Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria

Archduke of Austria and Prince of Hungary

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Archduke Josef Franz

Archduke Josef Franz, c. 1930

Born| Josef Franz Leopold Anton Ignatius Maria
(1895-03-28)28 March 1895
Brünn, Bohemia, Austrian Empire
Died| 25 September 1957(1957-09-25) (aged 62)
Carcavelos, Portuguese Riviera
Burial|

Palatinal Crypt, Budapest

Spouse|

Princess Anna of Saxony

(m. 1924)​

Issue| Archduchess Margaret, Princess of Monteleone
Archduchess Ilona
Archduchess Anna-Theresia
Archduke Joseph Árpád
Archduke István Dominik
Archduchess Maria Kynga
Archduke Géza
Archduke Michael
House| Habsburg-Lorraine
Father| Archduke Joseph August, Palatine of Hungary
Mother| Princess Auguste of Bavaria
Princess Anna of Saxony and Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria Tomb of Archduke Joseph Francis and his family in the Palatinal Crypt, Budapest

Josef Franz, Archduke of Austria, Prince of Hungary (Josef Franz Leopold Anton Ignatius Maria; 28 March 1895 - 25 September 1957), was the eldest son of Archduke Joseph August of Austria and Princess Auguste Maria of Bavaria. As his father was the last Palatine of Hungary and was briefly considered a possible King of Hungary in 1919–1920, Josef Franz was a potential crown prince of Hungary.

He was born during the reign of his great-grandfather (on his mother's side) Emperor Francis Joseph I of Austria.

## Marriage and issue[edit]

Styles of
Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria

Reference style| His Imperial and Royal Highness
Spoken style| Your Imperial and Royal Highness

On 4 October 1924, Archduke Josef Franz married Princess Anna of Saxony, a daughter of Friedrich August III of Saxony and Archduchess Luise of Austria-Tuscany. Anna and Joseph Francis had eight children:

* Archduchess Margit of Austria (17 August 1925 - 3 May 1979) married, in August 1944, Alexander Cech (born 23 March 1914; died 30 June 2008), son of Altábornagy Jószef Cech (1855-1938) and Donna Amalia Erba Odescalchi dei Principi di Monteleone (1889-1969)[1]
* Archduchess Ilona of Austria (20 April 1927 - 11 January 2011) married Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg
* Archduchess Anna-Theresia (19 April 1928 - 28 November 1984)
* Archduke Joseph Árpád of Austria (8 February 1932 – 30 April 2017), married Princess Maria von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
* Archduke István Dominik of Austria (1 July 1934 - 24 October 2011), married Maria Anderl
* Archduchess Maria Kynga (born 27 August 1938), married, firstly, Ernst Kiss. She married, secondly, Joachim Krist on 30 March 1988.
* Archduke Géza of Austria (born 14 November 1940), married Monika Decker, secondly, Elizabeth Jane Kunstadter.
* Archduke Michael of Austria (born 5 May 1942), married Princess Christiana of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (born 1940, daughter of Charles, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg)

Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria died on 25 September 1957 in Carcavelos, on the Portuguese Riviera.

## Ancestry[edit]

Ancestors of Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria

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| 4\. Archduke Joseph Karl, Palatine of Hungary|

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| 9\. Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg

| 2\. Archduke Joseph August, Palatine of Hungary|

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| 10\. Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

| 5\. Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|

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| 11\. Princess Clémentine of Orléans

| 1\. Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria|
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| 12\. Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria

| 6\. Prince Leopold of Bavaria|

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| 13\. Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria

| 3\. Princess Auguste of Bavaria|

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| 14\. Franz Joseph I of Austria

| 7\. Archduchess Gisela of Austria|

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| 15\. Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria

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## References[edit]

1. ^ He was adopted by his maternal grandfather Hugo Erba Odescalchi (1842-1919), Prince of Monteleone (giving him rights on the name, but not yet on the titles of the family). He was styled by King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, just before his marriage with Archduchess Margit of Austria, Principe di Monteleone and Marchese di Mondonico.

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Austrian archdukes

Generations are numbered by male-line descent from the first archdukes. Later generations are included although Austrian titles of nobility were abolished in 1919.

1st generation|

* Frederick V
* Albert VI
* Sigismund

2nd generation|

* Maximilian I

3rd generation|

* Philip I of Castile

4th generation|

* Charles I
* Ferdinand I

5th generation|

* Philip II of SpainS
* Maximilian II
* Ferdinand II
* Charles II

6th generation|

* Charles, Prince of AsturiasS
* Ferdinand, Prince of AsturiasS
* Diego, Prince of AsturiasSP
* Philip III of SpainSP
* Rudolf V
* Ernest
* Matthias
* Maximilian III
* Albert VII
* Wenceslaus
* Ferdinand III
* Maximilian Ernest
* Leopold V
* Charles, Bishop of Wroclaw

7th generation|

* Philip IV of SpainSP
* CharlesSP
* FerdinandSP
* AlonsoSP
* Ferdinand IV
* Leopold Wilhelm
* Ferdinand Charles
* Sigismund Francis

8th generation|

* Balthasar Charles, Prince of AsturiasSP
* Philip Prospero, Prince of AsturiasS
* Charles II of SpainS
* Ferdinand IV of Hungary
* Leopold VI
* Charles Joseph

9th generation|

* Joseph I
* Leopold Joseph
* Charles III

11th generation|

* Joseph IIT
* Charles JosephT
* Leopold VIIT
* FerdinandT
* Maximilian Franz, Archbishop-Elector of CologneT

12th generation|

* Emperor Francis IT
* Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of TuscanyT
* CharlesT
* Alexander LeopoldT
* JosephT
* Anton VictorT
* JohnT
* Rainer JosephT
* LouisT
* Cardinal RudolfT
* Francis IV, Duke of ModenaM
* Ferdinand Karl JosephM
* MaximilianM
* Karl Ambrosius, Primate of HungaryM

13th generation|

* Emperor Ferdinand I
* Joseph Franz
* Franz Karl
* Leopold II, Grand Duke of TuscanyT
* Albrecht
* Karl Ferdinand
* Frederick Ferdinand
* Wilhelm Franz
* Stephen
* Joseph Karl
* Leopold Ludwig
* Ernest
* Sigismund
* Rainer Ferdinand
* Heinrich Anton
* Francis V, Duke of ModenaM
* Ferdinand Karl ViktorM

14th generation|

* Emperor Franz Joseph I
* Maximilian I of Mexico
* Karl Ludwig
* Ludwig Viktor
* Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of TuscanyT
* Karl SalvatorT
* Ludwig SalvatorT
* John SalvatorT
* Friedrich
* Charles Stephen
* Eugen
* Joseph August
* Archduke Ladislaus Philipp

15th generation|

* Crown Prince Rudolf
* Franz Ferdinand
* Otto
* Ferdinand Karl
* Leopold FerdinandT
* Josef FerdinandT
* Peter FerdinandT
* Leopold SalvatorT
* Franz SalvatorT
* Albrecht Franz
* Karl Albrecht
* Leo Karl
* Wilhelm
* Joseph Francis

16th generation|

* Emperor Charles I
* Maximilian

Habsburg
Tuscany|

* GottfriedT
* RainerT
* Leopold MariaT
* AntonT
* Franz JosephT
* Karl PiusT
* Franz Karl SalvatorT
* Hubert SalvatorT

Palatines
of Hungary|

* Joseph Árpád
* Géza

17th generation|

| Descent of
Charles I|

* Crown Prince Otto
* Robert
* Felix
* Carl Ludwig
* Rudolf

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Tuscany|

* DominicT

Palatines|

* Eduard

18th generation|

| Charles|

* Karl
* Georg
* LorenzB
* Karl Philipp
* Simeon

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19th generation|

| Charles|

* Ferdinand Zvonimir
* Károly
* AmedeoB

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* S: also an infante of Spain
* P: also an infante of Portugal
* T: also a prince of Tuscany
* M: also a prince of Modena
* B: also a prince of Belgium

Authority control databases

International|

* FAST
* ISNI
* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* Germany
* United States
* Greece
* Vatican

People|

* Deutsche Biographie

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