Archduchess Rosa of Austria

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Archduchess Rosa
Duchess of Württemberg
Photograph of Archduchess Rosa of Austria with her family
Born	(1906-09-22)22 September 1906 Parsch, Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria-Hungary
Died	17 September 1983(1983-09-17) (aged 76) Friedrichshafen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Spouse	Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg ​ ​ (m. 1928; died 1975)​
Issue	Duchess Helene Duke Ludwig Albrecht Duchess Elisabeth Duchess Marie Therese Carl, Duke of Württemberg Duchess Maria Antonia
Names German: Rosa Maria Antonie Roberta Josepha Anna Walburga Carmela Ignazia Rita de Cascia
House	Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Archduke Peter Ferdinand, Prince of Tuscany
Mother	Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Archduchess Rosa Maria Antonie Roberta Josepha Anna Walburga Carmela Ignazia Rita de Cascia of Austria^[1] (German: Rosa Maria Antonie Roberta Josepha Anna Walburga Carmela Ignazia Rita de Cascia, Erzherzogin von Österreich;^[1] 22 September 1906^[1] – 17 September 1983^[1]) 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, Duke of Württemberg, Rosa was also a member of the House of Württemberg and Duchess consort of Württemberg.

Early life[edit]

Rosa was the youngest child and third daughter of Archduke Peter Ferdinand, Prince of Tuscany, and his wife, Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.^[1] Rosa 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[edit]

Rosa married Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, eldest child and son of Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, and his wife, Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria, on 1 August 1928 in Friedrichshafen.^[1] Rosa and Philipp Albrecht had two sons and four daughters:^[1]

• Duchess Helene of Württemberg (29 June 1929 – 22 April 2021), married in 1961 to Marquess Federico Pallavicini, with issue.
• Duke Ludwig Albrecht of Württemberg (23 October 1930 – 6 October 2019), married twice morganatically, with issue.
• Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (2 February 1933 – 27 January 2022), married in 1958 to Prince Antoine of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.
• Duchess Marie-Thérèse of Württemberg (born 12 November 1934), married in 1957 to Prince Henri d'Orléans, Orléanist pretender to the throne of France.
• Carl, Duke of Württemberg (1 August 1936 – 7 June 2022), head of the House of Württemberg from 1975 until his death in 2022; married Princess Diane of Orléans.
• Duchess Maria Antonia of Württemberg (31 August 1937 – 12 November 2004).

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