Princess Isabella of Croÿ
Princess Isabella Hedwig Franziska Natalie of Croÿ (27 February 1856 – 5 September 1931) was the daughter of Rudolf, Duke of Croÿ, and his wife Princess Natalie of Ligne.
Biography
Marriage and issue
She married Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen on 8 October 1878. They had eight daughters and one son:
- Maria Christina, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1879–1962), married Prince Manuel of Salm-Salm
- Maria Anna, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1882–1940), married Elias, Duke of Parma
- Maria Henrietta, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen(1883-1956), married Prince Gottfried of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingfurst
- Natalie Maria, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1884–1898)
- Stephanie Maria Isabelle, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1886–1890)
- Gabriele Maria Theresia, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1887–1954)
- Isabella, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1887–1973), married Prince Georg of Bavaria
- Maria Alice, Archduchess of Austria-Teschen (1893–1962), married Baron Friedrich Waldbott von Bassenheim
- Albrecht Franz, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Teschen (1897–1955)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
In the mid-1890s, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria began visiting Isabella and Friedrich's home. At first, it was assumed that he was there to court one of their many daughters. Eventually, it was discovered that in fact he was courting Countess Sophie Chotek, a lady-in-waiting to Archduchess Isabella.
Isabella became infuriated that Franz Ferdinand had not singled out one of her eight daughters as his bride and future empress; as a result she engaged in a crusade to thwart the marriage of Franz Ferdinand and Sophie. Sophie was dismissed from service, thus beginning an ongoing conflict between Friedrich and Franz Ferdinand who married Sophie in 1900. The marriage was morganatic; Sophie was subjected to the indignities of a much lower rank at court than that of her husband, and none of their children could succeed to their father's dynastic honours—all chiefly as a result of Isabella's machinations.
A decade later, Archduchess Isabella created a similar furor when her nephew, Karl, 13th Prince von Croy, of the House of Croy, sought to marry Nancy Leishman, the charming young daughter of United States Ambassador to Germany John George Alexander Leishman, the former president of Carnegie Steel. As with Sophie Chotek, the Archduchess felt Nancy was not sufficiently aristocratic. Karl and Nancy were wed, nonetheless; today their grandson is the present Duke of Croy.
Ancestry
| Ancestors of Princess Isabella of Croÿ |
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16. Anne-Emmanuel, duc de Croÿ |
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8. Auguste, Duke of Croÿ |
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17. Princess Auguste Friederike of Salm-Kyrburg |
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4. Alfred, Duke of Croÿ |
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18. Jean-Baptiste de Rochechouart, Duke of Mortemart |
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9. Anne-Victurnienne de Rochechouart-Mortemart |
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19. Anne d'Harcourt |
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2. Rudolf, Duke of Croÿ |
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20. Maximilian Friedrich, Prince of Salm-Salm |
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10. Konstantin, Prince of Salm-Salm |
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21. Landgravine Ludovika of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg |
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5. Princess Eleonore of Salm-Salm |
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22. Count Philipp Christian of Sternberg |
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11. Countess Maria Walpurgis of Sternberg-Manderscheid |
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23. Countess Auguste Dorothea of Manderscheid-Blankenheim |
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1. Princess Isabella of Croÿ |
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24. Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne |
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12. Prince Louis Eugène of Ligne |
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25. Princess Maria Franziska of Liechtenstein |
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6. Eugène, 8th Prince of Ligne |
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26. Jean Joseph, Count van der Noot de Duras |
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13. Louise van der Noot, Countess of Duras |
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27. Florence Marie de Ruysschen, Countess of Elissem |
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3. Princess Natalie of Ligne |
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28. Joseph Lothaire, Marquess of Trazegnies |
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14. Georges Philippe, Marquis of Trazegnies |
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29. Marie Caroline de Namur |
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7. Nathalie de Trazegnies |
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30. Joseph Alexandre, Count of Maldeghem |
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15. Marie Louise de Maldeghem |
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31. Marie Anne d'Argenteau |
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Sources
- Radziwill, Catherine (1916). The Austrian Court From Within. London: Cassel and Company, LTD. ISBN 140219370X.
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Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen · Princess Margherita of Savoy · Princess Anne Eugénie of Arenberg · Princess Yolande of Ligne · Countess Xenia Czernicheva-Besobrasova · Princess Anna Gabriele of Wrede · Countess Helena of Toerring-Jettenbach · Countess Ludmilla of Gallen · Princess Laetitia of Arenberg** · Countess Margaret Kálnoky von Köröspatak** · Maria Espinosa de los Monteros^^** · Countess Valerie of Podstatzky-Lichtenstein** · Freiin Eva Antonia von Hofmann** · Princess Anna Amelie of Schönburg-Waldenburg** · Countess Hedwig of Lichem-Löwenburg** · Freiin Edith von Sternbach** · Princess Margaret of Hohenberg · Countess Marie Christine of Hatzfeldt-Dönhoff · Eugenia de Calonge^^ · Freiin Maria Theresia von Gudenus
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Estelle de Saint-Romain^^
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*also an infanta of Spain by marriage
**also a princess of Tuscany by marriage
***also a princess of Modena by marriage
^also an archduchess of Austria in her own right
^^did not have a royal or noble title by birth
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Isabella Of Croy, Princess |
| Alternative names |
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| Short description |
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| Date of birth |
27 February 1856 |
| Place of birth |
Dülmen |
| Date of death |
5 September 1931 |
| Place of death |
Budapest |