Petznek, Elisabeth, 1883-1963
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Name (Hebrew)
אליזבת מריה, ארכידוכסית אוסטריה, 1883-1963
Name (Latin)
Petznek, Elisabeth, 1883-1963
Other forms of name
Elisabeth Marie, Erzherzogin von Österreich, 1883-1963
Windisch-Graetz, Elisabeth Marie, Fürstin zu, 1883-1963
Windischgraetz, Elisabeth, 1883-1963
Date of birth
1883-09-02
Date of death
1963-03-16
Gender
female
Sources of Information
- Weissensteiner, F. Die rote Erzherzogin, 1982:p. 7, etc. (Elisabeth Marie, Erzherzogin von Osterreich, daughter of Kronprinz Rudolf; b. 1883; married Otto Graf (later Furst) zu Windisch-Graetz in 1902; divorced 1924; active socialist under name of Elisabeth Windischgraetz, or Elisabeth Marie Windisch-Graetz, or Elisabeth Windisch-Graetz; married Leopold Petznek in 1948 and used until her death, 3/16/63, Elisabeth Petznek as her name)
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Wikipedia description:
Archduchess Elisabeth Marie Henriette Stephanie Gisela of Austria (Hungarian: Erzsébet Mária Henrietta Stefánia Gizella; 2 September 1883 – 16 March 1963) was the only child of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, and Princess Stéphanie of Belgium. Her father was the son and heir apparent of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, and her mother was a daughter of King Leopold II of Belgium. She was known to her family as "Erzsi", a diminutive of her name Erzsébet in Hungarian. Later nicknamed The Red Archduchess, she was famous for becoming a socialist and a member of the Austrian Social Democratic Party.
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