Albert Franz Josef Karl Friedrich Georg Hubert Maria, Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and

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(In German: ''Erzherzog Albrecht Franz Josef Karl Friedrich Georg Hubert Maria von Österreich, Herzog von Teschen'') – (24 July 1897 – 23 July 1955) was a member of the

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and titular pretender to the

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Early life

Archduke Albrecht Franz was born in Vienna,

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, only son 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 ...

(1856–1936, son of

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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 ...

) and his wife,

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(1856–1931, daughter of Rudolf, Duke of Croÿ and Princess Natalie of Ligne). He had eight elder sisters and was the youngest child of the family. Archduke Albrecht Franz of Teschen

Marriages

On 16 August 1930 Albrecht Franz married

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, England, Irene Dora Lelbach (1897–1985), daughter of Johann Lelbach and Ilma Skultéty de Alsólehota. They had no issue. They divorced on 1 June 1937.C. Arnold McNaughton, ''The Book of Kings'', volume 1, p. 384. His second marriage was to Katalin Bocskay de Felsö-Bánya (1909–2000), on 7 May 1938. They had two daughters, named below. Following the rules of morganatic marriages, the daughters did not inherit the title of their father, in this case that of Archduchess; however,

Otto von Habsburg Otto von Habsburg (, ; 20 November 1912 4 July 2011) was the last crown prince of Austria-Hungary from 1916 until the dissolution of the empire in November 1918. In 1922, he became the pretender to the former thrones, head of the House of Habs ...

granted them the title of ''Gräfin von Habsburg'' ("Countess of Habsburg") in addition to their legal titles at birth of "magyar királyi hercegnő" ("Royal Princess of Hungary") Albrecht and Katalin divorced in 1951. *Charlotte Izabella Mária Krisztine Eszter Katalin Pia, Countess von Habsburg, Princess of Hungary (3 March 1940 – 2 November 2020) she married Ferdinand Wutholen (9 February 1927–2018) on 20 July 1967. They have four children. *Ildiko Katalin Izabella Henriette Alice Mária, Countess von Habsburg, Princess of Hungary (19 February 1942) she married Joseph Calleja on 23 February 1963 and they were divorced in February 1978. They have four children. She remarried Terrance D. Fortier on 2 February 1982 and had one son. His third marriage was to Lydia Strauss-Dorner, daughter of Karl Hans Beltram "Bela" Strauss-Dorner and Minka "Mici" or "Mitzy" Ellen Clarissa Schey von Koromla.Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, editor, ''Burke's Royal Families of the World'', volume 1: ''Europe & Latin America'' (London, U.K.: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1977), p. 20. Their son was Rudolf Stefan von Habsburg ( Asuncion, 14 April 1951 - San Carlos de Bariloce, 4 July 1992)

Ancestry

References

Bibliography

* Heiszler, Vilmos. ''Photo Habsburg: Frederick Habsburg and his Family''. Budapest: Corvina, 1989. * Palmer, Alan. ''Twilight of the Habsburgs: The Life and Times of Emperor Francis Joseph''.

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