Archduke Stefan of Austria

Archduke Stefan of Austria, Prince of Tuscany (German: Stefan, Erzherzog von Österreich, Prinz von Toskana[1]) (15 August 1932 in Mödling, Lower Austria, Austria[1] – 12 November 1998 in Brighton, Michigan, United States[1]) was a member of the House of Habsburg an Archduke and Prince of Tuscany by birth. Stefan was the eldest child and son[1] of Archduke Anton of Austria and his wife Princess Ileana of Romania.[1]

Not to be confused with Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary.
Archduke Stefan
Born(1932-08-15)15 August 1932
Mödling, Lower Austria, Austria
Died12 November 1998(1998-11-12) (aged 66)
Brighton, Michigan, U.S.
Spouse
Mary Jerrine Soper (m. 1954)
IssueChristopher Habsburg-Lothringen
Ileana Habsburg-Lothringen
Peter Habsburg-Lothringen
Constanza Habsburg-Lothringen
Anton Habsburg-Lothringen
Full name
German: Stefan von Habsburg-Lothringen
HouseHabsburg-Tuscany
FatherArchduke Anton of Austria
MotherPrincess Ileana of Romania

Early life

Stefan was baptised with the name of Stefan von Habsburg-Lothringen. He was born in Mödling, Austria and spent the first years of his childhood in Castle Sonnberg, Austria. In 1942, he moved with his parents and four sisters and brother to Romania. While there, Stefan's parents made their residence at Bran, Braşov. After his 1st cousin, Michael of Romania, was forced to abdicate and expelled by the Communist regime late in 1947, Stefan left the country with his parents. Stefan then lived first in Switzerland, then in Argentina, and then finally in the United States. He was naturalized as a United States citizen.[1] He was a graduate from Malvern Preparatory School and MIT. He established a division for advanced research at General Motors in Detroit, Michigan. He is buried at St. Wenceslaus in Suttons Bay, Michigan.

Marriage and issue

Stefan married morganatically to Mary Jerrine Soper (born 19 June 1931 in Boston, daughter of Charles B. Soper and wife Agnes McNeil; died 14 July 2015 in Farmington Hills, MI) on 26 August 1954 at St. Elizabeth's Church in Milton, Massachusetts.[1] Stefan and Jerrine had five children together:[1]

  • Christopher Habsburg-Lothringen (born 26 January 1957 in Faulkner Hospital, Boston)[1]
∞ Elizabeth Ann Blanchette, born Popejoy (born 22 January 1967 in Peoria, Illinois) on 2 May 1987 at Mount Tamalpais, California, and divorced in July 1994, daughter of Larry Lee Popejoy, of Cherokee descent, and former wife Regina Irene Keller, of German and Polish-Ukrainian descent, and adopted daughter of her stepfather ... Blanchette; she later remarried and has six more children[1]
With Leigh Thomas Schultes
  • Wulfric Aurelius Habsburg Schultes (born 10 December 2011 in Novi, Michigan)
∞ Michael Joseph Libtow Jr (born 2 May 1989 in St. John Providence Hospital, Southfield, Michigan) on 1 December 2019 in Fenton, Michigan, son of Pamela and Michael Joseph Libtow
∞ Catherine Ripley (born 5 September 1958 in St. Joseph's Hospital, Pontiac, Michigan) on 15 October 1994 at Clarkston, Michigan, and divorced in 2001, daughter of Anthony Ripley and wife Ann Mary Brunner and former wife of Romanian-born naturalised U.S. citizen Corneliu Nastase, whom she married on 2 August 1986 and divorced in 1993[1]
  • Maria Antonia Habsburg-Lothringen (born 1 October 1997 in Huron Valley Hospital, Commerce, Michigan)[1]
∞ Teresa Murray (born 1958)[2]
  • Ileana Habsburg-Lothringen (born 4 January 1958 in Detroit)[1]
∞ David Snyder (born 18 November 1956 in Pontiac, Michigan, died in car crash 18 May 2019) on 23 June 1979 in Farmington Hills, Michigan[1]
∞ Matthew Tillard on 25 June 2006
  • Aaron Nicholas Tillard (born 5 April 2011) in Holland, Missouri
  • Oliver Stefan Tillard (born 21 April 2013)
  • Nicolas David Snyder (born 27 February 1986 in Southfield, Michigan)
∞ Jacqueline Jones on 28 July 2012 in Michigan
  • Theoden Adama Snyder (born 13 May 2014)[3]
  • Constanza Ileana Snyder (born 23 June 1994 in Southfield, Michigan)
∞ Calvin Kuyers in 2016
  • Peter Habsburg-Lothringen (born 19 February 1959 in Detroit)[1]
∞ Shari Suzanne Reid (born 1 September 1960 in Highland Park, Michigan) on 27 June 1981 in Farmington Hills, Michigan;[1] divorced in 1985.
∞ Lauren Ann Klaus (born 9 May 1956 in Detroit) on 17 June 1989 in Union Lake, Michigan,[1] daughter of Martin John Klaus and Vera Ellen Kruk. They have adopted three children:[1]
  • Oksana Nicole Habsburg (born 8 May 1991 in Saratov, Russia)
  • Alexander Stefan Habsburg (born 30 January 1996 in Volsk, Russia)
  • Tatiana Julia Habsburg (born 28 February 1997 in Saratov, Russia)
  • Constanza Habsburg-Lothringen (born 2 October 1960 in Detroit)[1]
∞ Mark Lee Matheson (born 15 February 1958 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan) on 16 January 1987 in Franklin, Michigan.[1] Divorced November 1, 1995.
∞ Michael Dale Bain (born January 4, 1962, in Rockwood, Tennessee) on November 8, 1997 in Marietta, Georgia.
  • Michael Bain (born 1998)
  • Anton Habsburg-Lothringen (born 7 November 1964 in Detroit)[1]
∞ Ashley Byrd Carrell (born 23 August 1966 in Nashville, Tennessee; died 24 Oct 2002) on 5 October 1991 in Hiram, Ohio[1]

Title and style
  • 15 August 1932 – 12 November 1998: His Imperial and Royal Highness Archduke Stefan of Austria, Prince of Tuscany
(Note: Stefan was baptized with the name Stefan von Habsburg-Lothringen and later changed his name to Stefan Habsburg).[1]

Ancestry

References
  1. Darryl Lundy (9 January 2008). "Erzherzog Stefan Habsburg, von Österreich". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  2. Descendants of Duke Carlo III of Parma
  3. "The newest QVD: Theoden Adama Snyder"
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