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Archduchess Maria Alice of Austria

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Archduchess Maria Alice
Baroness Waldbott of Bassenheim
Born(1893-01-15)15 January 1893
Pressburg, Austria-Hungary
Died1 July 1962(1962-07-01) (aged 69)
Halbturn, Austria
SpouseBaron Friedrich Heinrich Waldbott of Bassenheim
IssueBaroness Maria Imakulata
Baron Anton
Baron Paul
Baroness Isabella
Baroness Stephanie
Baron Josef
Full name
German: Maria Alice von Österreich-Teschen
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherArchduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen
MotherPrincess Isabella of Croÿ

Archduchess Maria Alice of Austria-Teschen (15 January 1893 – 1 July 1962) was the youngest daughter of Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen and his wife, Princess Isabella of Croÿ.[1] She was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine (her grandfather, Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria, was a grandson of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II). Archduchess Alice married Baron Friedrich Heinrich Waldbott of Bassenheim.

Family[edit]

Archduchess Maria Alice was the eighth daughter of Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen and his wife Princess Isabella of Croÿ. Some of her siblings included Maria Anna, Princess of Bourbon-Parma and Maria Christina, Hereditary Princess of Salm-Salm. She was a first cousin of King Alphonso XIII of Spain.

Marriage[edit]

After World War I, at the age of 27, Archduchess Maria Alice married Baron Friedrich Heinrich Waldbott of Bassenheim (1889–1959) who was three years older than her. They were married in Lucerne, Switzerland on 8 May 1920. They settled in Hungary, where they managed family estates. They had six children, all born in Hungary:

  • Baroness Maria Imakulata of Bassenheim (27 July 1921), married on 19 December 1947 in Oberalting, Count Hans Heribert of Törring-Jettenbach (25 December 1903 in Winhöring – 16 March 1977 in Murnau), son of Hans Veit, the Count of Törring-Jettenbach, and Duchess Sophie Adelheid in Bavaria. They have five children:
    • Countess Alice Maria Immaculata Sophie Isabella of Törring-Jettenbach (born 5 June 1949 in Munich)
    • Countess Marie-Jose Gabrielle Stefanie of Törring-Jettenbach (born 27 October 1950 in Munich)
    • Count Hans-Kaspar Heribert Veit Friedrich of Törring-Jettenbach (born 22 July 1953 in Munich), married on 30 April 1980 in Zeil), Countess Elisabeth of Waldburg to Zeil and Trauchburg (born 6 January 1954 in Glasshütte), daughter of Count Konstantn of Waldburg to Zeil und Trauchburg and Princess Eleonore of Bavaria. They have five children:
      • Countess Maria Antonia Sophie Immaculata of Törring-Jettenbach (born 22 June 1981 in Munich), married 31 May 2008 at Andechs Abbey, Count Felix of Spiegel and Diesenburg-Hanxleden (born 10 January 1975 in Munich). They have three children:
        • Countess Clarissa of Spiegel and Diesenburg-Hanxleden (born 2010)
        • Countess Emilia of Spiegel and Diesenburg-Hanxleden (born 2011)
        • Count Albrecht of Spiegel and Diesenburg-Hanxleden (born 4 October 2013)
      • Countess Eleonore Gabriele Isabelle of Törring-Jettenbach (16 February 1984 in Canada), married on 29 August 2015 at Andechs Abbey, Prince Franz Clemens of Altenburg (born 25 September 1985 in Vienna), son of Prince Johannes of Altenburg and Eugenie Fundulus
      • Countess Fernanda Maria Alice of Törring-Jettenbach (born 17 December 1985 in Munich), married on 30 August 2014 at Andechs Abbey, Maximilian Döbler (born 18 April 1985 in Kempten). They have one daughter:
        • Teresita Döbler (born 2017)
      • Count Cajetan Anton Gaudenz Tassilo of Törring-Jettenbach (born 29 December 1986 in Munich)
      • Count Georg Clemens Friedrich of Törring-Jettenbach (born 3 November 1989 in Munich)
    • Count Maximillian-Gaudenz Karl Ludwig Wilhelm of Törring-Jettenbach (29 January 1955 in Munich – 6 January 1997 in Krautheim)
    • Countess Sophie Maria Antonia Eleonore of Törring-Jettenbach (born 26 March 1957 in Munich)
  • Baron Anton Waldbott of Bassenheim (born 24 August 1922 in Regécz-Hutta), married on 9 May 1960, Thea Schonpflug (born 13 January 1938 in Podersdorf). They have four children:
    • Baron Christian Waldbott of Bassenheim (born 19 April 1961 in Vienna), married Jutta Theresa Eder (born 30 July 1952 in Judenburg)
    • Baroness Christine Waldbott of Bassenheim (born 6 August 1963 in Eisenstadt)
    • Baron Peter Waldbott of Bassenheim (born 24 January 1966 in Eisenstadt), married Andrea Mirwald (born 11 January 1967 in Ried im Innkreis)
    • Baroness Alice Waldbott of Bassenheim (born 24 January 1966 in Eisenstadt), married Heinz Richtig (born 7 January 1963 in Kittsee)
  • Baron Paul Waldbott of Bassenheim (9 February 1924 in Moson – 21 February 2008), married on 16 June 1958, Countess Marie Therese of Wickenburg-Capellini (born 17 August 1929 in Gmunden)
  • Baroness Isabelle of Bassenheim (20 April 1926 in Satoralja-Ujhely – 9 May 2009 in Overijse), married on 23 April 1952, Count Pongracz Somssich de Saard (12 August 1920 in Budapest – 23 February 2013 in Bierges), son of Count Ladislaus Somssich de Saard and Countess Mariette Szechenyi. They have three sons:
    • Count Istvan Somssich de Saard (born 23 May 1953 in Léopoldville)
    • Count Gabor Somssich de Saard (born 14 March 1955 in Munich), married on 14 December 1994, Araceli Salvatierri (born 9 February 1959 in Barcelona). They have one daughter:
      • Countess Olivia Somssich de Saard (born 24 June 1997 in Barcelona)
    • Count Christoph Somssich de Saard (born 26 July 1960 in Bujumbura), married on 1 September 1990, Isabelle de Bruyn (born 3 October 1963 in Huy). They have two daughters:
      • Countess Stephanie Somssich de Saard (born 29 September 1991 in Charleroi)
      • Countess Alice Somssich de Saard (born 20 October 1993 in Charleroi)
  • Baroness Stephanie of Bassenheim (19 November 1929 – 13 January 2012), married on 27 September 1955, Countess Johannes of Königsegg-Aulendorf (born 13 April 1925 in Königseggwald), son of Count Joseph of Königsegg-Aulendorf and Countess Lucia of Wilczek. They have three children:
    • Countess Isabelle Gabrielle Maria Appolonia Eusebia of Konigsegg-Aulendorf (born 23 July 1956 in Munich), married on 28 June 1987, Count Adam-Petrus of Schall-Riaucour (born 17 September 1949 in Kirchhellen), son of Count Moritz of Schall-Riaucour and Countess Marie Bertha of Brühl. They have two sons:
      • Count Vincenz of Schall-Riaucour (born 19 November 1992 in Cologne)
      • Count Tassilo of Schall-Riaucour (born 14 January 1997 in Cologne)
    • Count Maximilian of Königsegg-Aulendorf (born 16 June 1958 in Munich), married on 26 September 1987, Countess Marie Valerie Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau (born 2 March 1966 in Nice), daughter of Count Ferdinand Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau and Countess Hedwig of Ballestrem. They have four children:
      • Count Philipp of Königsegg-Aulendorf (born 10 August 1988 in Ravensburg)
      • Count Nikolaus of Königsegg-Aulendorf (born 7 August 1990 in Ravensburg)
      • Countess Marie-Alice of Königsegg-Aulendorf (born 1 August 1992 in Ravensburg), married 1 July 2017 in Aulendorf, Philipp Lovrek (born 10 June 1988 in Vienna), son of Michael Lovrek and Countess Johanna Gabrielle of Thun-Hohenstein-Salm-Reiferscheid
      • Countess Marie-Gabrielle Theresa Anna Eusebia of Königsegg-Aulendorf (born 29 August 1995 in Ravensburg)
    • Count Markus of Königsegg-Aulendorf (born 16 May 1963 in Munich), married on 14 July 1990 in Hohenems, Countess Philippa of Waldburg to Zeil and Trauchburg (born 2 December 1968 in St. Gallen), daughter of Count Franz Josef of Waldburg to Zeil and Trauchburg and Countess Priscilla of Schönborn-Wiesentheid. They have three children:
      • Countess Nathalie Isabelle Cacile Eusebia of Königsegg-Aulendorf (born 22 November 1991 in Ravensburg), married on 6 September 2015 in Frauenkirchen, Prince Georg von der Leyen and Hohengeroldseck (born 27 January 1992 in Waal), son of Prince Philipp von der Leyen and Hohengeroldseck and Baroness Elisabeth of Gagern. They have two children:
        • Prince Leo von der Leyen and Hohengeroldseck (born 2016)
        • Prince Antonius von der Leyen and Hohengeroldseck (born 22 January 2018)
      • Count Constantin Maximilian Imre Eusebius of Königsegg-Aulendorf (born 5 November 1993 in Vienna)
      • Count Geza of Königsegg-Aulendorf (born 19 January 1998 in Vienna)
  • Baron Josef Waldbott of Bassenheim (born 26 January 1933 in Satoralja-Ujhely)

Until the end of World War II in 1945, Maria Alice and her husband were landowners in Hungary, but they lost their properties after expropriation in 1945 and left the country to avoid being captured by the Communists. They moved to Bavaria to a property of their son-in-law, Count Hans Heribert von Törring-Jettenbach, who married their eldest daughter. Their second son, Paul Baron Waldbott von Bassenheim, inherited Schloss Halbturn at the death of Maria Alice's only brother, Archduke Albrecht, in 1955.

Title

15 January 1893-1 July 1962 Her Imperial and Royal Highness Archduchess Maria Alice of Austria-Teschen

Ancestry[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: Maria Alice Erzherzogin von Österreich". Retrieved 10 November 2016.

Bibliography[edit]


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