Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria

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Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria (Margarete Sophie Marie Annunciata Theresia Caroline Luise Josephe Johanna; 13 May 1870 – 24 August 1902)[1] was a member of the House of Habsburg and an Archduchess of Austria by birth. She was married to Duke Albrecht of Württemberg.

Margarete Sophie
Duchess Albrecht of Württemberg
Photograph, 1901
Born(1870-05-13)13 May 1870
Artstetten Castle, Artstetten-Pöbring, Austria-Hungary
Died24 August 1902(1902-08-24) (aged 32)
Gmunden, Austria-Hungary
Spouse
(m. 1893)
Issue
Detail
Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
Duke Albrecht Eugen
Duke Carl Alexander
Duchess Maria Amalia
Duchess Maria Theresa
Duchess Maria Elisabeth
Duchess Margarita Maria
Names
Margarete Sophie Marie Annunciata Theresia Caroline Luise Josephe Johanna
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherArchduke Karl Ludwig of Austria
MotherPrincess Maria Annunziata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Family

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Margarete Sophie was born at Artstetten Castle, Artstetten-Pöbring, the fourth and youngest child and only daughter of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria and his second wife Princess Maria Annunziata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.[1] She was named for her father's first wife, Princess Margaretha of Saxony, and for her paternal grandmother, Princess Sophie of Bavaria. Her older brothers included Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Archduke Otto Franz of Austria.[1]

Theresan Convent of Noble Ladies

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Margaretha as princess-abbess, c. early 1890s

As a young woman, Margarete Sophie was princess-abbess of the Theresian Royal and Imperial Ladies Chapter in Prague (1886-1893).[2][3] The convent was located in the Hradschin Royal Palace, and was an educational foundation open only to high-born young women, who were required to prove that all sixteen of their great-grandparents were of noble birth.[3] It was not unusual for the abbess to be chosen from among the archduchesses of the Imperial Habsburg family, though the abbess and all pupils were allowed to leave the order and marry.[3]

Marriage and issue

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Margarete Sophie married Duke Albrecht of Württemberg, eldest child of Duke Philipp of Württemberg and his wife Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, on 24 January 1893 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary.[1] Margarete Sophie and Albrecht had seven children:[1]

Margarete died in Gmunden on 24 August 1902, aged 32.

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Darryl Lundy (6 Mar 2005). "Margarete Sophie Erzherzogin von Österreich". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  2. ^ "Czech Eccleastical".
  3. ^ a b c Finestone, p. 105.

Sources

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  • Finestone, Jeffrey (1983). The Last Courts of Europe. New York: Greenwich House.