Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria (1899–1977)
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| Archduchess of Austria Princess of Tuscany |
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Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria
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| Born |
13 July 1899 Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Empire of Austria |
| Died | 22 October 1977 (aged 78) Porto Alegre, Brazil |
| Spouse | Don Ramón de Orlandis y Villalonga (m. 1924 - 1936; his death) Don Luis Perez Sucre (m. 1942 - 1950; his death) |
| Issue | Blanca Maria de Habsburg y Orlandis Juan de Habsburg y Orlandis, Baron of Pinopar Maria Antonia de Habsburg y Orlandis Isabel de Habsburg y Orlandis, Marquise of Sollerich Alfonsina de Habsburg y Orlandis |
| House | Habsburg-Tuscany |
| Father | Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria |
| Mother | Infanta Blanca of Spain |
Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria German: Maria Antonia, Erzherzogin von Österreich-Toskana (13 July 1899 – 22 October 1977) was a daughter of Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria and Infanta Blanca of Spain. She was member of the Tuscan branch of the Imperial House of Habsburg, an Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Tuscany by birth. In 1919, after the fall of the Austro Hungary Empire, she moved with her family to Spain. In 1924 she married Ramón de Orlandis y Villalonga, a Spanish aristocrat. When she became a widow during the Spanish civil war Archduchess Maria Antonia moved permanently to South America where she remarried.
Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria was born on 13 July 1899 at Zagreb, then part of Austria-Hungary. She was the sixth of ten children of Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria (1863–1931) and of his wife Infanta Blanca of Spain (1868–1949). She was given the baptismal names Maria Antonia Roberta Blanka Leopoldina Karole Josepha Raphaela Michaela Ignatia Aurelia, but was called Mimi, by her family.
Archduchess Maria Antonia grew up in the last period of Habsburg monarchy. She was raised with her many brothers and sisters in the various properties owned by her parents. While in Vienna, they lived at the Palais Toskana with Schloss Wilhelminenberg as their country state. Vacations were spent in Italy where Infanta Blanca owned a rural property near Viareggio. Theirs was a multi cultural household as Archduchess Maria Antonia'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 fourth of five sisters, Archduchess Maria Antonia was raised paired with her younger sister Archduchess Assumpta.
Archduchess Maria Antonia was nineteen years old at the fall of Habsburg monarchy. The end of World War I marked a sharp down turned in her family's prosperity. The republican government of Austria confiscated the properties of the Habsburgs. The family lost all their fortune. Maria Antonia's eldest brothers, Archdukes Rainer and Leopold, remained in Austria and they recognized the new republic. The rest of the family moved to Spain in January 1919. They settled in Barcelona living with simplicity with very limited means. While Maria Antonia's three elder sisters Archduchess Dolores, Inmaculata and Margareta were pliable, Archduchesses Maria Antonia and her younger sister Assunta were more rebellious and clashed often with their mother, Infanta Blanca.
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