Peter Ferdinand of Austria-Tuscany

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Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria-Tuscany
Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria-Tuscany

Peter Ferdinand Salvator Karl Ludwig Maria Joseph Leopold Anton Rupert Pius Pancraz of Austria-Tuscany (* May 12, 1874 in Salzburg , † November 8, 1948 in St. Gilgen ) from the House of Habsburg-Lothringen was an Archduke of Austria and general of the kuk Dual monarchy . Peter Ferdinand was pretender to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany from 1942 until his death .

Life

Peter Ferdinand was the third son of the former Grand Duke Ferdinand IV of Tuscany (1835–1908) from his marriage to Alix (1849–1935), daughter of Duke Charles III. from Parma . After his marriage, Peter Ferdinand lived in the premises of the former Crown Princess Stephanie in the Vienna Hofburg from 1900 .

After completing his military training, Peter Ferdinand was appointed Colonel in 1908 as the owner of the 66th Infantry Regiment. On May 1, 1911, he was promoted to major general and on April 23, 1914 to field marshal lieutenant. At the beginning of the First World War in August 1914 he was in command of the 25th Infantry Division, with which he fought in the kuk II Corps in Galicia and southern Poland. General Moritz von Auffenberg later stated that Peter Ferdinand prevented the encirclement of the 5th Russian Army by his disposition in the Battle of Komarów . In June 1915 Peter Ferdinand was relieved of his command and Major General Joseph Poleschensky took over the 25th Division.

On April 17, 1917, promoted to general of the infantry and put back into service, Peter Ferdinand became commandant of a corps group on the Italian front . He initially defended the high mountain section on the Ortler , in October 1917 his corps group covered the deployment of the 14th Army on the Carinthian western front for the 12th Isonzo battle . On August 15, 1918, his corps group now in Trentino was renamed the 5th Army Corps . In the last days of the war he commanded the 10th Army in Trento on October 26, 1918, on behalf of Field Marshal Krobatin .

The Archduke was considered artistically gifted and lived in Lucerne after the war. In 1935 he returned to Austria. With the death of his older brother Joseph Ferdinand (1872–1942), Peter Ferdinand was pretender to the throne of Tuscany. Peter Ferdinand died at the age of 74 in St. Gilgen and was buried in the local cemetery.

Marriage and children

Peter Ferdinand of Austria-Tuscany with his wife and four children, around 1909

Peter Ferdinand married on November 8, 1900 in Cannes Maria Christina (1877–1947), daughter of Prince Alfons Maria of Naples-Sicily , Count of Caserta, with whom he had the following children:

⚭ 1938 Princess Dorothea of ​​Bavaria (1920–2015)
⚭ 1923 Duke Philip II Albrecht of Württemberg (1893–1975)
⚭ 1936 Countess Marie Valerie von Waldburg zu Zeil and Hohenems (1913–2011)
⚭ 1928 Duke Philip II Albrecht of Württemberg (1893–1975)

Austrian military awards (as of December 31, 1918)

literature

Web links

Commons : Peter Ferdinand of Austria-Tuscany  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lars Friedrich: The Mayerling hodgepodge. Books on Demand, 2009, p. 22.
  2. ↑ Edmund Glaise von Horstenau: A general in the twilight: The memories of Edmund Glaise von Horstenau. Volume 3, Böhlau Verlag Wien, p. 163, ( digitized version ).
  3. ↑ Habsburg-Tuscany.
personal data
SURNAME Peter Ferdinand of Austria-Tuscany
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Austria Tuscany, Peter Ferdinand Salvator Karl Ludwig Maria Joseph Leopold Anton Rupert Pius Pancraz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Archduke, General
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Salzburg
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 1948
Place of death St. Gilgen