Princess Isabella of Croÿ
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Princess Isabella Hedwig Franziska Natalie of Croÿ (27 February 1856 – 5 September 1931) was by birth member of House of Croÿ and by marriage member of House of Habsburg.
Biography
Early life and family
Princess Isabella was daughter of
Marriage and issue
She married Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen on 8 October 1878. They had eight daughters and one son:
- Maria Christina, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1879–1962), married Prince Emanuel of Salm-Salm
- Maria Anna, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1882–1940), married Elias, Duke of Parma
- Maria Henrietta, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1883–1956), married Prince Gottfried of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
- Natalie Maria, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1884–1898)
- Stephanie Maria Isabelle, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1886–1890)
- Gabriele Maria Theresia, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1887–1954)
- Isabella, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1888–1973), married Prince Georg of Bavaria
- Maria Alice, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1893–1962), married Baron Friedrich von Waldbott-Bassenheim[citation needed] (their daughter Countess Maria Immaculata Waldbott von Bassenheim was the second wife of Count Hans Heribert of Toerring-Jettenbach, son of Duchess Sophie Adelheid in Bavaria)
- Albrecht Franz, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Teschen (1897–1955)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
In the mid-1890s, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria began visiting Isabella and Friedrich's home. At first, it was assumed that he was there to court one of their many daughters. Eventually, it was discovered that in fact he was courting Countess Sophie Chotek von Wognin, lady-in-waiting to Archduchess Isabella and daughter of Austrian ambassador Bohuslav, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin.[1]
Isabella became infuriated that Franz Ferdinand had not singled out one of her eight daughters as his bride and future empress; as a result she engaged in a crusade to thwart the marriage of Franz Ferdinand and Sophie. Sophie was dismissed from service, thus beginning an ongoing conflict between Friedrich and Franz Ferdinand, who married Sophie in 1900. The marriage was
A decade later, Isabella created a similar furore when her nephew, Karl, 13th
Honours
Isabella received the following awards:[3]
Grand Cross of the Imperial Austrian Order of Elizabeth, 1901 (Austria-Hungary)[4]
Dame of the Dame of the Starry Cross, 1st Class (Austria-Hungary)
Order of Merit of the Red Cross, 1st Class with War Decoration (Austria-Hungary)
Dame Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion, with Distinction for Jerusalem (Sovereign Military Order of Malta)
Order of the Sun, 2nd Class in Diamonds (Persia)
Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa, 30 August 1883 (Spain)[5]
Dame of Honour of the Order of Theresa (Kingdom of Bavaria)
Dame of the Order of Saint Elizabeth (Kingdom of Bavaria)
Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Civil Merit (Kingdom of Bulgaria)
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Sources
- ^ ISBN 1-4021-9370-X.
- New York Times. 25 October 1913. p. 1.
- ^ Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie (1918), Genealogy p. 12
- ^ "Elisabeth-orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, Vienna: Druck und Verlag der K.K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1918, p. 324
- ^ "Real orden de Damas Nobles de la Reina Maria Luisa". Guía Oficial de España (in Spanish). 1930. p. 235. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
