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Habsburg The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...

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Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria Archduke (feminine: Archduchess; German: ''Erzherzog'', feminine form: ''Erzherzogin'') was the title borne from 1358 by the Habsburg rulers of the Archduchy of Austria, and later by all senior members of that dynasty. It denotes a rank within ...

, mother = Princess Anna Monika of Saxony , birth_date = , birth_place =

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, Germany , burial_place = Archduchess Ilona of Austria (german: Ilona Erzherzogin von Österreich; 20 April 1927 – 12 January 2011) was a member of the Hungarian Palatine branch of the

House of Habsburg The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...

. She was married and later divorced from the late head of the

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Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg (german: Georg Alexander Herzog zu Mecklenburg; 27 August 1921 – 26 January 1996) was the head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1963 until his death. Early life Georg Alexander was born in Nice, Fr ...

Family and marriage

Archduchess Ilona (Helene) of Austria was born in

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the second daughter and child of

and his wife Princess Anna of Saxony. Her father was the son of

Archduke Joseph August of Austria Archduke Joseph August Viktor Klemens Maria of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia (9 August 1872 – 6 July 1962) was a ''Feldmarschall'' (field marshal) of the Austro-Hungarian Army and for a short period head of state of Hungary. He wa ...

who was one of the heads of the provisional government of Hungary following the removal of King Charles IV. Her mother was a daughter of the last

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, Frederick Augustus III. Ilona married

Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg (german: Georg Alexander Herzog zu Mecklenburg; 27 August 1921 – 26 January 1996) was the head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1963 until his death. Early life Georg Alexander was born in Nice, Fr ...

civilly on 20 February 1946 and religiously on 30 April 1946 in

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during the allied occupation of Germany. Her husband was the eldest child and heir of

George, Duke of Mecklenburg George, Duke of Mecklenburg (german: Georg Herzog zu Mecklenburg; – 6 July 1963) was the head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1934 until his death. Through his father, he was a descendant of Emperor Paul I of Russia. Early life He wa ...

, head of the

and his first wife

Irina Mikhailovna Raievskya Irina Mikhailovna Raievskya (russian: Ирина Михайловна Раевская; 18 August 1892 – 22 January 1955), was a Russian and German noble. She was Duchess of Mecklenburg by her marriage to her second husband, George, Duke of Meckl ...

. On 6 July 1963, following the death of her father in law her husband became the new head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Ilona and Georg Alexander had three daughters and a son before divorcing on 12 December 1974. Ilona died in the morning of 12 January 2011 in

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, aged 83.

Children

Ancestry

References

External links

House of Meklenburg-Strelitz website
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