Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria

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Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria
Duchess Albrecht of Württemberg
Duchess Albrecht of Württemberg
Spouse	Duke Albrecht of Württemberg
Issue
Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg Duke Albrecht Eugen Duke Carl Alexander Duchess Amalia Duchess Theresa Duchess Elisabeth Duchess Margarita
Full name
German: Margarete Sophie Marie Annunciata Theresia Caroline Luise Josephe Johanna
House	House of Habsburg-Lorraine House of Württemberg
Father	Archduke Charles Louis of Austria
Mother	Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Born	(1870-05-13)13 May 1870 Artstetten Castle, Artstetten-Pöbring, Lower Austria, Austria–Hungary
Died	24 August 1902(1902-08-24) (aged 32) Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria–Hungary

Archduchess Margarete Sophie Marie Annunciata Theresia Caroline Luise Josephe Johanna of Austria,^[1][2] full German name: Margarete Sophie Marie Annunciata Theresia Caroline Luise Josephe Johanna, Erzherzogin von Österreich^[1][2] (13 May 1870, Artstetten Castle, Artstetten-Pöbring, Lower Austria, Austria–Hungary^[1][2] – 24 August 1902, Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria–Hungary^[1][2]) was a member of House of Habsburg-Lorraine and an Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Bohemia, Hungary, and Tuscany by birth. Through her marriage to Duke Albrecht of Württemberg, Margarete Sophie was also a member of the House of Württemberg and a Duchess of Württemberg.

Family

Margarete Sophie was the third-eldest child and only daughter of Archduke Charles Louis of Austria and his second wife Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.^[1][2] She was named for her father's first wife, Princess Margaretha of Saxony, and for her paternal grandmother, Princess Sophie of Bavaria. Her older brothers included Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Archduke Otto Francis of Austria.^[1][2]

Theresan Convent of Noble Ladies

As a young woman, Margarete Sophie was Abbess of the Theresan Convent of Noble Ladies in Prague.^[3] The convent was located in the Hradschin Royal Palace, and was an educational foundation open only to high-born young women who were required to prove that all sixteen of their great-grandparents were of noble birth.^[3] It was not unusual for the Abbess to be chosen among the archduchesses of the Imperial Habsburg family, though the Abbess and all pupils were allowed to leave the order and marry.^[3]

Marriage and issue

Margarete Sophie married Duke Albrecht of Württemberg, eldest child and son of Duke Philipp of Württemberg and his wife Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, on 24 January 1893 in Vienna, Austria–Hungary.^[1][2] Margarete Sophie and Albrecht had seven children:^[1]

• Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1893–1975).
• Duke Albrecht Eugen of Württemberg (born 8 January 1895 in Stuttgart; died 24 June 1954 in Schwäbisch Gmünd), who married Princess Nadejda of Bulgaria (1899–1958), daughter of Tsar Ferdinand I. They had five children.
• Duke Carl Alexander of Württemberg (born 12 March 1896 in Stuttgart; died 27 December 1964 in Altshausen), known as "Father Odo".
• Duchess Maria Amalia of Württemberg (born 15 August 1897 in Gmunden; died 13 August 1923 in Altshausen), briefly engaged to Crown Prince George of Saxony.
• Duchess Maria Theresa of Württemberg (born 16 August 1898 in Stuttgart; died 26 March 1928 in Eibingen).
• Duchess Maria Elisabeth of Württemberg (born 12 September 1899 in Potsdam; died 15 April 1900 in Meran.)
• Duchess Margarita Maria of Württemberg (born 4 January 1902 in Stuttgart; died 22 April 1945 in Altshausen.)

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 13 May 1870 – 24 January 1893: Her Imperial and Royal Highness Archduchess and Princess Margarete Sophie of Austria; Princess Margarete Sophie of Hungary, Bohemia, and Tuscany
• 24 January 1893 – 24 August 1902: Her Imperial and Royal Highness Duchess Albrecht of Württemberg

Ancestry

References

Sources

• Finestone, Jeffrey (1983). The Last Courts of Europe. New York: Greenwich House.