Royal Profile: Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria, Princess of Tuscany

Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria, Princess of Tuscany was born 15 January 1942 as the youngest child of Archduke Anton of Austria and Princess Ileana of Romania {Source}. She has five older siblings, several siblings-in-law, several nieces and nephews and their families{Source}:

  1. Archduke Stefan of Austria (1932-1998)
    1. Mary Jerrine Soper
      1. Christopher Hasburg (1957)
        1. Elizabeth Ann Blanchette
          1. Saygan Genevieve Habsburg (1987)
          2. Stefan Christopher Habsburg (1990)
      2. Ileana Hasburg -Snyder (1958)
        1. David Scott Snyder
          1. Alexandra Marie Snyder (1984)
          2. Nicolas David Snyder (1986)
      3. Peter Habsburg (1959)
        1. Shari Suzanne Reid (m. 1981-1985, div)
        2.  Lauren Ann Klaus (m. 1989)
          1. Three adopted children
      4. Constantza Habsburg (1960)
        1.  Mark Lee Matheson (m. 1987)
      5. Anton Habsburg (1964)
        1. Ashley Byrd Carrell (m. 1991)
  2. Archduchess Maria Ileana of Austria (1933-1959)
    1. Jaroslav Franz Josef Ignaz Maria Graf Kottulinsky (m. 1957)
      1. Maria Ileana Gräfin Kottulinsky (1957)
        1. Noel van Innis (1937, m. 1997)
  3. Archduchess Alexandra of Austria (1935)
    1. Eugen Eberhard Herzog von Württemberg (1930,m. 1962-1972, annulled 1973)
    2. Baron Victor Franz Clemens Raoul Emil Wilhelm von Baillou (1931, m. 1973)
      1. Stillborn son (1974-1974)
  4. Archduke Domicic of Austria (1937)
    1. Verginia Engel von Voss (m. 1960-1999)
      1. Archduke Sandor von Habsburg-Lothringen von Österreich (1965)
        1. Priska Maria Vilcsek (m. 2000-div 2009)
          1. Constantin von Habsburg-Lothringen von Österreich (2000)
        2. Herta Margarete Oefferl (m. 2010)
      2. Archduke Gregor von Habsburg-Lothringen von Österreich (1968)
  5. Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria (1939)
    1. Freiherr Hans Ulrich von Holzhausen (m. 1959)
      1. Freiherr Johannes Friedrich Anton von Holzhausen (1960)
        1. Brunilda Castejon-Schneider (m. 2001)
          1. Laurenz Freiherr von Holzhausen  (2001)
      2. Freiherr Georg Ferdinand von Holzhausen(1962)
        1. Countess Elena von and zu Hoensbroech (m. 1993)
          1. Baron Alexander von Holzhausen (1994)
          2. Baron Tassilo  von Holzhausen (1997)
          3. Baron Clemens  von Holzhausen (2003)
      3. Freiin Alexandra Maria  von Holzhausen (1963)
        1. Christian Ferch (m. 1985)
          1. Ferdinand Georg Botho Ferch (1986)
          2. Leopold Anton David Ferch (1988)
          3. Benedict Peter Ferch (1993)

Archduchess Elisabeth married Dr. Friederich Josef Sandhofer on 3 August 1964 {Source}. Together, they have one son and three daughters, as well as children-in-law and grandchildren {Source}

  1. Anton Dominic Sandhofer (1966)
    1. Katarzyna Marta Wojkowska (m. 1983)
      1. Dominik Sandhofer  (1994)
  2. Margareta Elisabeth Sandhofer  (1968)
    1.  Ernst Helmut Klaus Lux (m. 1992)
      1. Maurito Lux (1999)
      2. Dorian Lux (2001)
  3. Andrea Alexandra Sandhofer (1969)
    1.  Jorg Zarbl (m. 1996)
      1. Ferdinand Zarbl (1996)
      2. Benedikt Zarbl (1999)
  4. Elisabeth Victoria Magdalena Sandhofer (1971)

As a daughter of Princess Ileana of Romania she is a first cousin of Romania's former King of Romania

Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria, Princess of Tuscany died on 2 January 2019 {Source}

No funeral arrangements have been announced, but I suspect they will be private in nature and will have representatives from the royal houses of Austria, Romania, Greece, Yugoslavia and maybe The United Kingdom at the very least. 


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