Margarete Sophie of Austria | |||||
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Duchess of Württemberg | |||||
Born |
Artstetten Castle, Artstetten-Pöbring, Lower Austria, Austria–Hungary |
13 May 1870||||
Died | 24 August 1902 Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria–Hungary |
(aged 32)||||
Spouse | Duke Albrecht of Württemberg | ||||
Issue |
Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg Duke Albrecht Eugen Duke Carl Alexander Duchess Amalia Duchess Theresa Duchess Elisabeth Duchess Margarita |
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House |
House of Habsburg-Lorraine House of Württemberg |
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Father | Archduke Charles Louis of Austria | ||||
Mother | Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies |
Full name | |
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German: Margarete Sophie Marie Annunciata Theresia Caroline Luise Josephe Johanna |
Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria (Margarete Sophie Marie Annunciata Theresia Caroline Luise Josephe Johanna; 13 May 1870 – 24 August 1902) was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and an Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Bohemia, Hungary, and Tuscany by birth. Through her marriage to Duke Albrecht of Württemberg, she was also a member of the House of Württemberg and a Duchess of Württemberg.
Margarete Sophie was born at Artstetten Castle, Artstetten-Pöbring, the fourth and youngest child and only daughter of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria and his second wife Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. She was named for her father's first wife, Princess Margaretha of Saxony, and for her paternal grandmother, Princess Sophie of Bavaria. Her older brothers included Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Archduke Otto Francis of Austria.
As a young woman, Margarete Sophie was Princess-Abbess of the Theresian Royal and Imperial Ladies Chapter in Prague (1886-1893). The convent was located in the Hradschin Royal Palace, and was an educational foundation open only to high-born young women, who were required to prove that all sixteen of their great-grandparents were of noble birth. It was not unusual for the Abbess to be chosen from among the archduchesses of the Imperial Habsburg family, though the Abbess and all pupils were allowed to leave the order and marry.
Margarete Sophie married Duke Albrecht of Württemberg, eldest child of Duke Philipp of Württemberg and his wife Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, on 24 January 1893 in Vienna, Austria–Hungary. Margarete Sophie and Albrecht had seven children: