Archduchess Gisela of Austria
| Archduchess Gisela | |
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| Princess Leopold of Bavaria | |
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Archduchess Gisela, Princess of Bavaria
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| Born |
12 July 1856 Laxenburg, Lower Austria, Austrian Empire |
| Died | 27 July 1932 (aged 76) Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| Burial | St. Michael's Church, Munich |
| Spouse | Prince Leopold of Bavaria |
| Issue |
Elisabeth, Graffin von Seefried auf Buttenheim |
| House | Habsburg-Lorraine |
| Father | Franz Joseph I of Austria |
| Mother | Elisabeth in Bavaria |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Elisabeth, Graffin von Seefried auf Buttenheim
Auguste, Archduchess Joseph August of Austria
Prince Georg
Archduchess Gisela of Austria, Royal Princess of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia or Princess Leopold of Bavaria (born Gisela Louise Marie on 12 July 1856 – 27 July 1932) was the second daughter and eldest surviving child of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and Empress Elisabeth. Her German title was Gisela Louise Marie, Erzherzogin von Österreich, Prinzessin von Bayern.
Although christened Gisella (with a double L), after a 10th-century Habsburg ancestress, she only ever wrote her name with one L. Just like her older sister Archduchess Sophie (died 1857) and her brother Crown Prince Rudolf, Gisela was raised by her paternal grandmother, Princess Sophie of Bavaria. A sober nature like her father, she kept a reserved attitude towards her mother. She had a very close relationship with her brother, whose suicide hit her hard.
Her father collected some the family's personal items, such as the first pair of shoes worn by each of his children. Among these keepsakes was a poem written for him by a young Gisela one Christmas - the poem was said to be the most treasured item among this collection. Archduchess Gisela was also known to paint in her later years.
On 20 April 1873, at the age of 16, Gisela was married to Prince Leopold of Bavaria in Vienna. Prince Leopold was a son of Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria and Auguste Ferdinande of Austria and Gisela's second cousin. Leopold had initially fallen for Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who, however, Empress Elisabeth's younger brother Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria intended to marry. The empress therefore arranged an encounter of Leopold and Gisela at Gödöllő Palace and the prince knew he could not refuse her offer.
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