Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria
Archduchess Margarethe Klementine Maria of Austria was a member of the Hungarian line of the House of Habsburg and an Archduchess of Austria by birth. Through her marriage to Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Margarethe Klementine was also a member of the House of Thurn and Taxis.Family
Margarethe Klementine was the third-eldest daughter and child of Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria and his wife Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Through her father Joseph Karl, Margarethe Klementine was the great-granddaughter of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor. Through her mother, she was the great-granddaughter of Louis-Philippe d'Orléans, King of the French.
Margarethe Klementine married Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, younger son of Maximilian Anton Lamoral, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Duchess Helene in Bavaria, on 15 July 1890 in Budapest, Austria–Hungary. Margarethe Klementine and Albert had eight children:
- Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, married Princess Isabel Maria of Braganza, daughter of Miguel, Duke of Braganza
- Prince Joseph Albert of Thurn and Taxis
- Karl August, 10th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, married Princess Maria Anna of Braganza, daughter of Miguel, Duke of Braganza
- Prince Ludwig Philipp of Thurn and Taxis, married Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg, daughter of Grand Duke William IV of Luxembourg
- Prince Max Emanuel of Thurn and Taxis
- Princess Elisabeth Helene of Thurn and Taxis, married Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen
- Prince Raphael Rainer of Thurn and Taxis, married Princess Margarete of Thurn and Taxis
- Prince Philipp Ernst of Thurn and Taxis, married Princess Eulalia of Thurn and Taxis
Titles and styles
- 6 July 1870 – 15 July 1890: Her Imperial and Royal Highness Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria
- 15 July 1890 – 3 April 1919: Her Imperial and Royal Highness The Princess of Thurn and Taxis
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