Archduchess Assunta of Austria

Archduchess Assunta
Archduchess of Austria Princess of Tuscany
Archduchess Assumpta of Austria of Austria
Born	(1902-08-10)10 August 1902 Vienna, Austria
Died	24 January 1993(1993-01-24) (aged 90) San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Spouse	Joseph Hopfinger
House	Habsburg-Tuscany
Father	Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria
Mother	Infanta Blanca of Spain

Archduchess Assunta of Austria German: Assunta, Erzherzogin von Österreich-Toskana;(10 August 1902 – 24 January 1993) was the youngest daughter of Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria and Infanta Blanca of Spain. She was a member of the Tuscan branch of the Imperial House of Habsburg, an Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Tuscany by birth. Born and raised in the twilight years of the Austrian Empire, Archduchess Assunta lived in exile in Barcelona, Spain after the fall of the Habsburg monarchy. She entered religious life in a convent in Barcelona, but was forced to leave it in 1936 due to disturbances during the Spanish Civil War. In 1939, she married Joseph Hopfinger, a Polish doctor. In 1942 the couple emigrated to the United States. Archduchess Assunta and her husband had two daughters, but they divorced in 1950. She moved to San Antonio, Texas where she had a variety of jobs living in anonymity until her death.

Archduchess Assunta of Austria was born on 10 August 1902 in Vienna, Austria. She was the eighth of ten children of Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria (1863–1931) and his wife Infanta Blanca of Spain (1868–1949). She was given the baptismal names Assunta Alice Ferdinandine Blanca Leopoldina Margarethe Beatrix Raphaela Michaela Philomena.

Archduchess Assunta grew up in the last period of the Habsburg monarchy. She was raise with her many brothers and sisters in the various properties owned by he parents enjoying a comfortable and privileged life. Their main residence was the Palais Toskana in the district of Wiede in Viena with Schloss Wilhelminenberg, on the Eastern slopes of the Gallitzinberg, in the Wienerwald Western parts of the Austrian capital as their country state. Vacations were spent near Viareggio, Italy where Infanta Blanca owned, la Tenuata Real, a rural property. Theirs was a multi cultural household as Assunta's paternal ancestors had reigned in Austria, Tuscany and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Her maternal family had reigned in Spain, Parma, Modena, Portugal and France. The youngest of five sisters, Archduchess Assunta was raise paired with her sister Archduchess Maria Antonia.