Rosa of Austria

Archduchess Rosa (left) with her parents and siblings Gottfried, Georg and Helene, around 1909

Archduchess Rosa Maria Antonie Roberta Josepha Anna Walburga Carmela Ignazia Rita de Cascia of Austria , from 1928 Rosa Duchess of Württemberg (born September 22, 1906 in Parsch near Salzburg ; † September 17, 1983 in Friedrichshafen ) was the daughter of Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria -Tuscany and Princess Maria Christina of Bourbon-Sicily .

Life

Archduchess Rosa grew up with her three siblings in Salzburg and Vienna, but had to emigrate to Switzerland after the end of the First World War in 1918 and went to school in Lucerne . At that time it was called Rosa Habsburg-Lothringen . In 1928 in Friedrichshafen she married the widower of her sister Helene , Philipp Albrecht Herzog von Württemberg , who was head of the House of Württemberg from 1939 until his death . The couple had six children.

progeny

• Helene (* 1929), ⚭ August 22, 1961 Federico Markgraf Pallavicini
• Ludwig (1930–2019), ⚭ February 16, 1960 Adelheid, Frein von und zu Bodman , ⚭ August 14, 1972 Angelika Kiessig, on June 29, 1959 renounced any rights to the throne and membership of the former royal house of Württemberg for himself and his descendants
• Elisabeth (* 1933), ⚭ July 18, 1958 Prince Antoine of Bourbon-Sicily
• Marie Therese (* 1934), ⚭ July 5, 1957 Henri d'Orléans , divorced in 1984, since the divorce she has been called “Duchess of Montpensier” in her circles
• Carl (* 1936) ⚭ July 21, 1960 Diane Duchess of Württemberg
• Marie Antoinette (1937-2004)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Person Page. In: thepeerage.com. Retrieved June 22, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Das Haus Württemberg - a biographical lexicon , Kohlhammer 1997, ISBN 3-17-013605-4 , p. 421
3. ↑ SWR Aktuell, SWR Aktuell: Ludwig Herzog von Württemberg died. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .