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Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este

Robert
Archduke Robert in the late 1920s
Archduke of Austria-Este
Tenure16 April 1917 – 7 February 1996
SuccessorArchduke Lorenz
Born(1915-02-08)8 February 1915
Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died7 February 1996(1996-02-07) (aged 80)
Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
Spouse
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(m. 1953)​
IssueArchduchess Maria Beatrice
Prince Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este
Archduke Gerhard
Archduke Martin
Archduchess Isabella
Names
Robert Karl Ludwig Maximilian Michael Maria Anton Franz Ferdinand Joseph Otto Hubert Georg Pius Johannes Marcus d'Aviano Habsburg-Lothringen
HouseHouse of Habsburg and House of Austria-Este
FatherCharles I of Austria
MotherPrincess Zita of Parma

Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este (given names: Robert Karl Ludwig Maximilian Michael Maria Anton Franz Ferdinand Joseph Otto Hubert Georg Pius Johannes Marcus d'Aviano; 8 February 1915 – 7 February 1996), was the second son of Charles I, (beatified) last Emperor of Austria-Hungary, and Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma. He was also known as Robert Karl Erzherzog von Österreich.

Archduke of Austria-Este

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On 16 April 1917, at the age of two, his father the Emperor ceded the title of Archduke of Austria-Este in Robert's favour. Archduke Robert was thereby chosen to preserve, in the form of a distinct secundogeniture, the Habsburg-Lorraine representation of the once-sovereign Duchy of Modena which had belonged to the House of Este. He was thus made heir to his assassinated relative Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863–1914), who had inherited in 1875 the Austria-Este designation and what had been salvaged of the Este fortune when the duchy was annexed to Italy in 1860.

Family

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Archduke Robert married Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta (7 April 1930 – 10 January 2022, elder daughter of the late Amadeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta) on 28 December 1953 in Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain, France (civilly) and 29 December 1953, in Brou, Eure-et-Loir, France (religiously).[1]
The couple had five children:

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ "Royal Church Nuptials", The New York Times, Bourg-En-Bresse, France, 30 December 1953
  2. ^ "Gräfin von und zu Arco-Zinneberg heiratet in Basilika Niederalteich". Archived from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  3. ^ US investment strategist Colin McKenzie was born in New York and grew up in Spain, Brazil and England. He received a MA in Mathematics with Philosophy from the University of Oxford in 1998.
  4. ^ "Margherita Gräfin von und zu Arco-Zinneberg: Romantische Hochzeit im Schloss". 23 March 2022.
  5. ^ Charles Douglas Green (b.1981) is the son of the late South African businessman Ian Green and Helena Marian Fermor-Hesketh (née Hunt; widow of The Hon John Fermor-Hesketh). Charles has several siblings from his father and mother's previous marriages. His half-sister, Annabel Green, is the current Duchess of Roxburghe.
  6. ^ Xidias, Angelica (21 October 2019). "French and Austrian royalty married in a chic Parisian wedding attended by Princess Beatrice and her fiancé". Vogue.com.au.
  7. ^ "France's Prince Napoléon marries Countess Olympia in breathtaking Paris wedding". Independent.ie. 22 October 2019.
  8. ^ Marie-Gabrielle Arco. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  9. ^ Enache, Nicolas. La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg. ICC, Paris, 1996. pp. 44–45,50. French
  10. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Furstlicher Hauser Bande XVI, C.A. Starke Verlag, Haus Osterreich, Limburg, 2001, pp. 91–92. German
  11. ^ Prins Amedeo en Lili trouwen in de zon
Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este
Cadet branch of the House of Habsburg and House of Este
Born: 8 February 1915 Died: 7 February 1996
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Archduke of Austria-Este
1917–1996 		Succeeded by