Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria

For other people named Elisabeth of Austria, see Elisabeth of Austria (disambiguation).

Elisabeth Franziska of Austria
Archduchess of Austria Princess of Hungary and Bohemia
Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska c. 1885
Spouse	Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria
Issue
Maria Theresia, Queen of Bavaria Archduke Franz Joseph of Austria Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen Maria Cristina, Queen of Spain Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria Archduke Eugen of Austria Archduchess Maria Eleonora of Austria
Full name
Elisabeth Franziska Maria
House	House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary
Mother	Maria Dorothea of Württemberg
Born	17 January 1831(1831-01-17) Ofen, Hungary
Died	14 February 1903(1903-02-14) (aged 72) Albertina, Vienna
Religion	Roman Catholic

Elisabeth Franziska Maria, Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Hungary and Bohemia (17 January 1831, Buda, Hungary – 14 February 1903, Vienna, Austria).

Elisabeth of Austria was born in Ofen (Buda), Hungary, the daughter of Palatine Joseph of Hungary (1776–1847) and his third wife Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (1797–1855).

First marriage

Her first marriage, on 4 October 1847 in Vienna, was to Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este (1821–1849), by whom she had one daughter:

• Archduchess Maria Theresia of Austria-Este (1849–1919), wife of King Ludwig III of Bavaria and Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England and Scotland.

Second marriage

Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska and her children: Friedrich, Maria Christina and Maria Theresia

Her second marriage, on 18 April 1854, in Vienna, was to her first cousin Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (1818–1874) by whom she had six children:

• Archduke Franz Joseph of Austria (1855–1855)
• Archduke Friedrich of Austria, Duke of Teschen (1856–1936)
• Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria (1858–1929), wife of King Alfonso XII of Spain
• Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria (1860–1933)
• Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863–1954)
• Archduchess Maria Eleonora of Austria (1864–1864)

Elisabeth died at her sons palais, the Albertina, Vienna of Pneumonia. She is buried in Baden bei Wien where there is a street named after her.

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