Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria
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Born | Stará Boleslav, Bohemia, Austrian Empire | 15 October 1863
Died | 4 September 1931 Vienna, Austria | (aged 67)
Spouse | Infanta Blanca of Spain |
Issue | Archduchess Dolores Archduchess Immaculata Archduchess Margaretha Archduke Rainer Archduke Leopold Archduchess Maria Antonia Archduke Anton Archduchess Assunta Archduke Franz Josef Archduke Karl Pius |
House | Habsburg-Tuscany |
Father | Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria |
Mother | Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies |
Archduke Leopold Salvator, Prince of Tuscany (Leopold Salvator Maria Joseph Ferdinand Franz von Assisi Karl Anton von Padua Johann Baptist Januarius Aloys Gonzaga Rainer Wenzel Galius von Österreich-Toskana) (15 October 1863 – 4 September 1931), was the son of Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria and Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.
Biography
[edit]Leopold was born in Stará Boleslav, Bohemia. He was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, and held the title Archduke of Austria. He was a Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece and was awarded Order of the White Eagle.[1]
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Marriage and issue
[edit]On October 24, 1889 Leopold Salvator married Infanta Blanca of Spain (1868-1949), eldest daughter of Infante Carlos, Duke of Madrid.
They had 10 children:
- Archduchess Dolores of Austria (5 May 1891 – 10 April 1974)
- Archduchess Immaculata of Austria (9 September 1892 – 3 September 1971); married in 1932 Nobile Igino Neri-Serneri.
- Archduchess Margaretha of Austria (8 May 1894 – 21 January 1986); married in 1937 Francesco Maria Taliani de Marchio.
- Archduke Rainer of Austria (21 November 1895 – 25 May 1930)
- Archduke Leopold of Austria (30 January 1897 – 14 March 1958); married morganatically in 1919 Dagmar Baroness Nicolics-Podrinska; they were married until 1931. He married secondly in 1932 (also morganatically) Alicia Gibson Coburn.
- Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria (13 July 1899 – 22 October 1977); married in 1924 Don Ramón de Orlandis y Villalonga (died 1936); married secondly in 1942 Luis Perez Sucre.
- Archduke Anton of Austria (20 March 1901 – 22 October 1987); was married from 1931 to 1954 to Princess Ileana of Romania.
- Archduchess Assunta of Austria (10 August 1902 – 24 January 1993); was married from 1939 to 1950 to Joseph Hopfinger.
- Archduke Franz Josef of Austria (4 February 1905 – 9 May 1975); married morganatically in 1937 Maria Aloisa Baumer; the marriage ended the following year in 1938. He married secondly in 1962 (also morganatically) Maria Elena Seunig.
- Archduke Karl Pius of Austria (4 December 1909 – 24 December 1953); was married from 1938 to 1950 to Christa Satzger de Bálványos.
Ancestry
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References
[edit]- ^ Acović, Dragomir (2012). Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik. p. 581.
Further reading
[edit]- Lost Waltz: A Story of Exile by Bertita Harding (1944)