Archduchess Yolande of Austria

Yolande
Archduchess and Princess Yolande of Austria; Princess Yolande of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia
Born	(1923-05-06) 6 May 1923 Madrid, Spain
Spouse	Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria ​ ​ (m. 1950)​
Issue	Archduke Rudolf Archduchess Alexandra Archduke Carl Christian Archduchess Maria Constanza
Names French: Princesse Yolande Marie Jeanne Charlotte de Ligne
House	House of Ligne
Father	Eugène, 11th Prince of Ligne
Mother	Philippine de Noailles
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Archduchess Yolande of Austria (née Princesse Yolande Marie Jeanne Charlotte de Ligne; born 6 May 1923) is the widow of Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria.

Family

Yolande was born in Madrid as the second daughter of Eugène, 11th Prince of Ligne and his wife Philippine de Noailles (1898-1991). Her father was the Belgian ambassador to India from 1947 to 1951, and the ambassador to Spain from 1951 to 1958. He died two years later, in 1960.

Both of Yolande's brothers became Prince de Ligne (Baudouin, 12th Prince of Ligne and Antoine, 13th Prince of Ligne). Antoine is the father of Michel, 14th Prince of Ligne and Princess Christine, wife of Prince Antônio of Orléans-Braganza (second in-line to the titular Brazilian throne). Antoine's youngest daughter is named after Yolande.

Biography

Marriage and issue

On 17 January 1950 at the Château de Beloeil, Belgium (the residence of Yolande's family), Yolande married Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria. The fifth child of the deposed Charles I of Austria and his wife Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Carl Ludwig and Yolande were childhood sweethearts. Wedding guests included Carl Ludwig's eldest brother Archduke Otto (claimant to the Habsburg throne) as well as members of half a dozen other royal families; representatives of the Belgian royal family did not attend however. The couple honeymooned in Florida, eventually settling in New York City, where Carl Ludwig worked for the Rockefeller Foundation.

They had four children:

• Archduke Rudolf (b. 1950), married Baroness Hélène de Villenfagne de Vogelsanck (b. 1954) in Brussels 3 July 1976, their family taking up residence in Belgium thereafter. On 29 May 1978 he and his children and male-line descendants were incorporated in the nobility of Belgium by royal letters patent with the style of Serene Highness and the hereditary title "Prince of Habsburg-Lorraine". They have seven children:
  • Archduke Carl Christian (born 1977) m. 2 June 2007 Estelle de Saint-Romain:
    • Archduchess Zita (born 2008)
    • Archduchess Anežka (born 2010)
    • Archduchess Anna (born 2012)
    • Archduchess Paola of Austria (2014)
  • Archduchess Priscilla (born 1979)
  • Archduke Johannes (born 1981)
  • Archduke Thomas (born 1983)
  • Archduchess Marie-des-Neiges (born 1986)
  • Archduke Franz-Ludwig (born 1988)
  • Archduke Michael (born 1990)
  • Archduke Joseph (born 1991)
• Archduchess Alexandra (born 1952) married Chilean ambassador to the Holy See Héctor Riesle Contreras. They have three children:
  • Felipe Riesle (born 1986) m. 12 July 2014 Pilar Garcia-Huidobro
  • Maria-Sofia Riesle (born 1988)
  • Constanza Riesle (born 1989)
• Archduke Carl Christian (born 1954) married Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg on 6 February 1982 in Luxembourg. They have five children:
  • Archduchess Marie Christine (born 1983) married Count Rodolphe de Limburg-Stirum in Malines (Mechelen), Belgium, on 6 December 2008:
    • Count Léopold de Limburg-Stirum (born 2011).
    • Count Constantin de Limburg-Stirum (born 2013).
  • Archduke Imre (born 1985) married Kathleen Elizabeth Walker in Washington, DC, on 8 September 2012.
    • Archduchess Maria Stella (born 2013)
  • Archduke Christoph (born 1988), married Adélaïde Drapé-Frisch in Nancy, France on 28 December 2012 (civil) and 29 December 2012 (religious).
    • Archduchess Katarina (born 2014)
  • Archduke Alexander (born 1990)
  • Archduchess Gabriella (born 1994)
• Archduchess Maria Constanza (born 1957) married Franz Josef, Prince (Fürst) von Auersperg-Trautson. They have one adopted daughter, Anna Maria, and three biological daughters (one died shortly after her birth):
  • Princess Alexandra Maria (1998 - 1998).
  • Princess Ladislaya (born 1999).
  • Princess Eleonora (born 2002).

Ancestry

16. Eugène, 8th Prince of Ligne

8. Prince Henri Maximilien of Ligne

17. Mélanie de Conflans

4. Ernest, 10th Prince of Ligne

18. Count Ernest de Talleyrand-Périgord

9. Marguerite de Talleyrand-Périgord

19. Marie Louise Lepelletier de Morfontaine

2. Eugène, 11th Prince of Ligne

20. Timoléon de Cossé, Duc de Brissac

10. Roland de Cossé, Marquis de Brissac

21. Marguerite Le Lievre de La Grange

5. Diane de Cossé-Brissac

22. Constant André Say

11. Jeanne Marie Say

23. Jeanne Marie Emilie Wey

1. Archduchess Yolande of Austria

24. Charles Philippe Henri de Noailles

12. Antonin-Just-Léon-Marie de Noailles

25. Anne Marie Cécile de Noailles

6. François Joseph Eugène Napoléon de Noailles

26. Prince Napoleon Lucien Charles Murat

13. Princess Anne Murat

27. Caroline Georgina Fraser

3. Philippine de Noailles

28. Ernest Dubois, Vicomte de Courval

14. Arthur Constant, 3rd Baron Dubois de Courval

29. Isabelle Moreau

7. Madeleine Dubois de Courval

30. Richard Ray

15. Mary Ray

31. Mary Rebecca Boggs

Sources

• Brook-Shepherd, Gordon (2003). Uncrowned Emperor: The Life and Times of Otto von Habsburg. London: The Bath Press. ISBN 1-85285-439-1.