamann (Ed.): The Habsburgs. A biographical lexicon. Piper, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-492-03163-3 , p. 281 f.
• Max Piendl : The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis. On the history of the house and the Thurn and Taxis Post . Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 1981, ISBN 3-7917-0678-0 .

Web links

Commons : Margarethe Klementine  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Margarethe Klementine von Österreich in the catalog of the German National Library
• Darryl Lundy: Margarethe Klementine Maria Archduchess of Austria , on The Peerage.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Thomas Braun: Stadtpfarrkirche Herz Jesu, Regensburg (= Führer. No. 92, ZDB -ID 51387-8 ). Dreifaltigkeitsverlag, Munich 1935.
2. ^ Friedrich Fuchs: Festschrift for the 75th anniversary of the consecration of the parish church Herz Jesu. Parish Herz Jesu Regensburg, Regensburg 2005, p. 5 ff.
3. ↑ Brief description of the artistic activity , accessed on June 4, 2016
4. ↑ Honorary Citizen of the City of Regensburg ( Memento of the original from February 7th, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.