Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (1892–1930)

Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska
Born	27 January 1892 Wien, Austria–Hungary
Died	29 January 1930 (aged 38) Syrgenstein, Austria
Spouse	Georg, Graf von Waldburg zu Zeil und Hohenems
Full name German: Elisabeth Franziska Marie Karoline Ignatia
House	Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria
Mother	Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria

Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska Marie Karoline Ignatia Salvator (27 January 1892 – 29 January 1930) was the daughter of Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria and Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria. Through her mother she was a granddaughter of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria.

Biography

She was born in Vienna on 27 January 1892 to Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria and his cousin Archduchess Marie Valerie, youngest daughter of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. She married at Niederwallsee on 19 September 1912 Georg Graf von Waldburg zu Zeil und Hohenems (1878–1955). The marriage was one of love and not a political marriage. Georg Graf von Waldburg had no money or property, and had been hired as a tutor for her brothers.^[1] She died on 29 January 1930.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (1892–1930)

16. Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany               8. Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany                       17. Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily               4. Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria                             18. Francis I of the Two Sicilies               9. Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies                       19. Maria Isabella of Spain               2. Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria                                   20. Francis I of the Two Sicilies (= 18)               10. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies                       21. Maria Isabella of Spain (= 19)               5. Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies                             22. Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen               11. Maria Theresa of Austria                       23. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg               1. Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, Princess of Tuscuny                                         24. Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor               12. Archduke Franz Karl of Austria                       25. Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily               6. Franz Joseph I of Austria                             26. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria               13. Princess Sophie of Bavaria                       27. Caroline of Baden               3. Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria                                   28. Duke Pius August in Bavaria               14. Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria                       29. Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg               7. Elisabeth of Bavaria                             30. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (= 26)               15. Princess Ludovika of Bavaria                       31. Caroline of Baden (= 27)

References

1. "Archduchess Weds Tutor. Emperor Francis Joseph Said to Have Helped the Love Affair.". New York Times. September 19, 1912. Retrieved 2010-08-22. The marriage of the Archduchess Elizabeth Franziska, daughter of the Archduke Francis Salvator, to Count George von Waldburg at Vienna to-day added another romance to the many in the records of the house of Hapsburg [sic].

External links