Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria

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Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria
Spouse Princess Anna of Saxony
Father Archduke Joseph August of Austria
Mother Princess Auguste Maria of Bavaria
Born 28 March 1895(1895-03-28)
Brünn, Bohemia
Died 25 July 1957(1957-07-25) (aged 62)
Carcavelos, Portugal

Joseph Franz Leopold Anton Ignatius Maria, Archduke of Austria, Prince of Hungary (March 28, 1895, Brünn, Bohemia, Austrian Empire (now Brno, in the Czech Republic).[1] – September 25, 1957, Carcavelos, Portugal[1]) He was the eldest son of Archduke Joseph August of Austria and Princess Auguste Maria of Bavaria. As his father was the last Palatine of Hungary and was briefly considered a possible King of Hungary in 1919–1920, Josef Franz was a potential crown prince of Hungary.

He was born during the reign of his maternal great-grandfather Franz Joseph I of Austria.

[edit] Marriage and issue

On October 4, 1924, Archduke Joseph Franz married Princess Anna of Saxony, a daughter of Friedrich August III of Saxony and Archduchess Luise, Princess of Tuscany.[2] Anna and Joseph Francis had eight children:

Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria died on 25 September 1957 in Carcavelos, Portugal

[edit] Ancestry

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