Archduchess Isabella | |||||
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Duchess of Teschen | |||||
Born | Dülmen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia | 27 February 1856||||
Died | 5 September 1931 Budapest | (aged 75)||||
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Spouse | Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen | ||||
Issue | Maria Christina, Hereditary Princess of Salm-Salm Maria Anna, Princess of Bourbon-Parma Maria Henrietta, Princess Gottfried of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingfurst Archduchess Natalie Archduchess Stephanie Archduchess Gabriella Isabella, Princess Georg of Bavaria Maria Alice, Baroness von Bassenheim Archduke Albrecht Franz, Duke of Teschen | ||||
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House | Croÿ | ||||
Father | Rudolf, 11th Duke of Croÿ | ||||
Mother | Princess Natalie of Ligne |
Princess Isabella Hedwig Franziska Natalie of Croÿ (27 February 1856 – 5 September 1931) was by birth member of House of Croÿ and by marriage member of House of Habsburg.
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Biography
Early life and family
Princess Isabella was daughter of Rudolf, 11th Duke of Croÿ (1823–1902) and Princess Natalie of Ligne (1835–1863). Her paternal grandparents were Alfred, 10th Duke of Croÿ (1789–1861) and Princess Eleonore of Salm-Salm (1794–1861). Her maternal grandparents were Eugène, 8th Prince of Ligne (1804–1880) and Nathalie de Trazegnies (1811–1835).
Marriage and issue
She married Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen on 8 October 1878. They had eight daughters and one son:
- Maria Christina, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1879–1962), married Prince Emanuel of Salm-Salm
- Maria Anna, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1882–1940), married Elias, Duke of Parma
- Maria Henrietta, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1883–1956), married Prince Gottfried of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
- Natalie Maria, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1884–1898)
- Stephanie Maria Isabelle, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1886–1890)
- Gabriele Maria Theresia, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1887–1954)
- Isabella, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1888–1973), married Prince Georg of Bavaria
- Maria Alice, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1893–1962), married Baron Friedrich von Waldbott-Bassenheim[citation needed] (their daughter Countess Maria Immaculata Waldbott von Bassenheim was the second wife of Count Hans Heribert of Toerring-Jettenbach, son of Duchess Sophie Adelheid in Bavaria)
- Albrecht Franz, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Teschen (1897–1955)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
In the mid-1890s, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria began visiting Isabella and Friedrich's home. At first, it was assumed that he was there to court one of their many daughters. Eventually, it was discovered that in fact he was courting Countess Sophie Chotek von Wognin, lady-in-waiting to Archduchess Isabella and daughter of Austrian ambassador Bohuslav, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin.[1]
Isabella became infuriated that Franz Ferdinand had not singled out one of her eight daughters as his bride and future empress; as a result she engaged in a crusade to thwart the marriage of Franz Ferdinand and Sophie. Sophie was dismissed from service, thus beginning an ongoing conflict between Friedrich and Franz Ferdinand, who married Sophie in 1900. The marriage was morganatic; Sophie was subjected to the indignities of a much lower rank at court than that of her husband, and none of their children could succeed to their father's dynastic honours—all chiefly as a result of Isabella's machinations.[1]
A decade later, Isabella created a similar furore when her nephew, Karl, 13th Prince von Croÿ, sought to marry Nancy Leishman, the charming young daughter of John George Alexander Leishman, United States Ambassador to Germany, the former president of Carnegie Steel. The Archduchess felt that Nancy, being an American and a commoner, was not an appropriate spouse for a prince of Croÿ. Karl and Nancy were wed, nonetheless, and their grandson became the Duke of Croÿ.[2]
Honours
Isabella received the following awards:[3]
Ancestry
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Sources
- ^ a b Radziwill, Catherine (1916). The Austrian Court From Within. London: Cassel and Company, LTD. ISBN 1-4021-9370-X.
- ^ "Miss Leishman Weds Duke of Croy". New York Times. 25 October 1913. p. 1.
- ^ Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie (1918), Genealogy p. 12
- ^ "Elisabeth-orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, Vienna: Druck und Verlag der K.K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1918, p. 324
- ^ "Real orden de Damas Nobles de la Reina Maria Luisa". Guía Oficial de España (in Spanish). 1930. p. 235. Retrieved 13 July 2020.