Archduchess ''Maria Christina'' Isabelle Natalie of Austria, full

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name: ''Maria Christina Isabelle Natalie, Erzherzogin von Österreich'' (17 November 1879,

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– 6 August 1962,

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) was a member of the Teschen branch of the

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and an Archduchess of

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and Princess of

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, and

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by birth. Through her marriage to Emanuel Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Salm-Salm, Maria Christina was also Hereditary Princess of Salm-Salm.

Early life

Maria Christina was the eldest child and daughter of

Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen (Friedrich Maria Albrecht Wilhelm Karl; 4 June 1856 – 30 December 1936) was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and the Supreme Commander of the Imperial and Royal Armed Forces of the Austro-Hungaria ...

and his wife

Princess Isabella of Croÿ Princess ''Isabella'' Hedwig Franziska Natalie of Croÿ (27 February 1856 – 5 September 1931) was by birth member of the House of Croÿ and by marriage member of the House of Habsburg. Biography Early life and family Princess Isabella ...

. Her paternal grandparents were

Karl Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (Vienna, 29 July 1818 – Gross Seelowitz (Židlochovice Castle), 20 November 1874) was the second son of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (1771–1847) and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg, and the ...

and

Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska Maria of Austria (17 January 1831 – 14 February 1903) was born in Ofen ( Buda), Hungary. She was the daughter of Palatine Joseph of Hungary (1776–1847) and his third wife Maria Dorothea of Württemberg ...

(a daughter of

Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary Archduke Joseph Anton of Austria (; ; 9 March 1776 – 13 January 1847) was the 103rd and penultimate palatine of Hungary who served for over fifty years from 1796 to 1847, after a period as governor in 1795. The latter half of his service coin ...

). Her maternal grandparents were Rudolf, 11th Duke of Croÿ, and

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(a daughter of

Eugène, 8th Prince of Ligne Eugène François Charles Joseph Lamoral de Ligne d'Amblise et d'Epinoy (28 January 1804 – 20 May 1880), 8th Prince of Ligne and of the Holy Roman Empire was a Belgian diplomat and liberal politician. Early life He was born in Brussels on 2 ...

Personal life

Maria Christina married

Emanuel, Hereditary Prince of Salm-Salm The Principality of Salm-Salm (; ) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire. It was located in the present-day French departments of Bas-Rhin and Vosges; it was one of a number of partitions of Salm. History Salm-Salm was created as a partition of S ...

(1871–1916), son of

Alfred, 7th Prince of Salm-Salm Alfred Ferdinand Stephan Maria Fürst zu Salm-Salm (13 March 1846 – 20 April 1923) was a nobleman in the Kingdom of Prussia and a member of the Prussian House of Lords. Early life Alfred zu Salm-Salm was born on 13 March 1846 at Anholt Castl ...

and his wife Countess Rosa of Lützow, on 10 May 1902 in

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. Maria Christina and Emanuel had five children: * Princess Isabelle of Salm-Salm (1903–2009), who married Count Felix von Loë of Wissen Castle. *

Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm () (13 April 1904 – 3 May 2001) was a member of the princely House of Salm-Salm. Through her marriage to Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria, Rosemary was a member of the Tuscan line of the House of Habsburg-Lorr ...

(1904–2001), who married Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria (1894–1971) * Nikolaus Leopold, 8th Prince of Salm-Salm (1906–1988), who married Princess Ida of Wrede. They divorced in 1948 and he married Eleonore von Zitzewitz. They divorced in 1961 and he married Maria Moret. He later married Christiane Kostecki. * Princess Cäcilie of Salm-Salm (1911–1991), who married Franz Josef, 6th Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim and Dyck, eldest son of Alfred, 5th Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim. * Prince Franz of Salm-Salm (1912–1917), who died young. Archduchess Maria Christina died on 6 August 1962 at

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Ancestry

References

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