Archduchess Maria of Austria (b. 1935)


Princess Maria Aloisia Josephine Consolata Immaculata Benedicta Theresia Antonia Johanna Carla Conrada Leonharda of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg was a Princess of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg and a member of the House of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg by birth, and through her marriage to Archduke Joseph Árpád of Austria, an Archduchess of Austria.

Family

She was the eldest daughter and child of Karl, 8th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg and his wife
Donna Carolina dei Conti Rignon. She was, on her mother's side, second cousin of Queen Paola of Belgium, née Ruffo di Calabria dei Principi Ruffo di Calabria.

Marriage and issue

She married Archduke Joseph Árpád of Austria, fourth eldest child and eldest son of Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria and his wife Princess Anna of Saxony, civilly on 25 August 1956 and religiously on 12 September 1956 in Bronnbach, Wertheim am Main, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Maria and Joseph Árpád had eight children and twenty-nine grandchildren:
She died on 20 November 2017 at her home in Vienna at the age of 83.

Ancestry