Archduke Gottfried of Austria

Archduke Gottfried of Austria (German: Gottfried Maria Joseph Peter Ferdinand Hubert Anton Rupert Leopold Heinrich Ignaz Alfons, Erzherzog von Österreich, Prinz von Toskana; 14 March 1902 21 January 1984), also styled as Gottfried Erzherzog von Österreich, was a member of the Tuscan line of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, an Archduke of Austria, and Prince of Hungary and Bohemia. Gottfried assumed the title of titular Grand Duke of Tuscany, in spite of his grandfather Ferdinand IV's abdication of 1870 in favour to Emperor Franz Joseph.

Archduke Gottfried of Austria
Head of the House of Habsburg-Tuscany
Reign8 November 1948 - 21 January 1984
PredecessorArchduke Peter Ferdinand
SuccessorArchduke Leopold Franz
Born(1902-03-14)14 March 1902
Linz, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary
Died21 January 1984(1984-01-21) (aged 81)
Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, Austria
SpousePrincess Dorothea of Bavaria
IssueArchduchess Elisabeth
Archduchess Alice
Archduke Leopold Franz
Archduchess Maria Antoinette
Names
German: Gottfried Maria Joseph Peter Ferdinand Hubert Anton Rupert Leopold Heinrich Ignaz Alfons
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherArchduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria
MotherPrincess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
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