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Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria (31 May 1922 – 6 January 1993) was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. She was the youngest daughter of Charles I, the last Emperor of Austria, and his wife, Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma.
Elisabeth was the fourth of ten children born to Duke Maximilian in Bavaria (1808–1888) and Princess Maria Ludovika (1808–1892), a union that was certainly no love match and overshadowed by the couple’s diametrically opposed outlooks on life. Her father was descended from a collateral line of the Bavarian royal house of Wittelsbach.
Archduchess Elisabeth Marie Henriette Stephanie Gisela of Austria ( Hungarian: Erzsébet Mária Henrietta Stefánia Gizella; 2 September 1883 – 16 March 1963) was the only child of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, and Princess Stéphanie of Belgium. Her father was the son and heir apparent of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, and ...
The House of Habsburg-Lorraine (German: Haus Habsburg-Lothringen) originated from the marriage in 1736 of Francis III, Duke of Lorraine and Bar, and Maria Theresa of Austria, later successively Queen of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary, Queen of Croatia and Archduchess of Austria.
Elisabeth Marie von Habsburg-Lothringen ( "Erzsi", 1883-1963), Erzherzogin von Österreich – Wien Museum Online Sammlung.
In 1854, this freethinker -through tragic coincidence or through destiny- married the Emperor of Austria. She thereby began her career as Empress and mother to four children, though arguably failed as she outlived two of her children. In 1861, Elisabeth visited Greece for the first time - the beginning of a lifelong fascination.
Marie Valerie, Tochter Kaiser Franz-Josefs und Kaiserin Elisabeths mit Erzherzog Franz Salvator, Bruder von Erzherzog Leopold Salvator – Urgroßvater von SKKH Sandor Habsburg-Lothringen. 1918 – Königin Maria von Rumänien, Urgroßmutter von SKKH Sandor Habsburg-Lothringen.
