Archduchess Mechthildis of Austria
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Princess Czartoryska | |||||
Born | Pula, Austria-Hungary | 11 October 1891||||
Died | 2 June 1966 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | (aged 74)||||
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House | Habsburg-Lorraine | ||||
Father | Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria | ||||
Mother | Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Princess of Tuscany |
Archduchess Mechthildis of Austria (11 October 1891 – 6 February 1966) was a daughter of
Background and early life
Archduchess Mechthildis was a daughter of
Archduchess Mechthildis was educated by private tutors, special emphasis was placed on languages. She learned German, Italian, English, French, and from 1895, Polish. Her father had followed a career in the
Marriage
Archduke Charles Stephen put aside his career in the navy and centered his ambitions in creating a Polish branch of the house of Habsburg. He encouraged all of his children to become Polish and Archduchess Mechtildis, like her sister Archduchess Renata, married a Polish Prince, Olgierd Czartoryski, in 1913. The marriage took place on 11 January 1913 at Saybusch Castle, two days after her eldest sister Archduchess Eleonora married Alfons von Kloss. Mechtildis had to renounce all of her titles, along with the style of
Children
Archduchess Mechthildis and her husband Prince Olgierd Czartoryski (1888–1977) had four children:
- Prince Constantine Czartoryski (9 December 1913 – 31 August 1989); married Countess Karolina Plater-Zyberk
- Princess Cecylia Czartoryska (9 April 1915 – 19 April 2011); married Count Jerzy Rostworowski.
- Princess Izabella Czartoryska (8 August 1917 – 2015); married Count Raphael Bninski.
- Prince Alexander Czartoryski (21 October 1919 – 2007)
Ancestry
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References
- McIntosh David, The Unknown Habsburgs, Rovall Royal Books, 2000.ISBN 91-973978-0-6
- ISBN 9780465002375