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Archduke Albert, Duke of Teschen

Archduke Albrecht
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Duke of Teschen
Reign 1847–1895
Predecessor Charles
Successor Friedrich
Born (1817-08-03)3 August 1817
Vienna, Austria
Died 18 February 1895(1895-02-18) (aged 77)
Arco, Trentino
Burial Imperial Crypt
Spouse Princess Hildegard of Bavaria
Issue Maria Theresa, Duchess of Württemberg
Archduke Karl
Archduchess Mathilda
Full name
Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf Dominik
House Habsburg-Lorraine
Father Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
Mother Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg
Religion Roman Catholicism
Full name
Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf Dominik

Archduke Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf Dominik of Austria, Duke of Teschen (3 August 1817 – 18 February 1895) was an Austrian Habsburg general. Inspector General for 36 years, he was honored with the rank of Field Marshal in the armies of Austria-Hungary (1888) and Germany (1893).

A grandson of the Emperor Leopold II, he was the eldest son of Archduke Charles of Austria, who defeated French Emperor Napoleon I at Aspern (1809), and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg. He was the nephew of the Emperor Francis II, and cousin to Emperor Franz Joseph's father Archduke Franz Karl of Austria, and served under Franz Joseph.

Born in Vienna, from an early age he had a military disposition, which his father encouraged. Albrecht was subject to a mild form of epilepsy, according to report, but this did not visibly interfere with his military career.

He entered the Austrian army in 1837 with Feldmarshal Joseph Radetzky as his military governor. Having received a thorough military education, Albrecht was named a Generalmajor in 1840 and promoted to Feldmarschall-Leutnant in 1843.

Promoted to General der Kavallerie in 1845, Albert was given command of Upper Austria, Lower Austria, and Salzburg. Upon the death of his father in 1847, he inherited the Palais Weilburg in Baden bei Wien, which became the family's summer home. In the winter the family lived in Vienna in the Palais Erzherzog Albrecht (the modern Albertina museum).


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