Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria
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Archduke of Austria, Rainer Joseph Johann Michael Franz Hieronymus, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia (30 September 1783, Pisa – 16 January 1853, Bolzano) was a Viceroy of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia from 1818 to 1848. Not to be confused with his son Rainer Ferdinand.
He was son of Emperor Leopold II. Married at Prague on 28 May 1820 Princess Elisabeth of Savoy-Carignano (Paris 13 April 1800 - Bozen 25 December 1856). She was the sister of the Prince of Carignan, who would in 1831 become King of Sardinia as King Charles Albert.
Rainer served as Viceroy of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia from 1818 to 1848. The position had few administrative responsibilities, but did make Rainer and his wife the head of the Austrian court at Milan.
Children include:
- Maria Karolina (6 February 1821) - (23 Jan 1844) Unmarried, no issue
- Adelheid (3 June 1822 - 20 January 1855), who became Adelaide, Queen of Sardinia as wife of Victor Emmanuel II, from 1848 king of Sardinia.
- Leopold Ludwig (6 June 1823 - 24 May 1898)
- Ernst Karl (8 August 1824 - 4 April 1899)
- Sigismund Leopold (7 January 1826 - 15 December 1891)
- Rainer Ferdinand (11 January 1827 - 27 January 1913) whose visit to the Hotel Greif in Wels is commemorated by a wall placque there.
- Heinrich Anton (9 May 1828 - 30 November 1891)
- Maximilian Karl (16 January 1830 - 16 March 1839)
| Monarchical styles of Archduke Rainer of Austria |
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| Reference style | His Imperial and Royal Highness |
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| Spoken style | Your Imperial and Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Sir |
Although his children, except Adelheid, are buried in the Imperial Crypt in Vienna, he and his wife are buried elsewhere.
Through his daughter Adelheid, Rainer is an ancestor of the entire Royal Family of Italy.
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