Archduchess Karoline Marie of Austria
| Archduchess Karoline Marie | |||||
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| Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | |||||
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| Born | 5 September 1869 Altmünster, Upper Austria, Austria–Hungary |
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| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Budapest, Hungary |
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| Spouse | Prince August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||||
| Issue | Prince August Princess Klementine Princess Maria Karoline Prince Rainer Prince Philipp Princess Theresia Princess Leopoldine Prince Franz |
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| House | Habsburg-Lorraine | ||||
| Father | Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria | ||||
| Mother | Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies | ||||
Archduchess Karoline Marie of Austria (German: Carolina Maria Immakulata Josepha Ferdinanda Therese Leopoldine Antoinette Franziska Isabella Luise Januaria Christine Benedikta Laurencia Justiniana, Erzherzogin von Österreich, Prinzessin von Toskana[1][2]) (5 September 1869, Altmünster, Upper Austria, Austria–Hungary[1][2] – 12 May 1945, Budapest, Hungary[1][2]) was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and Archduchess and Princess of Austria, Princess of Hungary, Bohemia, and Tuscany by birth. Through her marriage to Prince August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Karoline was also a member of the Koháry branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Karoline was the fourth child and second eldest daughter[1][2] of Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria and his wife Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.[1][2] She was Princess-Abbess of the Theresian Royal and Imperial Ladies Chapter of the Castle of Prague (1893-1894).[3]
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Marriage and issue
Karoline married Prince August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, second eldest son of Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and his wife Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, on 30 May 1894 in Vienna.[1][2] Karoline and August had eight children together:[1][2]
- August Clemens (b. Pola, 27 October 1895 - d. Gerasdorf, 22 September 1908).
- Klementine (b. Pola, 23 March 1897 - d. Lausanne, 7 January 1975), married on 17 November 1925 to Eduard von Heller.
- Maria Karoline (b. Pola, 10 January 1899 - d. Hartheim bei Linz, 6 June 1941). She had been living in an institution for the mentally disabled in Schladming, but was taken away and executed by gassing along with her fellow patients as a result of the Nazi eugenics policy, Action T4, in the concentration camp at Schloss Hartheim.
- Rainer (b. Pola, 4 May 1900 - d. after 7 January 1945 (believed to have been killed in action at Budapest).
- Philipp (b. Walterskirchen, 18 August 1901 - 31 December 1994), married morganatically on 23 April 1944 to Sarah Aurelia Hálasz; their only son and their four grandchildren were barred from the succession of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Kohary.
- Theresia (b. Walterskirchen, 23 August 1902 - d. Villach, 24 January 1990), married on 6 October 1930 to Lamoral, Freiherr von Taxis di Bordogna e Valnigra (Their descendants bore the surname Tasso de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança).
- Leopoldine (b. Schloß Gerasdorf, 13 May 1905 - d. Hungary, 24 December 1978).
- Ernst (b. Gerasdorf, 25 February 1907 - d. Gröbming, Styria, 9 June 1978), married morganatically on 4 September 1939 to Irmgard Röll. This marriage was childless.
Titles, styles, honours and arms
Titles and styles
- 5 September 1869 – 30 May 1894: Her Imperial and Royal Highness Archduchess and Princess Karoline Marie of Austria; Princess Karoline Marie of Hungary, Bohemia, and Tuscany
- 30 May 1894 – 12 May 1945: Her Imperial and Royal Highness Princess August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess in Saxony, Archduchess and Princess of Austria, Princess of Hungary, Bohemia, and Tuscany
