Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1919–2010)

Archduke Rudolf
Archduke and Prince Rudolf of Austria
Prince Rudolf of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia
Spouse Countess Xenia Czernichev-Besobrasov (1953–1968)
Princess Anna Gabriele of Wrede (1971–2010)
Issue
Archduchess Maria Anna
Archduke Karl Peter
Archduke Simeon
Archduke Johannes Karl
Archduchess Catharina-Maria
Full name
Rudolf Syringus Peter Karl Franz Joseph Robert Otto Antonius Maria Pius Benedikt Ignatius Laurentius Justiniani Marcus d'Aviano
Father Charles I of Austria
Mother Zita of Bourbon-Parma
Born 5 September 1919(1919-09-05)
Prangins, Switzerland
Died 15 May 2010(2010-05-15) (aged 90)
Brussels, Belgium

Archduke Rudolf of Austria (5 September 1919 – 15 May 2010[1]) was the youngest son of Emperor Charles I of Austria and Zita of Bourbon-Parma.

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Early life

He was born in Prangins, Switzerland where the Austrian Imperial family were staying after they had been sent into exile. He was named after Count Rudolph IV of Habsburg.[2]

Rudolf worked as a Wall Street junior executive[3] and a bank director.[4]

Marriage and issue

Archduke Rudolf was married by Archbishop Fulton Sheen to Countess Xenia Czernichev-Besobrasov the daughter of Sergei Aleksandrovich Besobrasov and Countess Elizabeta Cheremeteva, on 22 June 1953 at Tuxedo Park, New York.[4] They had four children. Xenia was killed in a car crash on 20 September 1968, in which Rudolf was also seriously injured.[5]

Rudolf was married secondly to Princess Anna Gabriele of Wrede (b. 1940) on 15 October 1971 in Ellingen, Bavaria. They have one daughter.[4]

Rudolph was survived by two older brothers; Otto and Felix.

Ancestry

References

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  2. ^ Brook-Shepherd, Gordon (2003). Uncrowned Emperor. Hambledon Continuum. pp. 54. ISBN 1852854391. 
  3. ^ "Milestones". Time Magazine. 1953-07-06. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,822861,00.html. Retrieved 2008-03-01. 
  4. ^ a b c Lundy, Darryl. "Rudolf Syringus Erzherzog von Österreich". The Peerage. http://www.thepeerage.com/p11167.htm#i111668. Retrieved 2008-02-15. 
  5. ^ "Archduchess Xenia of Habsburg killed". New York Times. 1968-09-27.