, title =
, titles =
, succession =
Head of the House of Habsburg-Tuscany
, predecessor =
Archduke Peter Ferdinand
, successor = Archduke Leopold Franz
, reign = 8 November 1948 - 21 January 1984
, image = Erzherzog Gottfried.jpg
, caption =
, spouse = Princess Dorothea of Bavaria
, issue = Archduchess Elisabeth
Archduchess Alice
Archduke Leopold Franz
Archduchess Maria Antoinette
, house =
Habsburg-Lorraine
, father =
Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria
, title = Archduke of Austria
, image = Peterferdinandösterrtosk.jpg
, caption =
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, mother =
Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
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Linz
Linz ( , ; cs, Linec) is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. In the north of the country, it is on the Danube south of the Czech border. In 2018, the population was 204,846.
In 2009, it was a European Capital of ...
,
Upper Austria,
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1 ...
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, death_place =
Bad Ischl
Bad Ischl (Austrian German ) is a spa town in Austria. It lies in the southern part of Upper Austria, at the Traun River in the centre of the Salzkammergut region. The town consists of the Katastralgemeinden ''Ahorn'', ''Bad Ischl'', ''Haiden ...
,
Upper Austria, Austria
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Archduke Gottfried of Austria (german: Gottfried Maria Joseph Peter Ferdinand Hubert Anton Rupert Leopold Heinrich Ignaz Alfons, Erzherzog von Österreich, Prinz von Toskana; 14 March 1902 – 21 January 1984), also styled as Gottfried Erzherzog von Österreich, was a member of the Tuscan line of the
House of Habsburg-Lorraine, an
Archduke
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 ...
of Austria, and Prince of Hungary and Bohemia. Gottfried assumed the title of
titular
Titular may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Title character in a narrative work, the character referred to in its title
Religion
* Titular (Catholicism), a cardinal who holds a titulus, one of the main churches of Rome
** Titular bisho ...
Grand Duke of Tuscany
The rulers of Tuscany varied over time, sometimes being margraves, the rulers of handfuls of border counties and sometimes the heads of the most important family of the region.
Margraves of Tuscany, 812–1197 House of Boniface
:These were origi ...
, in spite of his grandfather
Ferdinand IV's abdication of 1870.
[Bernd Braun: ''Das Ende der Regionalmonarchien in Italien. Abdankungen im Zuge des Risorgimento''. In: Susan Richter, Dirk Dirbach (Hrsg.): Thronverzicht. Die Abdankung in Monarchien vom Mittelalter bis in die Neuzeit. Böhlau Verlag, Köln, Weimar, Wien 2010, pp. 251-266]
Family
Gottfried was born in
Linz
Linz ( , ; cs, Linec) is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. In the north of the country, it is on the Danube south of the Czech border. In 2018, the population was 204,846.
In 2009, it was a European Capital of ...
,
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1 ...
, the eldest child and son of
Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria
, title = Archduke of Austria
, image = Peterferdinandösterrtosk.jpg
, caption =
, succession =
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and his wife
Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Gottfried was raised with his three siblings in
Salzburg and
Vienna until the end of
World War I in 1918, when his family emigrated to
Lucerne, Switzerland. He died in
Bad Ischl
Bad Ischl (Austrian German ) is a spa town in Austria. It lies in the southern part of Upper Austria, at the Traun River in the centre of the Salzkammergut region. The town consists of the Katastralgemeinden ''Ahorn'', ''Bad Ischl'', ''Haiden ...
, aged 81.
Marriage and issue
Gottfried married Princess Dorothea of Bavaria, fifth child and fourth daughter of
Prince Franz of Bavaria
A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. Th ...
and his wife
Princess Isabella Antonie of Croÿ, on 2 August 1938 civilly and religiously on 3 August 1938 in
Sárvár
Sárvár (german: Kotenburg or ; la, Bassiana; sl, Mala Sela) is a town in Vas County, Hungary.
Sárvár lies on the banks of the River Rába at Kemeneshát. The population is nearly 16,000. The town has become a tourist centre of internatio ...
,
Kingdom of Hungary. Gottfried and Dorothea had issue:
*Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (born 2 October 1939 in
Achberg
Achberg is a municipality in the district of Ravensburg in Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany' ...
), married on 28 April 1965 in
Salzburg, Friedrich Hubert Edler von Braun (born 26 December 1934 in
Regensburg), son of Erich Edler von Braun and Baroness Elisabeth von Teuchert-Kauffmann und Traunsteinburg. They have three children:
**Bernadette Edle von Braun (born 21 July 1966 in
Bad Godesberg), she has illegitimate issue
**Dominik Edler von Braun (born 21 September 1967 in Bad Godesberg), married on 25 August 1995 in
New York City, Countess Tatiana Angela von Nayhauss-Cormons (born 5 May 1968 in
Munich), daughter of Count Mainhardt von Nayhauss-Cormons and Sabine Beirlein. They have three children:
***Justus Edler von Braun (born 15 May 2003 in
Bonn
The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr ...
)
***Ludovic Edler von Braun (born 20 September 2005 in Bonn)
***Edina Edler von Braun (born 15 November 2007 in Bonn)
**Felix Edler von Braun (born 23 April 1970 in
Bad Ischl
Bad Ischl (Austrian German ) is a spa town in Austria. It lies in the southern part of Upper Austria, at the Traun River in the centre of the Salzkammergut region. The town consists of the Katastralgemeinden ''Ahorn'', ''Bad Ischl'', ''Haiden ...
), married on 27 May 2006 in
Berlin, Gabrielle Hinzmann (born 15 August 1972 in Berlin). They have one daughter:
***Stella Edler von Braun (born in 2009)
*Archduchess Alice of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (born 29 April 1941 in
Leutstetten), married on 7 May 1970 in Salzburg, Baron Vittorio Manno (born 31 July 1938 in
Cuneo
Cuneo (; pms, Coni ; oc, Coni/Couni ; french: Coni ) is a city and '' comune'' in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the fourth largest of Italy’s provinces by area.
It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) i ...
), son of Baron Antonio Manno and Bonile Maria Asinari di Rossillon. They have two children:
**Leopoldo dei baroni Manno (19 February 1971 in
The Hague — 21 February 1971 in The Hague)
**Niccolò dei baroni Manno (born 1 November 1977 in
Maisons-Laffitte), married on 22 May 2004 in
London, Manon Sybille Duflos. They have three children:
***Arturo dei baroni Manno (born in 2009)
***Paolo dei baroni Manno (born in 2012)
***Alessio dei baroni Manno (born in 2014)
**Domitilla dei baronni Manno (born 30 April 1974 in
Neuilly-sur-Seine), married on 24 April 1999 in Salzburg, Pierre-Emmanuel Derriks (born 30 August 1973 in
Ixelles), son of Michel Derriks and Anne Mottard. They have four children:
***Felicie Derriks (born 27 July 1998 in Salzburg)
***Ombeline Derriks (born 29 February 2000 in Munich)
***Fleur Derriks (born 28 March 2003)
***Corentin Derriks (born 16 March 2005)
*Archduke Leopold of Austria, Prince of Tuscany (born 25 October 1942 in Leutstetten - died 23 June 2021), married on 19 June 1965 in
St. Gilgen
Sankt Gilgen (Central Bavarian: ''St. Gieng'') is a village by Lake Wolfgang in the Austrian state of Salzburg, in the Salzkammergut region.
History
St. Gilgen was first mentioned in documents in 1376. In 1863, shipping on Lake Wolfgang started ...
,
Laetitia de Belzunce d'Arenberg (born 2 September 1941 in
Brummana
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), daughter of Henry de Belzunce and Marie-Thérèse de la Poëze d'Harambure. They had two sons.
*Archduchess Maria Antoinette of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (born 16 September 1950 in St. Gilgen), married on 13 April 1974 in St. Gilgen, Baron Hans Walter von Proff zu Irnich (born 7 March 1938 in Munich), son of Oskar Natterman and Margarete Wutt, adopted by his stepfather Baron Max von Proff zu Irnich. They have two children:
**Baron Maximilian von Proff zu Irnich (born 24 February 1976 in Munich), married on 29 May 2010, Baroness Sidonia von Ledebur (born 5 November 1978 in
Darmstadt), daughter of Baron Ernst von Ledebur and Alix von Watzdorf. They have one son:
***Baron Cornelius von Proff zu Irnich (born 11 August 2011)
**Baroness Johanna von Proff zu Irnich (born 27 June 1979 in Munich), married on 1 October 2011 in
Starnberg
Starnberg is a German town in Bavaria, Germany, some southwest of Munich. It is at the north end of Lake Starnberg, in the heart of the " Five Lakes Country", and serves as capital of the district of Starnberg. Recording a disposable per-cap ...
, Florian Prechtl. They have two children:
***Franz Prechtl (born in January 2013)
***A child (born in 2015)
Honours
*
Knight of the Austrian Order of the Golden Fleece
Ancestry
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1902 births
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20th-century Austrian people
House of Habsburg-Lorraine
People from Linz
Knights of the Golden Fleece of Austria
Grand Masters of the Order of Saint Joseph
Austrian princes