Austria-Este

House of Habsburg-Este
House of Austria-Este
House of Habsburg-Este; House of Austria-Este
	Motto: Dextera Domini exaltavit me; (Latin for 'The right hand of the Lord has exalted me')
Parent house	Habsburg-Lorraine (agnatic); Este (enatic);
Country	Austria; Belgium; Italy; Former countries Austria-Hungary ; Modena and Reggio ; Massa and Carrara ;
Founded	1771; 253 years ago
Founder	Ferdinand of Habsburg-Lorraine and Maria Beatrice d'Este
Current head	Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
Final ruler	Franz V, Duke of Modena and Reggio
Titles	Current: Archduke of Austria-Este; Prince/Princess of Belgium; Former: Duke of Modena and Reggio; (1814–1859); Duke of Mirandola; (1815–1859); Duke of Massa and Prince of Carrara; (1829–1859); Duke of Guastalla; (1847–1859); King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland; (Jacobite claim; 1840–1919);
Style(s)	"Imperial and Royal Highness"; "Majesty"; "Grace";
Deposition	1859 (Annexation of Italy)

The House of Habsburg-Este (

Ercole III d'Este. After the death of Ercole III in 1803, the Modena ruling branch of the Este family's male line ended, and the Habsburg-Este line subsequently inherited his possessions in what is now Italy

.

History

Origins

Ercole III d'Este, the last Este duke of Modena and Reggio in the direct male line, was deposed in 1796 by the French, and his Italian principality was incorporated into the Cisalpine Republic, later the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy. In 1814, French rule in Italy ended. Modena was to be returned to his daughter Maria Beatrice and her son Francis of Austria-Este. Previously, Ercole had been compensated with the duchy of Breisgau in south-western Germany; the Habsburgs ceded this province to him in anticipation of it falling eventually to the Habsburg family again, since Ercole's sole daughter was married to a cadet Habsburg, Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria-Este. Ercole died in 1803 and Breisgau was indeed inherited by his daughter and her husband, but they lost it in 1805 to the expanding Grand Duchy of Baden.

Rule in Emilia

The family,

deposed

. Francis (1846–59, died 1875) withdrew to his estates in Austria.

After the death of

Franz, Duke of Bavaria

.

After Unification and current status

However, Francis V had decided to retain the

Archduke Charles Louis, younger brother to then Emperor Francis Joseph, Austria-Este then becoming a sort of "secundogeniture

" title within the Austrian imperial family.

Although the first heir, Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914), was not a descendant of the last Este duchess,

Duke Ercole III of Modena and Reggio

as well, and thus the blood of the last Este dukes was joined with the name Austria-Este.

On Robert's death his eldest son,

Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria, born 1986.^[4]

Coat of arms

Ferdinand Karl of Austria-Este (1754–1806)
Franz IV of Austria-Este (1779–1846)
Franz V of Austria-Este (1819–1875)
Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este (1863–1914)
Robert of Austria-Este (1915–1996)

References

^ ^a ^b "Almanach de Gotha", Maison de Habsbourg-Lorraine, (Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1944), pp. 50-52, (French).
^ "Wiener Zeitung, 5 May 1917". Politische Chronik der Österreichisch-ungarischen monarchie: 277. 1917.
^ "ANNO, Wiener Zeitung, 1917-05-05, Seite 1". anno.onb.ac.at. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
^
ISBN 978-3-7980-0824-3
.

External links

Heraldry of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Arms of the Este dukes of Modena (in French)

[gotha-1] "Almanach de Gotha", Maison de Habsbourg-Lorraine, (Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1944), pp. 50-52, (French).

[chronik-2] "Wiener Zeitung, 5 May 1917". Politische Chronik der Österreichisch-ungarischen monarchie: 277. 1917.

[3] "ANNO, Wiener Zeitung, 1917-05-05, Seite 1". anno.onb.ac.at. Retrieved 2023-10-09.

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ISBN 978-3-7980-0824-3
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