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REFERENCE TITLE NAME BORN DIED   TITLE NAME BORN DIED COMMENTS
44 Archduke Karl of Austria (1st Duke of Teschen) 1771 1847 Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg 1797 1829 Karl was created the Duke of Teschen (1st Duke of Teschen in Habsburg line) on 10 February 1822 following the death of his adopted father Duke Albert of Sachsen-Teschen, Karl was a brother of Emperor Franz I of Austria and Archduke Ferdinand of Austria (Grand Duke Ferdinando III of Tuscany)

To add some complication, Karl was the birth son of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II but was adopted by his uncle, Duke Albert of Sachsen-Teschen (1738-1822) (Albert was the husband of Leopold II's sister Archduchess Marie Christine of Austria and was born Prince of Saxony and son of Friedrich August II, Elector of Saxony (August III, King of Poland). He was created Duke of Teschen by his brother-in-law Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II in 1766. When Albert died in 1822 he left his collection of 14,000 drawings and 200,000 prints in trust to Karl, which formed the nucleus of the Albertina Collection, one of the world's great art museums)
44.1 Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (Teschen Line) 1816 1867 King Ferdinando II "King Bomba" of Bourbon-Two Sicilies 1810 1859 See 37.55 - Ferdinando II got his nickname "King Bomba" after he ordered the bombardment of Messina (1848) and Palermo (1849) to quell disorders which had broken out in Sicily.
44.2 Archduke Albrecht of Austria (2nd Duke of Teschen) 1817 1895 Princess Hildegard of Bavaria 1825 1864 See 18.17
44.21 Archduchess Maria Theresia of Austria (Teschen Line) 1845 1927 Duke Philipp of Württemberg 1838 1917 See 22.K31
44.22 Archduke Karl of Austria (Teschen Line) 1847 1848          
44.23 Archduchess Mathilde of Austria (Teschen Line) 1849 1867         Mathilde died when her ball gown caught on fire when she hid a cigarette she was smoking (thanks to Arturo Beéche for this information). See also a posting in The Alexander Palace Discussion Board
44.3 Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (Teschen Line) 1818 1874 Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1831 1903 See 21.6
44.31 Archduke Franz Joseph of Austria (Teschen Line) 1855 1855          
44.32 Archduke Friedrich of Austria (3 rd Duke of Teschen) 1856 1936 Princess Isabella of Croÿ 1856 1931 Isabella was the daughter of Rudolf 11 th Duke of Croÿ
44.321 Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria (Teschen Line) 1879 1962 Hereditary Prince Emanuel of Salm-Salm 1871 1916 Prince Emanuel was killed in action in Pinsk
44.3211 Princess Isabelle of Salm-Salm 1903   Count Felix von Loë 1896 1944 Count Felix died from wounds received in action in Schwaneburg, Latvia
44.32111 Count Friedrich von Loë 1926   Baroness Inez von Boeselager 1935    
44.32112 Baroness Christine von Loë 1927   Prince Johannes of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg 1919 2000 Johannes was an uncle of Prince Alois-Konstantin (9th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg). Alois-Konstantin's father and Johannes were brothers
44.321121 Prince Michael of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg 1950     Andrea Reuter 1961    
44.321122 Prince Karl of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg 1952   Baroness Maria-Assunta von Weichs zur Wenne 1952    
44.321123 Prince Felix of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg 1954   Countess Elisabeth von Meran 1955    
44.321124 Princess Maria Isabella of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg 1956     Manfred Lütz 1954    
44.321125 Princess Maria Josefine of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg 1958     Heribert Rustige 1959    
44.321126 Prince Martin of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg 1961            
44.321127 Prince Stephan Wenzeslaus of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg 1968     Andrea Elisabeth Pilatus 1966    
44.32113 Baron Wessel von Loë 1928   Countess Marie Sophie of Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems 1932   See 20.38361
44.32114 Baroness Elisabeth von Loë 1930   Baron Philipp Wambolt von Umstadt 1918    
44.32115 Baroness Paula von Loë 1931 1950          
44.32116 Baron Franz von Loë 1936   Countess Maria Josepha von Magnis 1937    
44.32117 Baroness Maria Rosa von Loë 1939            
44.3212 Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm 1904 2001 Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria (Tuscany Line) 1894 1971 See 20.3833
44.3213 Prince Nikolaus of Salm-Salm (8 th Prince of Salm-Salm) 1906 1988 Princess Ida of Wrede 1909 1998 Nikolaus succeeded his grandfather Alfred as Prince of Salm-Salm
44.3213 Prince Nikolaus of Salm-Salm (8 th Prince of Salm-Salm) 1906 1988   Elenore von Zitzewitz 1919    
44.3213 Prince Nikolaus of Salm-Salm (8 th Prince of Salm-Salm) 1906 1988   Maria Moret 1930 1982  
44.3213 Prince Nikolaus of Salm-Salm (8 th Prince of Salm-Salm) 1906 1988   Christine Kostecki 1958    
44.32131 Princess Konstanze Maria of Salm-Salm 1929 1980 Count Joseph Zdenko von Thun and Hohenstein 1907 1976  
44.32132 Prince Alfred Franz of Salm-Salm 1930 1945         Alfred was killed in an air raid at Anholt, Westphalia
44.32133 Prince Carl-Phillip of Salm-Salm (9 th Prince of Salm-Salm) 1933     Erika von Morgen 1935 2007 Prince Carl-Phillip is the present Head of the Princely House of of Salm-Salm. Erika was a sister to Angela von Morgen
44.32133 Prince Carl-Phillip of Salm-Salm (9 th Prince of Salm-Salm) 1933     Elisabeth Frisch 1951   Prince Carl-Phillip is the present Head of the Princely House of of Salm-Salm
44.321331 Hereditary Prince Emanuel Philipp of Salm-Salm 1961     Zita von Klot-Heydenfeldt 1970    
44.321332 Prince Philipp Petrus of Salm-Salm 1963     Hermine de Cassan-Floyrac 1975    
44.321333 Princess Felicitas Marcellina of Salm-Salm 1965     Christoph von Grolman 1959    
44.321334 Prince Clemens Angelus of Salm-Salm 1966   Countess Johanna of Stolberg-Stolberg 1969   See 20.383472
44.32134 Princess Anna Huberta of Salm-Salm 1935   Count Paul von Degenfeld-Schönburg 1924    
44.32135 Princess Margarethe Cecilia of Salm-Salm 1935     György Solznoki-Scheftsik 1926 1965  
44.32136 Prince Ludwig-Wilhelm of Salm-Salm 1953     Christiane Hansen 1966    
44.32137 Prince Christian-Nikolaus of Salm-Salm 1964            
44.3214 Princess Cecilie of Salm-Salm 1911 1991 Prince Franz Josef of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim and Dyck (6 th Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim and Dyck) 1899 1958 The House of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim and Dyck is extinct following the death of Prince Franz. The cadet members of this House bear the title of Altgraf or Altgräfin.
44.32141 Altgräfin Marie Christine of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim and Dyck 1932   Count Peter Wolff Metternich zur Gracht 1929    
44.32142 Altgräfin Marie Anne of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim and Dyck 1933     Alexander Campbell-Geddes 1910 1971 Alexander Campbell-Geddes was the son of Sir Auckland Campbell Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes, his sister Margaret "Peg" Geddes was married to Prince Ludwig "Lu" of Hesse and by Rhine
44.32142 Altgräfin Marie Anne of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim and Dyck 1933     Otto von Simson 1912 1993  
44.32143 Altgräfin Rosemary of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim and Dyck 1937 2004 Count Johannes Hüyn 1930    
44.32144 Altgräfin Isabelle of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim and Dyck 1939   Duke Franz Albrecht von Ratibor and Prince (Fürst) von Corvey (4 th Duke von Ratibor and 4 th Prince von Corvey), Prince zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst 1920   The House of Ratibor and Corvey derive from a branch of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
44.321441 Prince Viktor von Ratibor und von Corvey, Prince zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst 1964     Alexandra von Wohlgemuth 1969    
44.321442 Prince Tassilo von Ratibor und von Corvey, Prince zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst 1965   Countess Clarissa of Toerring-Jettenbach 1965   See 18.K52111
44.321443 Prince Stephan Aloysius von Ratibor und von Corvey, Prince zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst 1968            
44.321444 Prince Benedikt Christian von Ratibor und von Corvey, Prince zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst 1971     Anna-Christine von Oswald 1973    
44.321445 Prince Philipp Stanislaus von Ratibor und von Corvey, Prince zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst 1976   Countess Assunta Calice 1977    
44.32145 Altgräfin Gabrielle Louisanne of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim and Dyck 1941 1985 Count Ernst Friedrich von Goëss 1932 1999  
44.321451 Countess Svea von Goëss 1962     Charles Balfour 1951    
44.321452 Countess Filippa von Goëss 1964     Tilo Berlin 1958    
44.321453 Count Moritz von Goëss 1966   Duchess Eleonore Fleur of Württemberg 1977   See 22.K311166
44.32146 Altgräfin Cecilie Christine of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim and Dyck 1943            
44.32147 Altgräfin Georgine of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim and Dyck 1947 1950          
44.322 Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (Teschen Line) 1882 1940 Duke Elias of Bourbon-Parma 1880 1959 See 38.J
44.323 Archduchess Maria Henrietta of Austria (Teschen Line) 1883 1956 Prince Gottfried zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, Prince von Ratibor und Corvey 1867 1932  
44.324 Archduchess Natalie of Austria (Teschen Line) 1884 1898          
44.325 Archduchess Stephanie of Austria (Teschen Line) 1886 1890          
44.326 Archduchess Gabriella of Austria (Teschen Line) 1887 1954          
44.327 Archduchess Isabelle of Austria (Teschen Line) 1888 1973 Prince Georg of Bavaria 1880 1943 See 18.1523
44.328 Archduchess Maria Alice of Austria (Teschen Line) 1893 1962 Baron Friedrich Waldbott von Bassenheim 1889 1959  
44.3281 Baroness Maria Immaculata Waldbott von Bassenheim 1921   Count Hans Heribert of Toerring-Jettenbach 1903 1977 See 18.K523
44.329 Archduke Albrecht of Austria (4 th Duke of Teschen) 1897 1955   Irene Lelbach 1897 1985  
44.329 Archduke Albrecht of Austria (4 th Duke of Teschen) 1897 1955   Katalin "Catherine" Bocskay de Felso-Banya 1909 2000  
44.329 Archduke Albrecht of Austria (4 th Duke of Teschen) 1897 1955   Lidia Strausz Dorner ? 1998  
44.33 Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria (Teschen Line) 1858 1929 King Alfonso XII of Spain 1857 1885 See 10.7
44.34 Archduke Karl Stefan of Austria (Teschen Line) 1860 1933 Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (Tuscany Line) 1862 1933 See 20.381 - Archduke Karl Stefan was considered as a candidate for the Throne of an independent Poland
44.341 Archduchess Eleonora of Austria (Teschen Line) 1886 1974   Alfons von Kloss 1880 1953 The marriage of Archduchess Eleonora to Alfons was the first time an Archduchess had married a commoner with the full permission of Emperor Franz Joseph
44.342 Archduchess Renata of Austria (Teschen Line) 1888 1935 Prince Hieronymus Radziwill 1885 1945 Prince Hieronymus was captured by Russian troops towards the end of the Second World War and died in a concentration camp. (Background information - the Radziwill family originated from Lithuania and their princely title was recognised by the Holy Roman Emperor in 1547). Hieronymus married secondly a cousin Princess Jadwiga Radziwill (1905-1974).
44.3421 Princess Maria-Tereza Radziwill 1910 1973          
44.3422 Prince Dominik Radziwill 1911 1976 Princess Eugenie of Greece and Denmark 1910 1989 See 16.22
44.3422 Prince Dominic Radziwill 1911 1976   Lida Bloodgood 1923    
44.34221 Princess Tatiana Radziwill 1939     Jean Fruchard 1937    
44.342211   Fabiola Fruchard 1967     Thierry Herrman 1965    
44.3422111   Tatiana Herrman 1996            
44.342212   Alexis Fruchard 1969     Natalie Chandler ?    
44.34222 Prince Jerzy Radziwill 1942 2001          
44.3423 Prince Karol Hieronymus Radziwill 1912 2005   Maria Luisa de Alvear y Quirno 1913 1989  
44.3423 Prince Karol Hieronymus Radziwill 1912 2005   Teresa Soto ?    
44.3424 Prince Albrecht Hieronymus Radziwill 1914 1932          
44.3425 Princess Eleonore Radziwill 1918   Count Benedikt Tyszkiewicz 1905 1956  
44.3425 Princess Eleonore Radziwill 1918     Roger de Froidcourt 1931    
44.3426 Princes Leon-Hieronymus Stanislaus Radziwill 1922 1973          
44.343 Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria (Teschen Line) 1888 1951   Alice Ankarcrona 1889 1985 Alice was granted the hereditary title Princess von Altenburg on 15 December 1949 by written authorisation of Archduke Otto Head of the Austrian Imperial Family. Children of this marriage bear the surname Habsburg and the title Prince/Princess Altenburg
44.3431 Prince Karl Stefan von Altenburg 1921     Maria-Louise af Petersens 1910 1998  
44.3432 Princess Maria-Christina von Altenburg 1923            
44.3433 Prince Karl Albrecht von Altenburg 1926 1928          
44.3434 Princess Renata von Altenburg 1931     Eduardo de Zulueta y Dato 1923    
44.344 Archduchess Mechtildis of Austria (Teschen Line) 1891 1966 Prince Olgierd Czartoryski 1888 1977  
44.345 Archduke Leo Karl of Austria (Teschen Line) 1893 1939 Countess Marie-Klotilde de Thuillières de Montjoye-Vaufray et de la Roche 1893 1978 Archduke Leo Karl died from tuberculosis. Conflicting sources show the children of Archduke Leo Karl and his wife as either Archduke/Archduchess of Austria or Count/Countess von Habsburg
44.3451 Archduchess Maria Desiderata of Austria (Teschen Line) 1923 1988 Count Wolfgang von Hartig 1922 1995  
44.3452 Archduchess Mechtildis of Austria (Teschen Line) 1924 2000 Count Manfred Piatti 1924    
44.34521 Countess Andrea Piatti 1949     Michael Weissel 1946    
44.34522 Count Alfons Piatti 1950     Verena Zimburg 1955    
44.34523 Count Michael Piatti-Fünfkirchen 1955   Baroness Sophie Pongrácz de Szent-Miklós et Ovár 1959    
44.34524 Count Ferdinand Piatti 1962     Angelina von Rohrer 1970    
44.34525 Count Benedikt von Piatti 1966   Archduchess Margherita of Austria (Hungarian Line) 1972   See 21.74183
44.3453 Archduchess Elisabeth Irene of Austria (Teschen Line) 1927            
44.3454 Archduke Leo-Stefan Maria of Austria (Teschen Line) 1928     Gaby Kunert 1935 1975  
44.3454 Archduke Leo-Stefan Maria of Austria (Teschen Line) 1928     Heidi Aigner 1942    
44.3455 Archduke Hugo Carl of Austria (Teschen Line) 1930 1981   Eleonore Kristen 1943    
44.346 Archduke Wilhelm of Austria (Teschen Line) 1895 1954         Archduke Wilhelm died in a Russian Concentration Camp in the Ukraine having been arrested by the Russian Secret Service in Vienna just after the Second World War
44.35 Archduke Eugen of Austria (Teschen Line) 1863 1954          
44.36 Archduchess Marie Eleonore of Austria (Teschen Line) 1864 1864          
44.4 Archduke Friedrich of Austria (Teschen Line) 1821 1847          
44.5 Archduke Rudolf of Austria (Teschen Line) 1822 1822          
44.6 Archduchess Maria Karoline of Austria (Teschen Line) 1825 1915 Archduke Rainer of Austria 1827 1913 Rainer's father Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria (1783-1853) was a younger brother of Emperor Franz I of Austria
44.7 Archduke Wilhelm of Austria (Teschen Line) 1827 1894          

Note - QVD against a reference number indicates the first named individual is a descendant of Queen Victoria.

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