Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria
Archduchess Maria Annunciata | |||||
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Born | Reichenau, Austria-Hungary | 31 July 1876||||
Died | 8 April 1961 Vaduz, Liechtenstein | (aged 84)||||
Burial | St. Florian Cathedral, Vaduz, Liechtenstein | ||||
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House | Habsburg-Lorraine | ||||
Father | Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria | ||||
Mother | Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal |
Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria (31 July 1876 – 8 April 1961) was a daughter of
Biography
While staying with Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Duke Siegfried August in Bavaria met his host’s unmarried half-sister, Archduchess Maria Annunciata, he fell in love with her, and their engagement was to be announced in due course. They would have made a comely couple, for the Princess had inherited much of the brilliance as well as good looks of her mother, the beloved Archduchess Maria Theresa, while Duke Siegfried was probably the best looking Prince of his house, a dashing cavalier, and one of the few scions of old world royalty and who had achieved distinction as a steeplechase rider.
Two months later, the engagement was broken off by the Archduchess, owing to her sudden discovery of the stormy antecedents of her fiancé, which she had been ignorant of at the time when she had promised to become his wife. The breaking off of the engagement was a matter which was arranged between the young people themselves, and that they had been deeply in love with each other was shown by the appeal immediately afterward by the Archduchess to the Emperor for permission to enter Holy Orders and to take the vows of a
Emperor
Archduchess Maria Annunciata took her religious duties in connection with her office more to heart than any of her predecessors. She considered it to be incumbent upon her to break off her engagement to the Prince.
Ancestry
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See also
References
- ^ "Czech Eccleastical". www.guide2womenleaders.com.
- ^ The Scrap Book. Frank A. Munsey Company. 1908.
External links
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