Archduchess Mechthildis of Austria [SEP] father
Archduchess Mechthildis of Austria
Archduchess Mechthildis of Austria (11 October 1891 – 6 February 1966) was a daughter of Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria and a first cousin of King Alphonso XIII of Spain. She was a member of the Teschen branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and an Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Hungary, and Bohemia by birth. In 1913 she married Prince Olgierd Czartoryski. The couple had four children and lived in Poland until the outbreak of World War II when they emigrated to Brazil.
Background
Charles Stephen of Austria, fourth child and third son of Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, on 28 February 1886 in Vienna. Maria Theresia and Charles Stephen had six children together:
- Archduchess Eleonora of Austria-Teschen (1886–1974) married morganatically Alfons von Kloss.
- Archduchess Renata of Austria-Teschen (1888–1935) married Prince Hieronymus Radziwill.
- Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria-Teschen (1888–1951) married morganatically Alice Habsburg.
- Archduchess Mechthildis of Austria-