Sophie Nostitz-Rieneck
Sophie Nostitz-Rieneck , maiden name Sophie Marie Franziska Antonia Ignatia Alberta Fürstin von Hohenberg (* July 24, 1901 at Konopischt Castle in Bohemia ; † October 27, 1990 in Thannhausen , Styria), was the only daughter of the Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne, Archduke, who was murdered in 1914 Franz Ferdinand . Since she came from the unequal marriage of the heir to the throne, she carried the noble family name Hohenberg like her mother until 1919 .
Life
Sophie was the eldest of the four children of Franz Ferdinand (1863–1914) and his wife Sophie Duchess von Hohenberg (1900–1909 Princess von Hohenberg), b. Countess Chotek von Chotkowa and Wognin (1868–1914). Because of the morganatic marriage of their parents, Sophie and her brothers, Maximilian (1902–1962) and Ernst (1904–1954), were excluded from the line of succession (the fourth child was stillborn).
After the assassination attempt in Sarajevo in 1914, in which their parents were murdered, they came into the care of their maternal aunt, Countess Henriette Chotek, and their uncle, Prince Jaroslaw Thun and Hohenstein, was appointed as guardian . After the assassination, she and her brothers were received by Emperor Franz Joseph I together with their guardian .
The murder of their parents in Sarajevo was used by Austro-Hungarian politicians and the military as an opportunity to persuade the emperor to go to war against Serbia , which soon turned into the First World War . While their brother Maximilian was given the first-born title of Duke with the death of his parents , Sophie and Ernst carried on the title of prince and princess, inherited at their birth . The Austrian Nobility Repeal Act 1919 led to the loss of these nobility designations. After 1919 Sophie Nostitz-Rieneck lived in Czechoslovakia , which had also abolished the nobility in 1918.
On September 8, 1920 Sophie Hohenberg married in Tetschen - Bodenbach an der Elbe (today: Děčín ) Friedrich Nostitz-Rieneck (1893–1973), the eldest son of Erwein Nostitz-Rieneck (both counts of Nostitz-Rieneck until 1918) and Amalia , born (Countess of) Podstatzky-Lichtenstein.
At the end of the 1930s, Nostitz-Rieneck was classified as an important target by the National Socialist police forces: in the spring of 1940, the Reich Main Security Office in Berlin - which she mistakenly assumed to be in Great Britain - put her on the special wanted list GB , a directory of people whom the Nazi surveillance apparatus considered considered particularly dangerous or important, which is why they should be located and arrested by the occupying troops following special SS units with special priority in the event of a successful invasion and occupation of the British Isles by the Wehrmacht.
In 1945 the family was evicted from Czechoslovakia after all property was lost. She found a new home in Austria. The family lived in an apartment in Schloss Dorf an der Enns for four years . Her husband, a trained forester, worked as an estate manager, the younger children attended schools in Linz. After the Geyeregg Castle in Eisenerz was assigned to her after 1948 , the family lived there. In 1962, Sophie and her husband moved into a single-family home in Salzburg-Aigen .
Sophie Nostitz-Rieneck died on October 27, 1990 in Thannhausen, Styria and was buried in the Gudenus ' crypt in the cemetery in Weiz at the side of her husband.
progeny
- Erwein Maximilian Franz Peter Paul Hubertus Konrad Maria (1921–1949 in Soviet captivity )
- Franz von Assisi Friedrich Ernst Leopold Josef Maria (1923–1945, killed on the Eastern Front )
- Alois Karl Joseph Maria (1925-2003)
- ⚭ 1962 Maria Theresia Countess von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg (* 1931), daughter of Erich von Waldburg-Zeil
- Sophie Amalia Theresia Quirinia Henriette Lucretia Magdalena Maria Ignatia (* 1929)
- ⚭ 1953 Ernst Gudenus (1916–1972; until 1919 Baron von Gudenus)
Worth mentioning
- Her nephew (2nd degree) is the Austrian actor Friedrich von Thun (* 1942 as Friedrich Thun and Hohenstein ).
- In the US television series " The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones " (original title: The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles ), the young Indiana Jones, played by Corey Carrier , meets Princess Sophie, played by the Danish actress Amalie Alstrup , in November 1908 .
literature
- Gordon Brook-Shepherd : The Victims of Sarajevo. Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Sophie von Chotek. Engelhorn-Verlag, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-87203-037-X .
Web links
- The prevented dynasty. Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the House of Hohenberg. (PDF file; 14 kB) Artstetten Castle website.
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry on Sophie Marie Franziska Antonia Ignatia Alberta von Hohenberg on the special wanted list GB (reproduced on the website of the Imperial War Museum in London) .
- ↑ Friedrich Weissensteiner : Franz Ferdinand, the prevented ruler . Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna / Munich / Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-218-00942-3 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nostitz-Rieneck, Sophie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hohenberg, Sophie Marie Franziska Antonia Ignatia Alberta Princess of; Nostitz-Rieneck, Sophie Countess of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian daughter of the heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Konopiště Castle , Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 27, 1990 |
| Place of death | Thannhausen |