Franz, Count of Meran
Franz Ludwig Johann Baptist Graf von Meran (b. 11 March 1839 in Vienna; d. 27 March 1891 in Opatija) was an Austrian count.[1]
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[edit] Life
Franz was the only child of the morganatic marriage of Archduke Johann of Austria and Anne Marie Josephine Plochl, and a grandson of Leopold, Grand Duke Leopold of Tuscany and later Holy Roman Emperor. On 8 July 1862 at Ottenstein, Germany, he married Theresia Gräfin von Lamberg, the second child and only daughter of Franz Philipp Graf von Lamberg and Caroline Gräfin Hoyos.[2]
In 1868 he became a knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.[3] He and his descendants were 'Counts of Meran' and 'Barons of Brandhofen'. He died at Opatija, Croatia on 27 March 1891, aged 52.
[edit] Descendants
His marriage to Theresia Gräfin von Lamberg (1836–1913) produced seven offspring.
- Anna Maria (1864−1935)
- Maria Johanna (1865−1935)
- Johann Stephan (1867−1947) m. (1891) Ladislaja Gräfin von Lamberg; their grandchildren include conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt and politician Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
- Franz Peter (1868−1949) m. (1902) Princess Marie Johanna Franziska, youngest daughter of Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein
- Karoline Johanna (1870−1944)
- Rudolf Johann (1872−1959) m. (1917) Princess Johanna von Auersperg, granddaughter of Prince Adolf of Auersperg
- Albrecht Johann (1874−1928)
[edit] References
[edit] Further reading
- Renate Basch-Ritter, Anna Plochl - Die Frau an der Seite Erzherzog Johanns, Advea Verlag 2005
