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Robert
Archduke Robert in the late 1920s
Archduke of Austria-Este
Tenure16 April 1917 – 7 February 1996
SuccessorArchduke Lorenz
Born(1915-02-08)8 February 1915
Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died7 February 1996(1996-02-07) (aged 80)
Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
Spouse
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(m. 1953)​
IssueArchduchess Maria Beatrice
Prince Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este
Archduke Gerhard
Archduke Martin
Archduchess Isabella
Names
Robert Karl Ludwig Maximilian Michael Maria Anton Franz Ferdinand Joseph Otto Hubert Georg Pius Johannes Marcus d'Aviano
HouseHouse of Austria-Este
FatherCharles I of Austria
MotherPrincess Zita of Bourbon-Parma

Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este (given names: Robert Karl Ludwig Maximilian Michael Maria Anton Franz Ferdinand Joseph Otto Hubert Georg Pius Johannes Marcus d'Aviano; 8 February 1915 – 7 February 1996), was the second son of Karl I, (beatified) last Emperor of Austria-Hungary, and Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma. He was also known as Robert Karl Erzherzog von Österreich.

Archduke of Austria-Este

Arms as borne by Archduke Robert during his lifetime.

On 16 April 1917, at the age of two, his father the Emperor ceded the title of Archduke of Austria-Este in Robert's favor. Archduke Robert was thereby chosen to preserve, in the form of a distinct secundogeniture, the Habsburg-Lorraine representation of the once-sovereign Duchy of Modena which had belonged to the House of Este. He was thus made heir to his assassinated relative Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863–1914), who had inherited in 1875 the Austria-Este designation and what had been salvaged of the Este fortune when the duchy was annexed to Italy in 1860.

Archduke Robert descended through his Habsburg father from Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena, and his mother Zita was a descendant of Maria Beatrice d'Este, heiress of Modena and her husband, Archduke Ferdinand of Austria. Thus the lineage of the last Este dukes, in female descent, remained joined to the Austria-Este legacy. Archduke Robert eventually adopted use for himself and his descendants in male line the surname Austria-Este, and he took also the title Duke of Este, intended henceforth to be borne by the head of the Austria-Este branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.[citation needed]

Upon his death in 1996, the day before his 81st birthday, he was succeeded as head of this line by his son, Lorenz of Austria-Este, Prince of Belgium (born 1955). Although the marriage of his eldest son to Princess Astrid of Belgium, relegated use of the Austria-Este archdukedom to a secondary title in that realm, the title continues in use elsewhere among his cadet descendants.[citation needed]

Family

Archduke Robert married Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta (7 April 1930 – 10 January 2022, elder daughter of the late Amadeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta) on 28 December 1953 in Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain, France (civilly) and 29 December 1953, in Brou, Eure-et-Loir, France (religiously).[1]
The couple had five children, all of whom use the designation of Austria-Este:[citation needed]

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ "Royal Church Nuptials", The New York Times, Bourg-En-Bresse, France, 30 December 1953
  2. ^ "Gräfin von und zu Arco-Zinneberg heiratet in Basilika Niederalteich".
  3. ^ US investment strategist Colin McKenzie was born in New York and grew up in Spain, Brazil and in England. He received an MA in Mathematics with Philosophy from the University of Oxford in 1998.
  4. ^ "Margherita Gräfin von und zu Arco-Zinneberg: Romantische Hochzeit im Schloss".
  5. ^ Charles Douglas Green (b.1981) is the son of the late South African businessman Ian Green and Helena Marian Fermor-Hesketh (née Hunt; widow of The Hon John Fermor-Hesketh). Charles has several siblings from his father and mother's previous marriages. His half-sister, Annabel Green, is the current Duchess of Roxburghe.
  6. ^ Xidias, Angelica (21 October 2019). "French and Austrian royalty married in a chic Parisian wedding attended by Princess Beatrice and her fiancé". Vogue.com.au.
  7. ^ "France's Prince Napoléon marries Countess Olympia in breathtaking Paris wedding". Independent.ie.
  8. ^ Enache, Nicolas. La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg. ICC, Paris, 1996. pp. 44–45,50. French
  9. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Furstlicher Hauser Bande XVI, C.A. Starke Verlag, Haus Osterreich, Limburg, 2001, pp. 91–92. German
  10. ^ Prins Amedeo en Lili trouwen in de zon
Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este
Cadet branch of the House of Habsburg and House of Este
Born: 8 February 1915 Died: 7 February 1996
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Archduke of Austria-Este
1917–1996 		Succeeded by
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