Archduke Sigismund, Grand Duke of Tuscany

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Monarchical Styles of Sigismund I, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Reference style	His Imperial and Royal Highness
Spoken style	Your Imperial and Royal Highness
Alternative style	Sir

Archduke Sigismund of Austria, Titular Grand Duke of Tuscany (Sigismund Otto Maria Josef Gottfried Henrich Erik Leopold Ferdinand von Habsburg-Lothringen) Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, (born 21 April 1966 in Lausanne). Sigismund is the son of Archduke Leopold Franz and Princess Laetitia of Arenberg; he is the current head of the Tuscan branch of the Habsburg dynasty. His father Leopold Francis renounced his rights as Head of the Grand Ducal House of Tuscany in favour of Sigismund because his second marriage conflicted with the Roman Catholic Order of St. Stephen. Sigismund was married to Elyssa Edmonstone (born 1973), a third cousin of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, in 1999 and they have three children:

• Archduke Amadeo, Grand Prince of Tuscany (b. 2001)
• Archduchess Tatyana, Princess of Tuscany (b. 2003)
• Archduke Maximilian, Prince of Tuscany (b. 2004)

The Grand Duke through his maternal family, the Arenbergs, has a deep and long-standing relationship with Uruguay. He was raised there, and along with his mother they possess important businesses in Punta del Este and in the countryside. Archduke Sigismund holds the Grand Magistery of two Orders of Knighthood, namely the Order of Saint Joseph and Order of Saint Stephen as it is the dynastic prerogative of the Head of the Grand Ducal House

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• Grand Ducal House of Tuscany

House of Habsburg-Lothringen Born: 21 April 1966
Preceded by Archduke Leopold Franz, Prince of Tuscany	Head of the Grand Ducal House of Tuscany	Incumbent Designated heir: Archduke Amadeo, Grand Prince of Tuscany
Preceded by Archduke Leopold Franz, Prince of Tuscany	Line of succession to the Austro-Hungarian throne	Succeeded by Archduke Amadeo, Grand Prince of Tuscany