Archduchess Charlotte of Austria
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Archduchess Charlotte of Austria (1 March 1921 - 23 July 1989) was a daughter of Emperor Charles I of Austria and his wife Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma.
She was born in Prangins, Switzerland where the Imperial family was in exile following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after the First World War. Her family lived in various countries during their exile, after they left Switzerland they went to the Portuguese island of Madeira where her father died a month after her first birthday. They later settled in Belgium before leaving Europe to fly to the United States to escape the Nazi's.
In May 1956[1] Charlotte became engaged to Duke Georg of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. They were married in a civil ceremony on 21 July 1956 in Pöcking, Germany followed by a religious ceremony four days later.[2] Duke Georg died in 1963 and they had no children.
Archduchess Charlotte died in Munich three months after the death of her mother.
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[edit] References
- ^ "Archduchess to Marry", New York Times, 1956-05-16, p. 31.
- ^ Lundy, Darryl. Charlotte Hedwig Erzherzogin von Österreich. The Peerage. Retrieved on 2007-03-02.
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