Archduchess Ilona | |||||
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Archduchess of Austria | |||||
Born |
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary |
20 April 1927||||
Died | 12 January 2011 Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
(aged 83)||||
Spouse |
Duke Georg Alexander, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (m. 1946 - div. 1974) |
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Issue | Duchess Elisabeth Christine Duchess Marie Catherine Duchess Irene Duke Borwin, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg |
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House | Habsburg | ||||
Father | Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria | ||||
Mother | Princess Anna Monika of Saxony |
Full name | |
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German: Helene Hungarian: Ilona |
Archduchess Ilona of Austria (German: Erzherzogin Ilona von Österreich; 20 April 1927 – 12 January 2011) was a member of the Hungarian Palatine branch of the House of Habsburg. She was married and later divorced from the late head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg.
Archduchess Ilona (Helene) of Austria was born in Budapest, Hungary the second daughter and child of Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria and his wife Princess Anna of Saxony. Her father was the son of Archduke Joseph August of Austria who was one of the heads of the provisional government of Hungary following the removal of King Charles IV. Her mother was a daughter of the last king of Saxony, Frederick Augustus III.
Ilona married Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg civilly on 20 February 1946 and religiously on 30 April 1946 in Sigmaringen, Württemberg-Hohenzollern during the allied occupation of Germany. Her husband was the eldest child and heir of George, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and his first wife Irina Mikhailovna Raievskya.