Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria

21 August 1866 marks the birth of Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria.
This took place at Altmünster Austria.





Family


He was a son of Archduke Karl Salvator, Prince of Tuscany and his wife
Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two-Sicilies. 

Duty

He was a cavalry general in the Imperial and Royal (k.u.k.)
Austro-Hungarian Army.






Love and Marriage


He married first, in Ischl on 31 July 1890, Archduchess Marie Valerie of
Austria (Ofen, 22 April 1868 – Schloss Wallsee, 6 September 1924),
daughter of Franz Joseph I of Austria and wife Elisabeth in Bavaria.
He became thus a son in law of the Emperor and Empress of Austria.

Their children were:

* Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska Marie Karoline Ignatia Salvator
(Vienna, 27 January 1892 – Schloss Syrgenstein, 29 January 1930),

* Archduke Franz Carl Salvator Marie Joseph Ignaz (Lichtenegg,
17 February 1893 – Wallsee, 10 December 1918),

* Archduke Hubert Salvator Rainer Maria Joseph Ignatius
(Lichtenegg, 30 April 1894 – Schloss Persenbeug, 24 March 1971),

* Archduchess Hedwig Maria Immakulata Michaela Ignatia Salvator
 (Ischl, 24 September 1896 – Hall in Tirol, 1 November 1970),

* Archduke Theodor Salvator (Schloss Wallsee, 9 October 1899 –
Amstetten, 8 April 1978), 

* Archduchess Gertrud Maria Gisela Elisabeth Ignatia
(Schloss Wallsee, 19 November 1900 – Ravensburg,
20 December 1962),

* Archduchess Maria Elisabeth Therese Philomena Ignatia
(Schloss Wallsee, 19 November 1901 – Innsbruck,
29 December 1936).

* Archduke Clemens Salvator Leopold Benedikt Antonius Maria
Joseph Ignatius (Schloss Wallsee, 6 October 1904 – Salzburg,
20 August 1974);

* Archduchess Mathilde Maria Antonia Ignatia (Ischl, 9 August 1906 –
Salzburg, 18 October 1991), 

* Archduchess Agnes (Ischl, 26 June 1911 – Ischl, 26 June 1911).

Love and Marriage 2



He married secondly, morganatically in Vienna on 28 April 1934,
Baroness Melanie Marie Agathe von Riesenfels
(Seisenegg, Lower Austria, 20 September 1898 – Amstetten,
10 November 1984).

She was daughter of Philipp, Baron von Risenfels and Agathe,
Baroness Redl von Rottenhausen und Rasztina.




Death


He died on 20 April 1939 in Vienna then a part of Nazi Germany. 




Source pictures: Wikipedia

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