Archduchess Eleonora of Austria

Archduchess Eleonora of Austria (28 November 1886 – 26 May 1974) was a daughter of Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria and a first cousin of King Alphonso XIII of Spain. She was member of the Teschen branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and an Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Bohemia, Hungary, and Tuscany by birth. She renounced to her titles upon her morganatic marriage to Alfons Kloss, the captain of her father's yacht. During World War II her sons served in the German army.

Archduchess Eleonora
Born(1886-11-28)28 November 1886
Pula, Austria-Hungary
Died26 May 1974(1974-05-26) (aged 87)
Spouse
Alfons von Kloss
(m. 1913; died 1953)
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherArchduke Charles Stephen of Austria
MotherArchduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Princess of Tuscany
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