Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria

Archduchess Marie Valerie Mathilde Amalie of Austria (22 April 1868 – 6 September 1924) was the youngest child of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria. She was usually called Valerie.

Marie Valerie of Austria
Archduchess Franz Salvator of Austria
Photograph by Othmar von Türk, 1890
Born(1868-04-22)22 April 1868
Buda, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary
Died6 September 1924(1924-09-06) (aged 56)
Vienna, First Austrian Republic
Spouse
Issue
Names
Marie Valerie Mathilde Amalie
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherFranz Joseph I of Austria
MotherElisabeth in Bavaria

On 31 July 1890, she married Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria; the marriage caused a rift between her and her siblings as their marriages had to be dynastic, while Marie Valerie's was, as Empress Elisabeth allowed, for love and desire.

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