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  Definition of archduchess - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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  THE ARCHDUCHESS

SABINE VON WUERTTEMBERG

Sabine, Princess of Bavaria, of the Royal House of Wittelsbach, Archduchess of Wuerttemberg, Consort to Ulrich VI, Archduke of Wuerttemberg, of the Royal House of Wuerttemberg-Moempelgard
He regained his ducal crown in 1534 after a bloodless coup rumoured to have been supported by Henry VIII of England, and resulting in George’s being named Count of Wuerttemberg (highly unusual since his act against his brother was treason and should have been punished by death) and Ulrich as Archduke of Wuerttemberg.
The Archduchess was an avid hunting companion of Henry’s second queen consort, Anne Boleyn, as well as a bit of a gambler at cards, having once lost and then regained her wedding band from one of Henry's nobles.
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  Royal Family of Europe - pafg16 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Elisabeth, Archduchess Of AUSTRIA was born on 5 Jun 1554 in Wien, Wien, Austria.
Marie, Archduchess Of AUSTRIA was born on 27 Jul 1555 in Of Wien, Wien, Austria.
Margarethe, Archduchess Of AUSTRIA was born on 25 Jan 1567 in Of, Linz, Oberhosterreich, Austria.
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  Archduke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The title of Archduke (feminine: Archduchess) (German: Erzherzog or Erzherzogin) was invented in the Privilegium Maius, a 14th century forgery initiated by Duke Rudolf IV of Austria.
From the 16th century onward, archduke or its female form, archduchess, came to be used by all the members of the House of Habsburg, similar to the title Prince in many other royal houses.
For example, Queen Marie Antoinette of France was born an Archduchess of Austria.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Archduchess   (536 words)

  
 Archduchess Products   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Archduchess Maria Theresia of Austria / Pss Tuscany pcd
Archduchess Blanca of Austria & 3 sons - RARE pcd
Archduchess Blanca of Austria / Infanta of Spain - pcd
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 Home|Collections|Collections of Ambras Castle|The Upper Castle|Archduchess Anna
The archduchess is wearing a dress in keeping with the fashions of the German Renaissance, which were supplanted by Spanish fashions only after mid-century.
A daughter of King Ferdinand I and his wife, Anna of Hungary, Archduchess Anna was born in Prague in 1528.
In 1544 she was engaged to marry Charles, Duke d’Orléans; in 1546 she married Duke Albert V of Bavaria.
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 Princess Astrid, Archduchess of Austria-Este - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (Astrid Joséphine-Charlotte Fabrizia Elisabeth Paola Maria), styled HIandRH Princess Astrid, (born June 5, 1962) is the only daughter and second child of King Albert II and his wife Queen Paola of Belgium.
Her godparents were Don Fabrizio Ruffo di Calabria and her aunt Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte of Luxembourg.
Her husband was created Prince of Belgium by Royal Decree of November 10, 1995 and now her children bear the titles "Prince(ss) of Belgium, Archduke (Archduchess) of Austria-Este, Prince(ss) Imperial of Austria, Prince(ss) Royal of Hungary and Bohemia".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Princess_Astrid,_Archduchess_of_Austria-Este   (237 words)

  
 European Royal Births 2000-2004
Princess Maria Laetitia of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este, daughter of Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este and Princess Astrid of Belgium, Brussels.
Archduchess Ildiko of Austria & Hungary, daughter of Archduke Paul Georg and Archduchess Eilika, Budapest.
Archduchess Zsofia of Austria & Hungary, daughter of Archduke Georg and Archduchess Eilika, Budapest.
www.royaltymonarchy.com /royfacts/eurobirths1.html   (486 words)

  
 Marie Antoinette Queen of France
Double portrait of the Archduchess Marie-Josepha at the age of eight (in the picture) and her sister Marie-Antoinette when she was four years old.
The archduchess Marie Antoinette at the age of 12.
At the Princess death, without a son as her heir, her huge fortune and jewelry were passed on to her four daughters (three of them were married to members of the Potocki's family).
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 BBC - h2g2 - The Hapsburg's of Austro-Hungary
Archduchess Sophie, born on 27th January 1805 was the wife Archduke Franz-Karl, he served on the ruling council which ruled on behalf of the mentally retarded Ferdinand.
Franz-Karl was an ineffective and unabitious man and Sophie was a manipulative woman, during the 'Revelution of 1848' she persueded her husband to renounce his claim to the throne in favoure of their son Franz-Joseph, at the time she was known as "The only man at court".
They had 4 children Archduchess Sophie of Austria, who died when she was 2, Archduchess Gisela of Austria, the hoped-for crown prince, Rudolf and a decade later, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria.
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It happened in 1853 when Archduchess Sophie, the Emperor's domineering mother (and a Magyarhater), grew tired of her son's youthful peccadilloes and decided to arrange a marriage for Franz Joseph.
On the way to church to celebrate her son's twenty-third birthday with the guests from Bavaria, the ever so haughty Archduchess gave sixteen year-old Elizabeth precedence at the church door, indicating to the Court and to the world the sensational change that was to occur in the Habsburg hierarchy.
Archduchess Sophie was as overbearing to Elizabeth as she was toward her son, and she interfered in their smallest affairs.
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 Hanover 14
Maria Antoinette von Habsburg-Lothringen, Archduchess of Austria, * 1874, + 1891.
Maria Theresia von Habsburg-Lothringen, Archduchess of Austria, * 1836, + 1838.
Maria Luisa von Habsburg-Lothringen, Archduchess of Austria, * 1799, + 1857.
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 Vintage Catalog | Marie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser
She had been nursing little Joseph for three months when she took over the baby Archduchess, and it was understood in the family that Constance's appointment would improve all their fortunes.
As the foster-brother of an archduchess, Joseph Weber benefited all his life; there were pensions for Constance as well as his other brothers and sisters.
As his future father-in-law Charles VI crudely put it: "No renunciation, no Archduchess." Maria Teresa of course believed in total wifely submission, at least in theory, another doctrine that she would expound assiduously to her daughters.
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It may be, ma'am, that the Archduchess deplores, in affectionate terms, the fact that Your Majesty has debts and she is sorry she is not able to help you.
The Archduchess is used to it since she took upon herself the nasty part of it and endures it with heroism.
But if you are supported by the Archduchess and her ministers, you are not an object of scandal anymore and because of your resemblance to the King, the Court will be fascinated by you.
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 Mary IV and III
From her birth Mary Theresa bore the titles of "Archduchess of Austria-Este, Princess of Hungary and Bohemia, Princess of Modena".
As a granddaughter of Queen Mary III and II and niece of King Francis I, she was recognised by the Jacobites as "Princess of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland".
On April 18, 1854, Archduchess Elisabeth married Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria, Duke of Teschen, by whom she had six children (half brothers and sisters to Mary Theresa): Archduke Franz, Archduke Friedrich, Archduchess Maria Christina (later Queen of Spain), Archduke Karl Stephan, Archduke Eugen, and Archduchess Eleonore.
www.jacobite.ca /kings/mary4.htm   (755 words)

  
 ReadingGroupGuides.com - Marie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser
She had been nursing little Joseph for three months when she took over the baby Archduchess, and it was understood in the family that Constance's appointment would improve all their fortunes.
As the foster-brother of an archduchess, Joseph Weber benefited all his life; there were pensions for Constance as well as his other brothers and sisters.
As his future father-in-law Charles VI crudely put it: "No renunciation, no Archduchess." Maria Teresa of course believed in total wifely submission, at least in theory, another doctrine that she would expound assiduously to her daughters.
www.readinggroupguides.com /guides3/marie_antoinette_journey3.asp   (2312 words)

  
 A Jacobite Gazetteer - Austria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Archduchess Elisabeth, wife of Archduke Ferdinand and mother of Queen Mary IV and III is buried in the Helenen Friedhof.
Presumably Archduchess Elisabeth is buried here because of its proximity to the Weilburg, the palace belonging to the family of her second husband Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria; the palace was destroyed at the end of World War II.
In 1912 Prince Franz (younger son of Queen Mary IV and III) married Princess Isabella of Croÿ at the Weilburg.
www.jacobite.ca /gazetteer/Austria/Baden.htm   (205 words)

  
 Amazon.com: archduchess   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
An imperial victim: Marie Louise,: Archduchess of Austria, empress of the French, duchess of Parma, by Edith E Cuthell (Unknown Binding - 1912)
Archduchess Maria Caroline of Austria (1752-1814) daughter of Emperor Francis I (1708-65), Fine Art Giclee Print by Jean-Etienne Liotard, 18x24 by Art.com
-EMPEROR NAPOLEON I to the Archduchess Maria Louise of Austria,...
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 Maria Theresa of Austria Summary
She was Archduchess of Austria, and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia and ruler of other territories from 1740 until her death.
Her Royal Highness Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia was the eldest daughter of Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and Charles VI, whose sole male heir - his son Leopold Johann - died as an infant in 1716.
Heiress-presumptive to the title Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary, and Queen of Bohemia: 1737-1740.
www.bookrags.com /Maria_Theresa_of_Austria   (3209 words)

  
 Memoirs of Marie Antoinette - Chapter II. (by Campan)
The Archduchess Josepha, who had been betrothed to the King of Naples, at the instant she was quitting Vienna received an order from the Empress not to set off without having offered up a prayer in the vault of her forefathers.
Joseph II., the elder Archduchess, and a few noblemen honoured by the confidence of Maria Theresa, composed the party; and reflections on the world, on courts, and the duties of princes were the usual topics of conversation.
The marriage of Monseigneur the Dauphin with the Archduchess was determined upon during the administration of the Duc de Choiseul.
www.authorama.com /memoirs-of-marie-antoinette-4.html   (2195 words)

  
 21ST GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Margaret of SAXONY Archduchess of Austria (daughter of Frederick Augustus II (IV) of SAXONY and Caroline of AUSTRIA) was born about 1840 in Saxony.
He was married to Maria Theresa PORTUGAL Archduchess of Hapsburg (daughter of Miguel of PORTUGAL) in 1873 in Austria?.
Maria Theresa PORTUGAL Archduchess of Hapsburg was born in 1855 in Portugal - dtr of King Miguel.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Paccanarists)
Having been introduced by Father Varin to the Archduchess Maria Anna, Paccanari gained an extraordinary ascendancy over that princess, through whose good offices he received minor orders, the subdiaconate, and the diaconate from the hands of the nuncio at Vienna.
The Archduchess Maria Anna bought from the Theatines the Church of St. Sylvester, with its convent and gardens, at Monte-Cavallo; and in 1801 the pope in person came to install the Fathers there.
The Archduchess Maria Anna, who, in spite of the commands of her brother the Emperor Leopold, had at first refused to abandon Paccanari and his work, was obliged to submit, overcome by the miserable
www.newadvent.org /cathen/13306b.htm   (2098 words)

  
 Worldroots.com
Archduchess Gisela of Austria with her sister Archduchess Marie Valerie,1871
Archduchess Gisela of Austria with her fiancee Prince Leopold of Bavaria,1872
Archduchess Gisela of Austria with her daughter Princess Elisabeth, (1874-1957) in 1874
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 Maria Theresa (1717-1780), archduchess of Austria (1740-1780), Queen of Hungary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Maria Theresa (1717-1780), archduchess of Austria (1740-1780), Queen of Hungary
Despite her fathers efforts to secure her claim to Austria, her accession triggered the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748), in which she lost Silesia to Frederick II of Prussia, but retained Austria against the threat of Charles of Bavaria, Holy Roman Emperor from 1742 until his death in 1745.
Her son became the Emperor Joseph II in 1765, and succeeded her in Austria after her death.
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 Long Live the King by Mary Roberts Rinehart: Chapter VI. The Chancellor Pays a Visit
The Archduchess Annunciata would have none of the palace flunkies about her when she could help it.
He had found seven a very lucky number, So now he entered the boudoir of the Archduchess Annunciata, and the Countess went out another door, and closed it behind her, immediately opening it about an inch.
The Archduchess offered him a cup of tea, which he took, although she always made very bad tea.
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While the Emperor Francis was losing the battle of Austerlitz, his wife, who was in Silesia, with only one of her children, the little Archduchess Leopoldine, who was born in 1797 and was not yet eight years old, fell seriously ill with the measles, and dreaded giving the disease to her little girl.
The Austrian Ambassador was very anxious that the Archduchess Marie Louise should become Empress of the French; for he was convinced that such an event would be of as much benefit to him as to his country.
The Archduchess listened with her usual calmness, and, after a moment's reflection, asked him, "What are my father's wishes?" "The Emperor," the minister answered, "has commissioned me to ask Your Imperial Highness what decision she means to take in a matter concerning her whole life.
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 Gallery
Archduchess Bianca Maria Sforza (†1510), consort of Maximilian I
Archduchess Claudia Felicity of Tyrol (†1676), consort of Leopold VI (Wien, Minoritenkloster, Kirche Maria Schnee):
Archduchess Amalia Wilhelmina of Brunswick-Lüneburg (†1742), consort of Joseph I
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