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REFERENCE TITLE NAME BORN DIED   TITLE NAME BORN DIED COMMENTS
21 Archduke Joseph Anton of Austria (Palatine of Hungary) (Hungarian Line) 1776 1847 Grand Duchess Alexandra of Russia 1783 1801 See 4.3 - Joseph Anton founded the Hungarian branch of the Habsburg family and was a brother of Emperor Franz I of Austria. Alexandra died from Puerperal fever about a week after giving to a stillborn daughter (Alexandrine)
21 Archduke Joseph Anton of Austria (Palatine of Hungary) (Hungarian Line) 1776 1847 Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym 1797 1817 Joseph Anton founded the Hungarian branch of the Habsburg family and was a brother of Emperor Franz I of Austria. Hermine died after giving birth to twins ((Stephan Franz and Hermine Amalie) . Hermine's father was Prince (Furst) Viktor II of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1767-1812) who on his death on 22 April 1812 was succeeded by his uncle Frederick (1741-1812) whose own death on 24 December 1812 caused the extinction of the ruling house of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym which was then inherited by the Prince's of Anhalt-Bernburg.
21 Archduke Joseph Anton of Austria (Palatine of Hungary) (Hungarian Line) 1776 1847 Duchess  Marie of Württemberg 1797 1855 See 22.22 - Joseph Anton founded the Hungarian branch of the Habsburg family and was a brother of Emperor Franz I of Austria.
A brief report on the death of Joseph Anton (item is in 4 th column).
21.1 Archduchess Alexandrine of Austria (Hungarian Line) - Stillborn 1801 1801          
21.2 Archduke Stephan Franz of Austria (Palatine of Hungary) (Hungarian Line) 1817 1867         Stephan succeeded his father as Palatine of Hungary in 1847 but renounced this position the following year on 26 September 1848 as a result of revolutionary problems - Biographical details of Stephan Franz.
A newspaper article in June 1843 (middle column of the five column page) Archduke Stephen with the daughter of the Duchess de Berry (presumably this being Princess Louise Marie Thérčse of France (1819- 1864)) has been definitely decided upon by the Cabinet of Vienna.
A further newspaper article in March 1846 mentions that the marriage of Archduke Stephen with Grand Duchess Olga of Russia (1822-1892) a daughter of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia was looked upon as certain. Apparently negotiations for the proposed marriage went on for eighteen months. There were religious problems with Russia being Orthodox and Austria being Catholic, with Emperor Nicholas supposedly consenting to the marriage of his daughter embracing the Catholic religion.
Regardless of these newspaper articles Archduke Stephen didn't get married, Grand Duchess Olga however on 13 July 1846 married Prince Karl of Württemberg (later King of Württemberg).
21.3 Archduchess Hermine Amalie of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1817 1842          
21.4 Archduchess Franziska Marie Elisabeth of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1820 1820          
21.5 Archduke Alexander of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1825 1837          
21.6 Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1831 1903 Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este (Modena Line) 1821 1849 See 47.53 -
It was reported that Ferdinand died of typhus (article is on page 4) which he caught whilst visiting sick and wounded in hospital. He died just two yeras after his marriage to Elisabeth leaving her a widow at eighteen years of age.
21.6 Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1831 1903 Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (Teschen Line) 1818 1874 See 44.3
The New York Time report on the death of Archduke Karl Ferdinand.
The New York Time report on the death of Archduchess Elisabeth.
This article mentions Archduchess Elisabeth and her first husband Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este (Modena Line) had no issue, in fact they had a daughter Archduchess Marie Theresa who married King Ludwig III of Bavaria.
21.7 Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria (Palatine of Hungary) (Hungarian Line) 1833 1905 Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1846 1927 See 28.523
The New York Time report on the death of Archduke Joseph Karl
21.71 Archduchess Elizabeth of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1865 1866          
21.72 Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1867 1932 Prince Louis Phillippe of Orléans (Duke of Orléans) 1869 1926 See 13.112
The New York Times report on the marriage of Maria Dorothea and Louis Phillippe
The New York Times report on the intended separation of Maria Dorothea and Louis Phillippe
The New York Times report on the intended divorce by Maria Dorothea and court proceedings for maintenance against her husband Louis Phillippe.
Birth Registration of Prince Louis Philippe
21.73 Archduchess Margarethe of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1870 1955 Prince Albert of Thurn and Taxis (8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis) 1867 1952 See 24.4634 - An interesting newspaper article on the Thurn and Taxis family in particular singling out Prince Albert
21.74 Archduke Joseph August of Austria (Palatine of Hungary) (Hungarian Line) 1872 1962 Princess Auguste of Bavaria 1875 1964 See 18.1522 - A short article on Archduke Joseph
21.741 Archduke Joseph Franz of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1895 1957 Princess Anna Monika Pia of Saxony 1903 1976 See 26.66547 - Biographical details of Joseph Franz.
Princess Anna Monika Pia took centre stage in the news in 1908. Her parents were King Friedrich Augustus III of Saxony and his unconventional wife Archduchess Luisa Antoinette of Tuscany.
Luise didn't follow the etiquette at the Saxony court which resulted in arguments with her father in law King Georg of Saxony.
On 9 (or possibly 11/12) December 1902 Luisa with the assistance of her brother Archduke Leopold left Saxony without her children but pregnant (with Anna Monika) to meet up with the teacher of her children, André Giron. She was divorced on 11 February 1903 and created Countess of Montignoso on 13 July 1903. Luise married the Musician Enrico Toselli in London on 25 September 1907.
Anna Monika Pia was born on 4 May 1903 in Lindau, Bavaria and despite the efforts of the Court of Saxony who's representatives were present for the birth it was a number of years before her mother handed her over to her father. Finally on 7 April 1908 Anna Monika Pia arrived in Dresden, Saxony into the care of her father.
21.7411 Archduchess Margarethe "Margit" of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1925 1979   Alexander Cech (Prince Erba-Odescalachi di Monteleone) 1914 2008 Alexander was born with the surname Cech (his father being Jószef Cech (1855-1938)) and was conferred with the title Prince di Monteleone by King Victor Emanuel III of Italy on 30 August 1943. The title derives from Alexander's mother Princess Amalia Erba-Odescalchi (1889-1969) whose father Hugó Jenö Erba Odescalchi was 6.Principe di Monteleone
21.7412 Archduchess Helene "Ilona" of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1927 2011 Duke George Alexander of Mecklenburg (Strelitz) 1921 1996 See 24.84341
21.7413 Archduchess Anna Theresia of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1928 1984          
21.7414 Archduke Joseph Arpad of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1933 2017 Princess Maria of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg 1935 2018 Maria is a sister of Prince Alois-Konstantin (9th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg)
21.74141 Archduke Joseph of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1957 1957          
21.74142 Archduchess Monika-Ilona of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1958     Charles-Henry de Rambures 1968    
21.74143 Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1960   Princess Margarete von Hohenberg (Austria) 1963   See 19.J31231 - Archduke Joseph Karl is the present Head of the Hungarian Line of Habsburg-Lorraine family.
21.741431 Archduchess Johanna of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1992           Birth registration of Johanna
21.741432 Archduke Joseph Albrecht of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1994            
21.741433 Archduke Paul Leo of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1996            
21.741434 Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1997            
21.74144 Archduchess Maria Christine of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1961     Raymond Willem van der Meide 1959    
21.74145 Archduke Andreas-Augustinus of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1963   Countess Marie-Christine von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg-Dönhoff 1968    
21.741451 Archduke Friedrich-Cyprian of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1995            
21.741452 Archduke Pierre Nicolas of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1997            
21.741453 Archduchess Célina Maria of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1998            
21.741454 Archduchess Florina of Austria (Hungarian Line) 2000            
21.741455 Archduchess Benedikt-Alexander of Austria (Hungarian Line) 2005            
21.74146 Archduchess Alexandra Lydia of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1965     Wilhelmus Analectus Maria de Wit 1965    
21.74147 Archduke Nicolaus Franziskus of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1973     Eugenia de Calonje Gurrea 1973    
21.741471 Archduke Nicolas of Austria (Hungarian Line) 2003            
21.741472 Archduchess Sofia of Austria (Hungarian Line) 2005            
21.741473 Archduke Santiago of Austria (Hungarian Line) 2006            
21.741474 Archduchess Maria Carlota of Austria (Hungarian Line) 2010            
21.74148 Archduke Johannes Jacobus of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1975     María Gabriela Montenegro Villamizar 1978    
21.7415 Archduke Stephan "István" of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1934 2011   Maria Anderl 1942    
21.7416 Archduchess Maria-Kynga of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1938 2020   Ernst "Erno" Kiss 1922    
21.7416 Archduchess Maria-Kynga of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1938 2020   Joachim Krist 1919 2005  
21.7417 Archduke Geza of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1940     Monika Decker 1939   Geza (under the name Geza von Habsburg-Lothringen) is a renowned authority on Faberge: Imperial Jewellery.
21.7417 Archduke Geza of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1940     Elizabeth Jane Kunstadter 1957   Geza (under the name Geza von Habsburg-Lothringen) is a renowned authority on Faberge: Imperial Jewellery.
A very interesting interview with Geza von Habsburg-Lothringen
A brief report on the marriage of Geza and Elizabeth
21.74171 Count Franz Ferdinand von Habsburg 1967     Theresa Joăo Manuel Carlos 1973    
21.74171 Count Franz Ferdinand von Habsburg 1967     Leondra Lei Breeden 1982    
21.74172 Count Ferdinand Leopold Joseph von Habsburg 1969     Mary Nyanut Ring Machar 1969    
21.74173 Count Maximilian Philip von Habsburg 1974     Arabella Stafford Northcote 1975    
21.74174 Countess Isabella von Habsburg 1996            
21.7418 Archduke Michael of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1942   Princess Christiana of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg 1940   Christiana is a sister of Prince Alois-Konstantin (9th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg)
21.74181 Archduke Eduard of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1967   Baroness Maria Theresia von Gudenus 1967   Baroness Maria Theresia is a direct descendant via her mother (Countess Anna Maria von Meran 1922-1999) of Archduke Johann Baptist of Austria (1782-1859) (ninth son of Roman Emperor Leopold II) and his morganatic wife Anna Maria Plochl (created Countess von Meran) . The descendants of Johann and his wife Anna Maria bear the title Count/Countess von Meran.
21.741811 Archduchess Anne Caroline of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1996            
21.741812 Archduchess Theresa Maria of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1997            
21.741813 Archduke Paul Benedikt of Austria (Hungarian Line) 2000            
21.741814 Archduchess Sophie of Austria (Hungarian Line) 2003            
21.741815 Archduchess Ladislaya of Austria (Hungarian Line) 2005            
21.741815 Archduchess Rosa of Austria (Hungarian Line) 2009            
21.74182 Archduke Paul of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1968            
21.74183 Archduchess Margherita of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1972   Count Benedikt von Piatti 1966   See 44.35525
21.742 Archduchess Gisela of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1897 1901          
21.743 Archduchess Sophie of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1899 1978          
21.744 Archduke Ladislaus of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1901 1946         Archduke Ladislaus died in a mental institution in Budapest
21.745 Archduke Matyas of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1904 1905          
21.746 Archduchess Magdalena of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1909 2000          
21.75 Archduke Ladislaus of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1875 1895         Archduke Ladislaus was killed in a hunting accident after being wounded by the premature discharge of his rifle. The bullet penetrated his thigh and also caused the explosion of a number of cartridges in his pocket. Initially it was reported the Archduke had been shot in the foot, however this proved to be unfounded and he died five or so days later from his serious injuries.
A more detailed report surrounding the circumstances of Archduke Ladislaus's death
21.76 Archduchess Elizabeth of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1883 1958          
21.77 Archduchess Clothilde of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1884 1903          
21.8 Archduchess Marie Henriette of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1836 1902 King Leopold II of the Belgians 1835 1909 See 14.2
A very brief report on the marriage of Archduchess Marie and Leopold (Duke of Brabant at the time).
Somewhat off-topic but it was reported that Marie was a clever conjurer and in 1882 had invited the famed magician of the day a Professor Herrmann to teach her sleight-of-hand tricks.
The New York Times notice of the death of Archduchess (Queen) Marie Henriette.
The New York Times report of the death of King Leopold II and his infidelities.

Note - QVD against a reference number indicates the first named individual is a descendant of Queen Victoria.

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