Archduchess Yolande of Austria

Yolande
Archduchess of Austria
Born (1923-05-06) 6 May 1923
Madrid, Spain
Spouse Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria (1918–2007) 1950 (m. 2016)
Issue Archduke Rudolf
Archduchess Alexandra
Archduke Carl Christian
Archduchess Maria Constanza
Full name
French: Princesse Yolande Marie Jeanne Charlotte de Ligne
House House of Ligne
Father Eugène, 11th Prince de Ligne
Mother Philippine de Noailles
Religion Roman Catholicism
Austrian Imperial Family

HI&RH Archduke Karl
HI&RH Archduchess Francesca



Princely Family of Ligne

HRH The Dowager Princess

  • HH Prince Wauthier
    HH Princess Regine
    • HH Prince Philippe
      HH Princess Laetitia
      • HH Prince Jean Charles
    • HH Princess Melanie Yolande
    • HH Princess Élisabeth Éléonore, Baroness Baudouin Gillès de Pelichy
  • HH Princess Anne Marie, Mrs. Mortgat
  • HRH Princess Christine of Brazil
  • HH Princess Sophie, Comtesse Philippe de Nicolay
  • HH Prince Antoine
    HH Princess Jacqueline
    • HH Prince Louis
    • HH Princess Marie
    • HH Princess Florence
  • HH Princess Yolande, Mrs. Townsend

Archduchess Yolande of Austria (née Princesse Yolande Marie Jeanne Charlotte de Ligne; born 6 May 1923) is the widow of Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria.[1]

Family

Yolande was born in Madrid as the second daughter of Eugène, 11th Prince de Ligne and his wife Philippine de Noailles (1898-1991). Her father was the Belgian ambassador to India from 1947 to 1951, ambassador to Spain from 1951 to 1958,[2] and the head of one of Belgium's historically most influential noble families. He died in 1960.

Each of Yolande's two brothers became the Prince de Ligne (Baudouin, 12th Prince de Ligne and Antoine, 13th Prince de Ligne). Antoine is the father of Michel, 14th Prince de Ligne and Princess Christine, wife of Prince Antônio of Orléans-Braganza (second in-line to the titular Brazilian throne). Antoine's youngest daughter is named after Yolande.

Biography

Marriage and issue

On 17 January 1950 at the Château de Beloeil, Belgium (the family seat of the House of Ligne), Yolande married Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria (1918–2007).[1][3][4] The fifth child of Austria's last emperor, Charles I and his wife Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Carl Ludwig and Yolande were childhood sweethearts. Wedding guests included Carl Ludwig's eldest brother Archduke Otto (claimant to the Habsburg throne) as well as members of half a dozen other royal families; representatives of the Belgian royal family did not, however, attend.[5] The couple honeymooned in Florida, eventually settling in New York City, where Carl Ludwig worked for the Rockefeller Foundation.[4][5]

They had four children:[1][6]

Titles, styles and honours

Titles

Honours

National dynastic honours

Ancestry

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Eugène, 8th Prince de Ligne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Henri Maximilien, Prince de Ligne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Mélanie de Conflans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Ernest, 10th Prince de Ligne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Count Ernest de Talleyrand-Périgord
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Marguerite de Talleyrand-Périgord
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Marie Louise Lepelletier de Morfontaine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Eugène, 11th Prince de Ligne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Timoléon de Cossé, Duc de Brissac
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Roland de Cossé, Marquis de Brissac
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Marguerite Le Lievre de La Grange
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Diane de Cossé-Brissac
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Constant André Say
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Jeanne Marie Say
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Jeanne Marie Emilie Wey
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Archduchess Yolande of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Charles Philippe Henri de Noailles
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Antonin-Just-Léon-Marie de Noailles
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Anne Marie Cécile de Noailles
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. François Joseph Eugène Napoléon de Noailles
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Prince Napoleon Lucien Charles Murat
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Princess Anne Murat
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Caroline Georgina Fraser
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Philippine de Noailles
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Ernest Dubois, Vicomte de Courval
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Arthur Constant, 3rd Baron Dubois de Courval
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Isabelle Moreau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Madeleine Dubois de Courval
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Richard Ray
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Mary Ray
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Mary Rebecca Boggs
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: Princesse Yolande Marie Jeanne Charlotte de Ligne". Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  2. "Archduke Charles Troth", The New York Times (Brussels), 12 October 1949
  3. Brook-Shepherd, p. 178.
  4. 1 2 "Princess de Ligne To Wed Today", The New York Times (Beloeil, Belgium), 16 January 1950
  5. 1 2 "Archduke Charles of Habsburg Weds Princess Yolande of Ligne in Belgium", The New York Times (Beloeil, Belgium), 18 January 1950
  6. Brook-Shepherd, p. 170.
  7. 1 2 de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. Le Petit Gotha. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris 2002, p. 193-198 (French) ISBN 2-9507974-3-1
  8. Luengo, Gonzalo. 2009. Nobles en Chile: Visión a través de uno de ellos. Retrieved July 10th, 2010.
  9. Full name
  10. Verliebt, verlobt, verlobt - website Tageblatt Online
  11. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f4/1b/43/f41b43762918a886ea1726b30784bc21.jpg
  12. http://www.gettyimages.in/detail/news-photo/the-90th-birthday-of-otto-von-habsburg-in-vienna-austria-on-news-photo/124045010
  13. http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/otto-habsburg-publizist-politiker-csu-österreich-dsohn-news-photo/541472475

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