Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria

Archduchess Elisabeth Marie Henriette Stephanie Gisela of Austria (Hungarian: Erzsébet Mária Henrietta Stefánia Gizella; 2 September 1883 16 March 1963) was the only child of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, and Princess Stéphanie of Belgium. Her father was the son and heir apparent of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, and her mother was a daughter of King Leopold II of Belgium. She was known to her family as "Erzsi", a diminutive of her name in Hungarian. Later nicknamed The Red Archduchess, she was famous for becoming a socialist and a member of the Austrian Social Democratic Party.

Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria
Princess Otto of Windisch-Graetz
Photograph by Hermann Clemens Kosel, c.1911
Born(1883-09-02)2 September 1883
Franzensburg Castle, Laxenburg, Austria-Hungary
Died16 March 1963(1963-03-16) (aged 79)
Villa Windisch-Graetz, Hütteldorf, Vienna, Austria
Burial
Hütteldorfer Friedhof
Spouse
Prince Otto of Windisch-Graetz
(m. 1902; div. 1948)
    Leopold Petznek
    (m. 1948; died 1956)
    Issue
    Detail
    • Prince Franz Joseph
    • Prince Ernest
    • Prince Rudolf
    • Princess Stephanie
    Names
    German: Elisabeth Marie Henriette Stephanie Gisela
    Hungarian: Erzsébet Mária Henrietta Stefánia Gizella
    HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
    FatherRudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
    MotherPrincess Stéphanie of Belgium
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