Archduke Anton of Austria

For Archduke Anton Victor, see Archduke Anton Victor of Austria.

Archduke Anton
Archduke of Austria, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Prince of Tuscany
The Archduke on his wedding day
Born	(1901-03-20)20 March 1901 Vienna
Died	Salzburg
Burial	Cemetery on the Mondsee
Spouse	Princess Ileana of Romania
Issue	Archduke Stefan Archduchess Maria Ileana Archduchess Alexandra Archduke Dominic Archduchess Maria Magdalena Archduchess Elisabeth
House	House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria, Prince of Tuscany
Mother	Infanta Blanca of Spain
Religion	Catholicism

Archduke Anton of Austria (Anton Maria Franz Leopold Blanka Karl Joseph Ignaz Raphael Michael Margareta Nicetas von Habsburg-Lorraine; Vienna, 20 March 1901 – Salzburg, 22 October 1987) Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Prince of Tuscany.

Anton was the seventh of ten children born to Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria, Prince of Tuscany and Infanta Blanca of Spain, daughter of Carlos, Duke of Madrid.

After being introduced by King Carol II of Romania, he and Princess Ileana of Romania were married in Sinaia on 26 July 1931.

They had the following children:

• Archduke Stefan of Austria, Prince of Tuscany (1932–1998), naturalized USA citizen (1954) and renounced
• Maria Ileana of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (1933–1959), fallen for marriage not equal
• Alexandra of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (born 1935), fallen for marriage not equal
• Dominic of Austria, Prince of Tuscany (born 1937), fallen for marriage not equal
• Maria Magdalena of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (born 1939), fallen for marriage not equal
• Elisabeth of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (born 1942), fallen for marriage not equal

In the Second World War, he served until late 1944 in the German Wehrmacht as a pilot. After leaving the military, he moved to Bran, where he and his family lived in the Bran Castle. After the coup d'état, and the end of Romania's alliance with Germany on 23 August 1944, the family and their servants were in danger of being interned or thrown out of the country, as German citizens. It was only when Michael I abdicated on 30 December 1947 and was forced to leave the country, that Habsburg-Lorraine's family went also in exile. The family spent some time in Switzerland, then in Argentina, then lived in the early 1950s in the United States.

The marriage ended in divorce, made official on 29 May 1954. While Ileana became a nun, Anton moved to Austria where he lived until his death in Emmerberg and in St. Lorenz am Mondsee in the Villa Minola. He died on 22 October 1987 at the age of 86. He was buried at the cemetery on the Mondsee.

Further reading

• Lost Waltz A Story Of Exile by Bertita Harding (1944).

Ancestry

Family of Archduke Anton of Austria

16. Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany               8. Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany                       17. Princess Luisa of the Two Sicilies               4. Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria, Prince of Tuscany                             18. Francis I of the Two Sicilies               9. Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies                       19. Maria Isabella of Spain               2. Archduke Leopold Salvator, Prince of Tuscany                                   20. Francis I of the Two Sicilies (= 18)               10. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies                       21. Maria Isabella of Spain (= 19)               5. Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies                             22. Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen               11. Maria Theresa of Austria                       23. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg               1. Archduke Anton of Austria, Prince of Tuscany                                         24. Infante Carlos, Count of Molina               12. Juan, Count of Montizón                       25. Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal               6. Carlos, Duke of Madrid                             26. Francis IV, Duke of Modena               13. Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este                       27. Maria Beatrice of Savoy               3. Infanta Blanca of Spain                                   28. Charles II, Duke of Parma               14. Charles III, Duke of Parma                       29. Princess Maria Teresa of Savoy               7. Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma                             30. Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry               15. Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France                       31. Princess Caroline Ferdinande Louise of the Two Sicilies

External links

• Lost Waltz A Story Of Exile by Bertita Harding (free Download)