Margherita, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1930-2022) Italian Princess

Margherita, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1930-2022) Italian Princess dies at 10 January 2022 (91 years)

Name	Margherita, Archduchess of Austria-Este
Full Name	Margherita Isabella Maria Vittoria Emanuela Elena Gennara
Age	91 Years
Birth	7 April 1930
Birthplace	Palace of Capodimonte, Naples,Italy
Death	10 January 2022
Deathplace	Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
Profession	Italian Princess (Austrian Royalty)
Spouse	Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este (married 1953–1996)
Parents	Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Princess Anne of Orléans
Burial	Burial Details Unknown
Nationality	Italian

Margherita, Archduchess of Austria-Este Italian Princess

She was the Archduchess of Austria-Este from the House of Savoy-Aosta. Her parents were Amedeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta and Princess Anne d’Orléans and her birth name was Princess Margherita Isabella Maria Vittoria Emanuela Elena Gennara of Savoy-Aosta. She was married to Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este, they had 5 children.

Margherita, Archduchess of Austria-Este Biography

Marriage and issue

Margherita’s family announced her engagement to Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este on 20 October 1953. They married on 28 December 1953 in Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain, France (civilly) and 29 December 1953 (religiously), in Brou, France. He was the second son of former Emperor Charles I of Austria and Zita of Bourbon-Parma. Robert was 38, and Margherita was 23. As the royal couple arrived for the first ceremony, hundreds of Austrians and Italians stood outside the town hall where the marriage was held. The wedding was also attended by former King Umberto II of Italy and Robert’s older brother Otto of Habsburg, the claimant to the Austrian throne. At six feet tall, Margherita was, according to some witnesses, an impressive sight. She wore an ivory gown made out of satin with a long train hung from a diamond tiara.

The couple took up residence in Paris, where Robert was a bank clerk. They had five children:

Archduchess Maria Beatrice Anna Felicitas Zita Charlotte Adelheid Christina Elisabeth Gennara (11 December 1954). Married Count Riprand of Arco-Zinneberg, a great-grandson of the last Bavarian king, Ludwig III, and has issue. They have six daughters, including Olympia von und zu Arco-Zinneberg, who is married to Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon.
Archduke Lorenz Otto Carl Amadeus Thadeus Maria Pius Andreas Marcus d’Aviano (16 December 1955), created Prince of Belgium on 10 November 1995. Married 22 September 1984 at Brussels, Princess Astrid of Belgium (b. 1962). They have five children.
Archduke Gerhard Thaddäus Anton Marcus d’Aviano Maria Umberto Otto Carl Amadeus (30 October 1957) who wed Iris Jandrasits (1961) in 2015;
Archduke Martin Carl Amadeo Maria (21 December 1959). Married Princess Katharina of Isenburg-Birstein. They have four children.
Archduchess Isabella Maria Laura Helena Antonia Zita Anna Gennara (2 March 1963). Married Andrea Czarnocki-Lucheschi. They have five children.