Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm

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Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm (German: Rosemary Friederike Isabella Eleonore Henriette Antonia, Prinzessin zu Salm-Salm; 13 April 1904 – 3 May 2001) was a German-born noblewoman who became an Archduchess of Austria through her marriage to Archduke Hubert Salvator of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty.[1][2] Born a princess of the princely House of Salm-Salm,[1] she was a member of its Tuscan line by marriage.[3]

Family

Rosemary was born in Potsdam, then within the Kingdom of Prussia, the second child of Emanuel, Hereditary Prince of Salm-Salm, and his wife, Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria.[4] At the time of her birth, her father served as a captain in the Prussian army, which was stationed in the Potsdam garrison.[5]

Through her mother, Rosemary was a granddaughter of Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen, a Supreme Commander of the Austro-Hungarian Army, and his wife, Princess Isabella of Croÿ.[5][6]

Marriage and issue

Rosemary married Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria, the second son of Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria and Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, on 25 November 1926 in a civil ceremony at Anholt, followed by a religious ceremony on 26 November 1926.[7] Through her husband, she was a granddaughter-in-law of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria.[8]

The couple had thirteen children:[9]

  • Archduke Friedrich Salvator (27 November 1927 – 26 March 1999), married Countess Margit Kálnoky von Kőröspatak.
  • Archduchess Agnes (14 December 1928 – 31 August 2007), married Prince Karl Alfred of Liechtenstein. Agnes and Karl Alfred are the parents of Princess Maria-Pia of Liechtenstein.
  • Archduchess Maria Margaretha (born 29 January 1930).
  • Archduchess Maria Ludovica (31 January 1931 – 17 April 1999), married Martin Roland.
  • Archduchess Maria Adelheid (28 July 1933 – 10 October 2021).
  • Archduchess Elisabeth (18 March 1935 – 9 October 1998), married Prince Heinrich von Auersperg-Breunner.
  • Archduke Andreas Salvator (born 28 April 1936), married firstly Maria de la Piedad de Los Monteros y Rosillo, and secondly Countess Valerie von Podstatzky-Lichtenstein.
  • Archduchess Josepha (born 2 September 1937), married Clemens, Count von Waldstein.
  • Archduchess Valerie (born 23 May 1941), married Maximilian, Margrave of Baden.
  • Archduchess Maria Alberta (born 1 June 1944), married Alexander, Baron von Kottwitz-Erdődy.
  • Archduke Markus Emanuel Salvator (born 2 April 1946), married Hildegard Jungmayr.
  • Archduke Johann Salvator (born 18 September 1947), married Anne Marie Stummer.
  • Archduke Michael Salvator (born 2 May 1949), married Baroness Eva Antonia von Hofmann.

Rosemary died on 3 May 2001 at Persenbeug Castle, Persenbeug-Gottsdorf, Lower Austria.[10][11]

Traditional titles

  • 13 April 1904 – 25 November 1926: Her Serene Highness Princess Rosemary zu Salm-Salm, Wildgravine and Rhinegravine of Salm-Salm
  • 25 November 1926 – 23 May 2001: Her Imperial & Royal Highness Archduchess Rosemary of Austria, Princess of Tuscany[12]

Ancestry

References

  1. 1.[1.2]Almanach de Gotha. 1914. p. 184.
  2. 2.Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels. Vol. 50. 1991. p. 297.
  3. 3.Almanach de Gotha. 1930. pp. 75–76.
  4. 4.McNaughton, Arnold (1973). The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy. Garnstone Press. p. 482. ISBN 9780812902808.
  5. 5.[5.2]Almanach de Gotha: Annuaire généalogique, diplomatique et statistique (in French). Vol. 151. Gotha: Justus Perthes. 1914. pp. 194–195.
  6. 6.Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser (in German). Vol. XIV. C.A. Starke Verlag. 1991. pp. 373–377. ISBN 9783798007000.
  7. 7.Almanach de Gotha (in French). Gotha: Justus Perthes. 1930. pp. 150, 191.
  8. 8.Harding, Bertita (1939). Imperial Twilight: The Story of Karl and Zita of Hungary. Bobbs-Merrill Company. p. 331.
  9. 9.Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser (in German). Vol. XIV. C.A. Starke Verlag. 1991. pp. 91–94.
  10. 10.Huberty, Michel; Giraud, Alain; Magdelaine, F. et B. (1988). L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome V: Hohenzollern, Waldeck. Le Perreux-sur-Marne: Alain Giraud. p. 558. ISBN 9782901138051. Details the lineage and marriage of the Salm-Salm and Habsburg-Lorraine families
  11. 11."Todesanzeige: Rosemary Archduchess of Austria". Salzburger Nachrichten (in German). 5 May 2001.
  12. 12.de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. Le Petit Gotha. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris 2002, pp. 213, 243 (French) ISBN 2-9507974-3-1