Archduchess Isabella of Austria

Archduchess Isabella Maria Theresia Christine Eugenie of Austria-Teschen (17 November 1888 6 December 1973) was a daughter of Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen and his wife, Princess Isabella of Croÿ. She was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine (her grandfather, Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria, was a grandson of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor).

Archduchess Isabella
Princess Georg of Bavaria
Born(1888-11-17)17 November 1888
Pressburg, Austria-Hungary
Died6 December 1973(1973-12-06) (aged 85)
La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland
Spouse
Prince Georg of Bavaria
(m. 1912; div. 1913)
Names
German: Isabella Maria Theresia Christine Eugenie
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherArchduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen
MotherPrincess Isabella of Croÿ

Isabella was notable for her brief marriage to Prince Georg of Bavaria. Their separation and subsequent annulment were widely reported in newspapers. As a result of this and her later actions as a nurse in the Austro-Hungarian Army, Isabella became considered as a romantic figure; one publication called her "the most romantic heroine of the present war in Austria".

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