Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria
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Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria, in Italian
Francesco Salvatore Maria Giuseppe Ferdinando Carlo Leopoldo Antonio di Padova Giovanni Battista Gennaro Lodovico Gonzaga Raniero Benedetto Bernardo, in German
Franz Salvator Maria Joseph Ferdinand Karl Leopold Anton von Padua Johann Baptist Januarius Aloys Gonzaga Rainer Benedikt Bernhard (Altmünster
, 21 August 1866 – Vienna
, 20 April 1939), was a member of the Tuscan
branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
, a son of Archduke Karl Salvator, Prince of Tuscany and second wife Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two-Sicilies
. He was a Cavalry
General
of the Imperial (k.u.k.
) Austro-Hungarian Army
, a Doctor
in Medicine
from the University of Innsbruck, and a Knight
of the Order of the Golden Fleece
.
(Ofen, 22 April 1868 - Schloss Wallsee, 6 September 1924), daughter of Franz Joseph I of Austria
and wife Elisabeth in Bavaria.
Their children were:
He married secondly morganatically in Vienna
on 28 April 1934 to Melanie Freiin von Riesenfels (Seisenegg, Lower Austria
, 20 September 1898 - Amstetten
, 10 November 1984), without issue.
Franz Salvator also had an illegitimate son by Princess Stephanie von Hohenlohe:
Italian language
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Francesco Salvatore Maria Giuseppe Ferdinando Carlo Leopoldo Antonio di Padova Giovanni Battista Gennaro Lodovico Gonzaga Raniero Benedetto Bernardo, in German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
Franz Salvator Maria Joseph Ferdinand Karl Leopold Anton von Padua Johann Baptist Januarius Aloys Gonzaga Rainer Benedikt Bernhard (Altmünster
Altmünster
Altmünster is a market town located about 3 kilometres south of Gmunden in Upper Austria, on the west shore of the Traunsee. Its economic base consists primarily of tourism, light industry, and as a bedroom community for people working in larger communities such as Gmunden and Vöcklabruck....
, 21 August 1866 – Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, 20 April 1939), was a member of the Tuscan
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was a central Italian monarchy that existed, with interruptions, from 1569 to 1859, replacing the Duchy of Florence. The grand duchy's capital was Florence...
branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
Early life and career
He was an Austrian ArchdukeArchduke
The title of Archduke denotes a noble rank above Duke and below King, used only by princes of the Houses of Habsburg and Habsburg-Lorraine....
, a son of Archduke Karl Salvator, Prince of Tuscany and second wife Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two-Sicilies
Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1844–1899)
Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies was fifth child and second-eldest daughter of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and his wife Maria Theresa of Austria...
. He was a Cavalry
Cavalry
Cavalry or horsemen were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback. Cavalry were historically the third oldest and the most mobile of the combat arms...
General
General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
of the Imperial (k.u.k.
K.u.k.
The German phrase kaiserlich und königlich , typically abbreviated as k. u. k., k. und k. , or k. & k., refers to the Court of the Habsburgs in a broader historical perspective . Some modern authors restrict its use to the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary from 1867 to 1918...
) Austro-Hungarian Army
Austro-Hungarian Army
The Austro-Hungarian Army was the ground force of the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy from 1867 to 1918. It was composed of three parts: the joint army , the Austrian Landwehr , and the Hungarian Honvédség .In the wake of fighting between the...
, a Doctor
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
in Medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
from the University of Innsbruck, and a Knight
Knight
A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....
of the Order of the Golden Fleece
Order of the Golden Fleece
The Order of the Golden Fleece is an order of chivalry founded in Bruges by Philip III, Duke of Burgundy in 1430, to celebrate his marriage to the Portuguese princess Infanta Isabella of Portugal, daughter of King John I of Portugal. It evolved as one of the most prestigious orders in Europe...
.
Family and children
He married firstly in Ischl on 31 July 1890 Archduchess Marie Valerie of AustriaArchduchess Marie Valerie of Austria
Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria was the fourth and last child of Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria and Elisabeth of Bavaria . Her given name was Marie Valerie Mathilde Amalie, but she was usually called Valerie.-Early life:Princess Marie Valerie was born at Ofen in Hungary...
(Ofen, 22 April 1868 - Schloss Wallsee, 6 September 1924), daughter of Franz Joseph I of Austria
Franz Joseph I of Austria
Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I was Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, King of Croatia, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Galicia and Lodomeria and Grand Duke of Cracow from 1848 until his death in 1916.In the December of 1848, Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria abdicated the throne as part of...
and wife Elisabeth in Bavaria.
Their children were:
- Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska Marie Karoline Ignatia Salvator (ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, 27 January 1892 - Schloss SyrgensteinSyrgensteinSyrgenstein is a municipality in the district of Dillingen in Bavaria in Germany....
, 29 January 1930), married at NiederwallseeWallsee-SindelburgWallsee-Sindelburg is a town in the district of Amstetten in Lower Austria in Austria.-References:...
on 19 September 1912 Georg Graf von Waldburg zu Zeil und Hohenems (HohenemsHohenemsHohenems is a town in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg, in the Dornbirn district. It lies in the middle of the Austrian part of the Rhine valley. With a population of 15,200 it is the fifth largest municipality in Vorarlberg...
, 7 January 1878 - Schloss SyrgensteinSyrgensteinSyrgenstein is a municipality in the district of Dillingen in Bavaria in Germany....
, 26 October 1955), and had issue. - Archduke Franz Karl Salvator Marie Joseph Ignaz (LichteneggLichteneggLichtenegg is a municipality in the district of Wiener Neustadt-Land in Lower Austria, Austria....
, 17 February 1893 - WallseeWallsee-SindelburgWallsee-Sindelburg is a town in the district of Amstetten in Lower Austria in Austria.-References:...
, 10 December 1918), unmarried and without issue. - Archduke Hubert Salvator Rainer Maria Joseph IgnatiusArchduke Hubert Salvator of AustriaArchduke Hubert Salvator of Austria was a member of the Tuscan line of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and Archduke and Prince of Austria, Prince of Hungary, Bohemia, and Tuscany by birth.-Family:Hubert Salvator was the...
(LichteneggLichteneggLichtenegg is a municipality in the district of Wiener Neustadt-Land in Lower Austria, Austria....
, 30 April 1894 - Schloss Persenbeug, 24 March 1971), married at AnholtAnholt-Places:*Anholt , a Danish island*Anholt , a village in Drenthe, Netherlands*Anholt, a district of the City of Isselburg, Germany**the Lordship of Anholt, a historical state-People:*Simon Anholt, an independent policy advisor...
civilly on 25 November 1926 and religiously on 26 November 1926 Princess Rosemary of Salm-SalmPrincess Rosemary of Salm-SalmPrincess Rosemary of Salm-Salm, Wildgravine and Rhinegravine of Salm-Salm was a member of the Princely House of Salm-Salm and a Princess, Wildgravine, and Rhinegravine of Salm-Salm by birth...
(PotsdamPotsdamPotsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre....
, 13 April 1904 - Persenbeug, 3 May 2001), and had issue. - Archduchess Hedwig Maria Immakulata Michaela Ignatia Salvator (Ischl, 24 September 1896 - Hall in TirolHall in TirolHall in Tirol is a town in the Innsbruck-Land district of Tyrol, Austria. Located at an altitude of 574 m, about 5 km east of the state's capital Innsbruck in the Inn valley, it has a population of about 12,700 .-History:...
, 1 November 1970), married at Schloss WallseeWallsee-SindelburgWallsee-Sindelburg is a town in the district of Amstetten in Lower Austria in Austria.-References:...
on 24 April 1918 Bernhard Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (MankatoMankato, MinnesotaMankato is a city in Blue Earth, Nicollet, and Le Sueur counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 39,309 at the 2010 census, making it the fourth largest city in Minnesota outside of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. The county seat of Blue Earth County, it is located...
, Blue Earth CountyBlue Earth County, MinnesotaBlue Earth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, the population was 64,013. Its county seat is Mankato.Blue Earth County is part of the Mankato–North Mankato Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
, MinnesotaMinnesotaMinnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, 20 January 1881 - Hall in TirolHall in TirolHall in Tirol is a town in the Innsbruck-Land district of Tyrol, Austria. Located at an altitude of 574 m, about 5 km east of the state's capital Innsbruck in the Inn valley, it has a population of about 12,700 .-History:...
, 22 September 1952), and had issue. - Archduke Theodor Salvator (Schloss Wallsee, 9 October 1899 - AmstettenAmstetten, Lower AustriaAmstetten is a town in Lower Austria. It is the capital of the Amstetten District.-Geography:Is geographically located between 48 ° 07 ' N and 14 ° 52 ' E , at a height of 275 meters , has an area of 52.22 km ² , its population in 2001 was 22,595 inhabitants, with a population density of 441 habs...
, 8 April 1978), married at Schloss ZeilLeutkirch im AllgäuLeutkirch im Allgäu is a city in south-eastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is part of the district of Ravensburg, in the western, Württembergish part of the Allgäu region. It belongs to the administrative region of Tübingen....
on 28 July 1926 Maria Theresa Gräfin von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg (NeutrauchburgIsny im AllgäuIsny im Allgäu is a town in south-eastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is part of the district of Ravensburg, in the western, Württembergish part of the Allgäu region. For nearly 1000 years, Isny was an important town within the Holy Roman Empire...
, 18 October 1901 - MunichMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, 17 July 1967), and had issue. - Archduchess Gertrud Maria Gisela Elisabeth Ignatia (Schloss WallseeWallsee-SindelburgWallsee-Sindelburg is a town in the district of Amstetten in Lower Austria in Austria.-References:...
, 19 November 1900 - RavensburgRavensburgRavensburg is a town in Upper Swabia in Southern Germany, capital of the district of Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg.Ravensburg was first mentioned in 1088. In the Middle Ages, it was an Imperial Free City and an important trading centre...
, 20 December 1942), married at Bad IschlBad IschlBad Ischl is a spa town in Austria. It lies in the southern part of Upper Austria, at the Traun River in the centre of the Salzkammergut region. The town consists of the Katastralgemeinden Ahorn, Bad Ischl, Haiden, Jainzen, Kaltenbach, Lauffen, Lindau, Pfandl, Perneck, Reiterndorf and Rettenbach...
on 29 December 1931 Georg Graf von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg (HohenemsHohenemsHohenems is a town in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg, in the Dornbirn district. It lies in the middle of the Austrian part of the Rhine valley. With a population of 15,200 it is the fifth largest municipality in Vorarlberg...
, 7 January 1878 - SyrgensteinSyrgensteinSyrgenstein is a municipality in the district of Dillingen in Bavaria in Germany....
, 26 October 1955), and had issue. - Archduchess Maria Elisabeth Therese Philomena Ignatia (Schloss WallseeWallsee-SindelburgWallsee-Sindelburg is a town in the district of Amstetten in Lower Austria in Austria.-References:...
, 19 November 1901 - InnsbruckInnsbruck- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
, 29 December 1936), unmarried and without issue. - Archduke Clemens Salvator Leopold Benedikt Antonius Maria Joseph Ignatius (Schloss WallseeWallsee-SindelburgWallsee-Sindelburg is a town in the district of Amstetten in Lower Austria in Austria.-References:...
, 6 October 1904 - SalzburgSalzburg-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
, 20 August 1974); he assumed the title Prinz von AltenburgAltenburg, Lower AustriaAltenburg is a municipality in the district of Horn in Lower Austria, Austria....
on 2 April 1931, and this title was confirmed on him and his children on 15 December 1949; married in ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
on 20 February 1930 Elisabeth Gräfin Rességuier de Miremont (NiskoNiskoNisko is a town in Nisko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland on the San River, with a population of 15,534 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009...
, Galicia, 28 October 1906 - SalzburgSalzburg-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
, 9 July 2000), and had issue. - Archduchess Mathilde Maria Antonia Ignatia (Ischl, 9 August 1906 - SalzburgSalzburg-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
, 18 October 1991), married in Hall in TirolHall in TirolHall in Tirol is a town in the Innsbruck-Land district of Tyrol, Austria. Located at an altitude of 574 m, about 5 km east of the state's capital Innsbruck in the Inn valley, it has a population of about 12,700 .-History:...
on 9 April 1947 Ernst Hefel (SchrunsSchrunsSchruns is the main village of the Montafon valley in Vorarlberg, Austria, in the Bludenz district.In the west, one can see one of the most popular hiking and climbing mountains in Vorarlberg, the Zimba, which is called the "Vorarlberger Matterhorn"....
, 25 November 1888 - SalzburgSalzburg-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
, 21 March 1974), without issue. - Archduchess Agnes (Ischl, 26 June 1911 - Ischl, 26 June 1911).
He married secondly morganatically in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
on 28 April 1934 to Melanie Freiin von Riesenfels (Seisenegg, Lower Austria
Lower Austria
Lower Austria is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria since 1986 is Sankt Pölten, the most recently designated capital town in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria had formerly been Vienna, even though Vienna is not officially part of Lower Austria...
, 20 September 1898 - Amstetten
Amstetten, Lower Austria
Amstetten is a town in Lower Austria. It is the capital of the Amstetten District.-Geography:Is geographically located between 48 ° 07 ' N and 14 ° 52 ' E , at a height of 275 meters , has an area of 52.22 km ² , its population in 2001 was 22,595 inhabitants, with a population density of 441 habs...
, 10 November 1984), without issue.
Franz Salvator also had an illegitimate son by Princess Stephanie von Hohenlohe:
- Franz Josef Rudolf Hans Weriand Max Stefan Anton von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (b. 5 December 1914). He was given the surname of his mother's husband at the time of his birth, although Franz Salvator was his father.