Archduke Anton of Austria
For Archduke Anton Victor, see Archduke Anton Victor of Austria.
| Archduke Anton | |
|---|---|
| Archduke of Austria, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Prince of Tuscany | |
 The Archduke on his wedding day | |
| Born |
20 March 1901 Vienna |
| Died |
22 October 1987 (aged 86) Salzburg |
| Burial | Cemetery on the Mondsee |
| Spouse | Princess Ileana of Romania |
| Issue |
Archduke Stefan Archduchess Maria Ileana Archduchess Alexandra Archduke Dominic Archduchess Maria Magdalena Archduchess Elisabeth |
| House | House of Habsburg-Lorraine |
| Father | Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria, Prince of Tuscany |
| Mother | Infanta Blanca of Spain |
| Religion | Catholicism |
Archduke Anton of Austria (Anton Maria Franz Leopold Blanka Karl Joseph Ignaz Raphael Michael Margareta Nicetas von Habsburg-Lorraine; Vienna, 20 March 1901 – Salzburg, 22 October 1987) Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Prince of Tuscany.
Anton was the seventh of ten children born to Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria, Prince of Tuscany and Infanta Blanca of Spain, daughter of Carlos, Duke of Madrid.
After being introduced by King Carol II of Romania, he and Princess Ileana of Romania were married in Sinaia on 26 July 1931.
They had the following children:
- Archduke Stefan of Austria, Prince of Tuscany (1932–1998), naturalized USA citizen (1954) and renounced
- Maria Ileana of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (1933–1959), fallen for marriage not equal
- Alexandra of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (born 1935), fallen for marriage not equal
- Dominic of Austria, Prince of Tuscany (born 1937), fallen for marriage not equal
- Maria Magdalena of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (born 1939), fallen for marriage not equal
- Elisabeth of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (born 1942), fallen for marriage not equal
In the Second World War, he served until late 1944 in the German Wehrmacht as a pilot. After leaving the military, he moved to Bran, where he and his family lived in the Bran Castle. After the coup d'état, and the end of Romania's alliance with Germany on 23 August 1944, the family and their servants were in danger of being interned or thrown out of the country, as German citizens. It was only when Michael I abdicated on 30 December 1947 and was forced to leave the country, that Habsburg-Lorraine's family went also in exile. The family spent some time in Switzerland, then in Argentina, then lived in the early 1950s in the United States.
The marriage ended in divorce, made official on 29 May 1954. While Ileana became a nun, Anton moved to Austria where he lived until his death in Emmerberg and in St. Lorenz am Mondsee in the Villa Minola. He died on 22 October 1987 at the age of 86. He was buried at the cemetery on the Mondsee.
Further reading
- Lost Waltz A Story Of Exile by Bertita Harding (1944).
Ancestry
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