Princess Franziska of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst

Franziska zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
Princess zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
Princess Franziska in 1917
Spouse Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria
Issue
Archduke Ferdinand of Habsburg-Lorraine
Archduke Heinrich Karl Maria of Habsburg-Lorraine
House House of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg
House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Father Prince Konrad of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
Mother Countess Franziska von Schönborn-Buchheim
Born 21 June 1897(1897-06-21)
Died 12 July 1989(1989-07-12) (aged 92)

Franziska Maria Anna zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (Teplice, Austria-Hungary, June 21 1897 – Salzburg, July 12 1989) was a Princess from the Royal House Hohenlohe-Waldenburg and the wife of Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria.

Life

Franziska was a daughter of Austrian statesman Prince Konrad of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst and his wife Countess Franziska von Schönborn-Buchheim.

On November 27, 1917, she married Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria, the second son of Archduke Otto of Austria (1865–1906) and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony. Her brother-in-law was Archduke Karl Franz of Austria, the last Emperor of Austria. The wedding took place at Laxenburg, near Vienna.

The couple had two children :

Franziska also used the name Franziska von Ratibor und Corvey and, while living in Starnberg near Munich she used the name Countess Franziska von Wernberg. She died in Salzburg, Austria on July 12, 1989 at age 92.

Sources

C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes - volume 1, page 360. London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973.