Margherita, Archduchess of Austria-Este
| Archduchess Margherita | |
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| Archduchess of Austria-Este | |
 Princess Margherita on 30 August 1953 cover of Epoca | |
| Born | 7 April 1930 Palace of Capodimonte, Naples, Italy |
| Died | 10 January 2022 (aged 91) Basel, Switzerland |
| Spouse | |
Amedeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta | |
| Mother | Princess Anne d'Orléans |
| Italian Royalty |
| House of Savoy |
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Victor Emmanuel II of Italy |
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| Umberto I of Italy |
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Victor Emmanuel III of Italy |
| Umberto II of Italy |
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Margherita, Archduchess of Austria-Este (Amedeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta, and Princess Anne d'Orléans.[1]
Biography
Margherita, born in the Royal Palace of Capodimonte, Naples in 1930, is the eldest daughter of Prince Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, and Princess Anne d'Orléans, first cousins married in 1927. She has a younger sister, Marie Christine (born in 1933). The princess was baptised in the chapel of the Capodimonte Palace on 28 May 1930 with the names Margherita Isabella Maria Vittoria Emanuela Elena Gennara. Her godfather and godmother were the King of Italy Victor-Emmanuel III and her paternal grandmother Hélène d'Orléans.
Her father, the Duke of Aosta, was appointed
Second World War
. Her father, taken prisoner by the British, died prematurely of typhus in captivity, in Nairobi, on 3 March 1942.
At the beginning of the Second World War, Margherita lived with her sister and mother in a flat in the
Pitti Palace in Florence. In 1943, Germany invaded Italy. In July 1944, the Duchess of Aosta and her two daughters were arrested by the Germans and deported to the Hotel Ifen in Hirschegg, Austria, before being released in May 1945 and returning to Italy on 7 July. The fall of the Italian monarchy in June 1946 forced Margherita, her mother and her sister to leave the country and settle in Belgium, where they stayed for just over a year, before moving to Switzerland
.
Marriage and issue
Margherita's family announced her engagement to
Otto of Habsburg, the claimant to the Austrian throne.[2] At six feet tall, Margherita was, according to some witnesses, an impressive sight. She wore an ivory gown made out of satin with a long train hung from a diamond tiara.[3]
The couple took up residence in Paris, where Robert was a bank clerk.[3] They had five children:
- Archduchess Maria Beatrice Anna Felicitas Zita Charlotte Adelheid Christina Elisabeth Gennara (11 December 1954). Married Count Riprand of Arco-Zinneberg, a great-grandson of the last Bavarian king, Olympia von und zu Arco-Zinneberg, who is married to Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon.
- Princess Astrid of Belgium(b. 1962). They have five children.
- Archduke Gerhard Thaddäus Anton Marcus d'Aviano Maria Umberto Otto Carl Amadeus (30 October 1957) who wed Iris Jandrasits (1961) in 2015;
- Archduke Martin Carl Amadeo Maria (21 December 1959). Married Princess Katharina of Isenburg-Birstein. They have four children.
- Archduchess Isabella Maria Laura Helena Antonia Zita Anna Gennara (2 March 1963). Married Count Andrea Czarnocki-Lucheschi. They have four children.
Death
Margherita died on 10 January 2022, at the age of 91.[4]
Ancestry
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References
- ^ a b "Italian Princess Engaged", The New York Times, Lyon, France, 21 October 1953
- ^ a b c "Italian Princess Wed to Archduke", The New York Times, Lyon, France, 29 December 1953
- ^ a b c "Royal Church Nuptials", The New York Times, Bourg-En-Bresse, France, 30 December 1953
- ^ Fontaine, Nicolas (10 January 2022). "La mère du prince Lorenz est décédée : Margherita de Savoie-Aoste avait 91 ans". Histoires Royales. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
External links
Media related to Margherita of Savoy-Aosta at Wikimedia Commons
