Archduke Rudolf of Austria (b. 1919)
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Archduke Rudolf of Austria (born 5 September 1919) is the youngest son Emperor Charles I of Austria and Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma.
He was born in Prangins, Switzerland where the Austrian Imperial family were staying after they had been sent into exile. He was named after Count Rudolph IV of Habsburg.[1]
Professionally Rudolf has worked as a Wall Street junior executive[2] and a bank director.[3]
Archduke Rudolf was married Countess Xenia Czernichev-Besobrasov the daughter of Sergei Aleksandrovich Besobrasov and Countess Elizabeta Cheremeteva, on 22 June 1953 at Tuxedo Park, New York.[3] They had four children before Xenia was killed in a car crash in which Rudolf was seriously injured on 20 September 1968.[4]
- Archduchess Maria Anna (b. 1954) married Prince Peter Galitzine (b. 1955)
- Archduke Karl Peter (b. 1955) married Princess Alexandra of Wrede (b. 1970)
- Archduke Simeon (b. 1958) married Princess Maria of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 1967)
- Archduke Johannes Karl (1962-1975)
Rudolf was married secondly to Princess Anna Gabriele of Wrede (b. 1940) on 15 October 1971 in Ellingen, Bavaria. They have one daughter.[3]
- Archduchess Catharina-Maria (b. 1972) married Count Maximiliano Secco di Aragona (b. 1967)
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[edit] References
- ^ Brook-Shepherd, Gordon (2003). Uncrowned Emperor. Hambledon Continuum, 54. ISBN 1852854391.
- ^ "Milestones", Time Magazine, 1953-07-06. Retrieved on 2008-03-01.
- ^ a b c Lundy, Darryl. Rudolf Syringus Erzherzog von Österreich. The Peerage. Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
- ^ "Archduchess Xenia of Habsburg killed", New York Times, 1968-09-27.
