Archduchess Helena of Austria

For other people named Helena of Austria, see Helena of Austria.

Archduchess Helena
Hereditary Duchess of Württemberg
Born	(1903-10-30)30 October 1903 Linz, Austria-Hungary
Died	8 September 1924(1924-09-08) (aged 20) Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Weimar Republic
Spouse	Philipp Albrecht, Hereditary Duke of Württemberg ​ ​ (m. 1923)​
Issue	Maria Christina, Princess Georg Hartmann of Liechtenstein
Names German: Helena Marie Alice Christine Josefa Anna Margareta Madeleine Walburga Blandina Cäcilie Philomena Carmela Ignatia Rita de Cascia
House	Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Archduke Peter Ferdinand, Prince of Tuscany
Mother	Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Archduchess Helena of Austria (full German name: Helena Marie Alice Christine Josefa Anna Margareta Madeleine Walburga Blandina Cäcilie Philomena Carmela Ignatia Rita de Cascia, Erzherzogin von Österreich, Prinzessin von Toskana; 30 October 1903 – 8 September 1924) was a member of the Tuscan branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and an Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Bohemia, Hungary, and Tuscany by birth. Through her marriage to Philipp Albrecht, Hereditary Duke of Württemberg, Helena was also a member of the House of Württemberg and Hereditary Duchess consort of Württemberg.

Early life

Helena was born in Linz, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary, the second-eldest child and eldest daughter of Archduke Peter Ferdinand, Prince of Tuscany and his wife Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Helena was raised with her three siblings in Salzburg and Vienna until the end of World War I in 1918 when her family was exiled and moved to Lucerne, Switzerland.

Marriage and issue

Helena married Philipp Albrecht, Hereditary Duke of Württemberg, eldest child and son of Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg and his wife, Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria, on 24 October 1923 in Altshausen. Helena and Philipp Albrecht had one daughter:

• Duchess Maria Christina of Württemberg (born 2 September 1924 in Tübingen), married on 23 September 1948 to Prince Georg Hartmann of Liechtenstein (11 November 1911 – 18 January 1998), son of Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein.

Helena died in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, a week after the birth of Duchess Maria.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Archduchess Helena of Austria

16. Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany 8. Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany 17. Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily 4. Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany 18. Francis I of the Two Sicilies 9. Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies 19. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain 2. Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria 20. Charles II, Duke of Parma 10. Charles III, Duke of Parma 21. Princess Maria Teresa of Savoy 5. Princess Alice of Bourbon-Parma 22. Prince Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry 11. Princess Louise of Artois 23. Princess Marie Caroline of Naples and Sicily 1. Archduchess Helena of Austria 24. Francis I of the Two Sicilies (= 18) 12. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies 25. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain (= 19) 6. Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta 26. Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen 13. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria 27. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg 3. Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies 28. Francis I of the Two Sicilies (= 18, 24) 14. Prince Francis, Count of Trapani 29. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain (= 19, 25) 7. Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies 30. Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (= 8) 15. Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria 31. Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies (= 9)