Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (b. 1933)

Duchess Elisabeth
Princess Elisabeth of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Born (1933-02-02) 2 February 1933
Stuttgart, Free People's State of Württemberg, Weimar Republic[1][2]
Spouse
Issue Prince François
Princess Maria Carolina
Prince Gennaro
Princess Maria Annunziata
Full name
German: Elisabeth Maria Margarethe Alix Helene Rosa Philippine Christine Josepha Therese vom Kinde Jesu
House Württemberg
Father Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
Mother Archduchess Rosa of Austria
Religion Roman Catholic

Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (German: Elisabeth Maria Margarethe Alix Helene Rosa Philippine Christine Josepha Therese vom Kinde Jesu, Herzogin von Württemberg;[1][2] born 2 February 1933) is a member of the House of Württemberg and a Duchess of Württemberg by birth and through her marriage to Prince Antoine of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, a member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and a Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

Family

Elisabeth was the third child and second daughter[1][2] of Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg and his second wife Archduchess Rosa of Austria, Princess of Tuscany.[1][2] Elisabeth's younger brother, Carl, Duke of Württemberg, is the current Head of the House of Württemberg.[1][2]

Marriage

Elisabeth married Prince Antoine of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, only child of Prince Gabriel of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and his first wife Princess Malgorzata Izabella Czartoryska, civilly on 18 July 1958 and religiously on 19 July 1958 in Altshausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.[1][2] Elisabeth and Antoine have four children:[1]

  • Prince François Philipp Maria Joseph Gabriel of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 20 June 1960 in Ravensburg)
∞ Countess Alexandra of Schönborn-Wiesentheid (born 2 June 1967 in Zürich) on 2 June 2000 in Geneva
  • Prince Antoine Gaetano Nicolas Istvan Marie of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 6 June 2003 in Geneva)
  • Princess Dorothée Maria Amalia Tatiana Hélène of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 10 May 2005 in Zürich)
  • Princess Maria Carolina Johanna Rosa Cecilia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 18 July 1962 in Friedrichshafen)
∞ Andreas Baumbach (born 30 April 1963 in Tübingen) on 6 May 1988 in Tübingen
  • Prince Gennaro Maria Pio Casimir of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 27 January 1966 in Ravensburg)
  • Princess Maria Annunziata Urraca Margarita Elisabeth of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 4 March 1973 in Friedrichshafen)
∞ Count Carl Fredrik Creutz (born 1 November 1971) on 2 August 2003 in Helsinki

Titles and styles

  • 2 February 1933 – 18 July 1958: Her Royal Highness Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg
  • 18 July 1958 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Elisabeth of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Württemberg

Ancestry

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Darryl Lundy (10 May 2003). "Elisabeth Herzogin von Württemberg". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Paul Theroff. "WÜRTTEMBERG". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
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