Archduke Gottfried of Austria | |||||
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Head of the House of Habsburg-Tuscany | |||||
Reign | 8 November 1948 - 21 January 1984 | ||||
Predecessor | Archduke Peter Ferdinand | ||||
Successor | Archduke Leopold Franz | ||||
Born |
Linz, Upper Austria, Austria–Hungary |
14 March 1902||||
Died | 21 January 1984 Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, Austria |
(aged 81)||||
Spouse | Princess Dorothea of Bavaria | ||||
Issue | Archduchess Elisabeth Archduchess Alice Archduke Leopold Franz Archduchess Maria Antoinette |
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House | Habsburg-Lorraine | ||||
Father | Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria | ||||
Mother | Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies |
Full name | |
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German: Gottfried Maria Joseph Peter Ferdinand Hubert Anton Rupert Leopold Heinrich Ignaz Alfons |
Archduke Gottfried of Austria (German: Gottfried Maria Joseph Peter Ferdinand Hubert Anton Rupert Leopold Heinrich Ignaz Alfons, Erzherzog von Österreich, Prinz von Toskana) (14 March 1902 – 21 January 1984) was a member of the Tuscan line of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and Archduke of Austria, Prince of Hungary, Bohemia, and Tuscany by birth. Gottfried was the titular Grand Duke of Tuscany from 8 November 1948 to 21 January 1984.
Gottfried was born in Linz, Austria–Hungary, the eldest child and son of Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Gottfried was raised with his three siblings in Salzburg and Vienna until the end of World War I in 1918, when his family emigrated to Lucerne, Switzerland. He died in Bad Ischl, aged 81.
Gottfried married Princess Dorothea of Bavaria, fifth child and fourth daughter of Prince Franz of Bavaria and his wife Princess Isabella Antonie of Croÿ, on 2 August 1938 civilly and religiously on 3 August 1938 in Sárvár, Kingdom of Hungary. Gottfried and Dorothea had issue: