Archduke Leopold Salvator of Tuscany (1863-1931),his family and descendants

[Prince_Christopher]

Is this Blanca?

http://www.royaltyguide.nl/images-families/bourbon/bbspain2/1868%20Blanca.jpg

With daughter Maria Immaculata:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2399/2144174840_066088c120.jpg?v=0

[Mari]

   1. HRH Doña Blanca de Castilla Maria de la Concepción Teresa Francisca de Asis Margarita Juana Beatriz Carlota Luisa Fernanda Adelgunda Elvira Idelfonsa Regina Josefa Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Infanta of Spain
      * Graz, September 7th, 1868
      † Viareggio, October 25th, 1949


On February 4, 1867, at Frohsdorf in Austria, Carlos married Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma, daughter of Duke Charles III of Parma and of his wife, Louise Marie Thérèse of France. The couple had five children:  Note the first child is Blanca.

    * Blanca de Borbón y Borbón-Parma (1868-1949) m in 1889 at Frohsdorf Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria, Prince of Tuscany and had issue.
    * Jaime de Borbón y Borbón-Parma (1870-1931)
    * Elvira de Borbón y Borbón-Parma (1871-1929) died unmarried but with issue.
    * Beatriz de Borbón y Borbón-Parma (1874-1961) married in 1892 Fabrizio Massimo, Principe di Roviano at Venice
    * Alicia de Borbón y Borbón-Parma (1876-1975) married (1) in 1897 Friedrich, Prince von Schönburg-Waldenburg at Venice and had issue, divorced 1903; (2) in 1906 at Viareggio, Lino del Prete and had issue.

[Svetabel]

Is this Blanca?

http://www.royaltyguide.nl/images-families/bourbon/bbspain2/1868%20Blanca.jpg

 That's her.

[Svetabel]

Archduchess Blanca with her sons

[Prince_Christopher]

Where did the children of Blanca and Leopold Salvator grow up?

I think it is interesting that of their ten children, all of whom reached adulthood, none of them made a royal or even illustrious marriage with the exception of Anton who married Illeana of Roumania.

Were they so poor that no other families sought them for marriage?  I'm sure it didn't have to do with looks, they were an attractive bunch.

[Svetabel]

Where did the children of Blanca and Leopold Salvator grow up?

The family of Blanca abd Leopold Salvator shared their time between Vienna and Blanca's estate "La Tenuta Reale" in Viareggio, Italy.

[Svetabel]

Were they so poor that no other families sought them for marriage?  I'm sure it didn't have to do with looks, they were an attractive bunch.

Actually Archduke Leopold Salvator was not a poor man, but quite a rich one through his techinical inventions and patents (he was very interested in engineering and such like). But  after the fall of the monarchy his wealth began to melt.

[Carolath Habsburg]

Leopold Salvator playing with a baby bear



 

[Carolath Habsburg]

 

[LisaG]

Archduke Rainier died at only at 35.  Does anyone know what happened?

[MarieCharlotte]

Archduke Rainier died at only at 35.  Does anyone know what happened?

He died of sepsis.

[LisaG]

Thank you, Marie Charlotte! 

I wonder what caused the sepsis.  Not that it mattered, since it could've been anything, due to antibiotics not being invented yet!

[Svetabel]

Rare photo of Archduchess Margaretha's marriage to Francesco Maria Taliani, Marchese di Marchio, in 1937. She was Leopold Salvator's daughter.



Behind the newlyweds is Dolores, eldest sister of Margaretha. Behind the priest is  Archduchess Blanca, bride's mother. And the woman in the centre  looks very much like Queen Ena of Spain...

[Svetabel]

"Assunta entered a convent in Barcelona with the intention of becoming a nun, but was forced to flee when the convent was destroyed during the Spanish Civil War in 1936...At the age of 37 Assunta married a Doctor, Joseph Hopfinger, who originated from Galicia. He was Jewish and as remaining in Europe at that time was unsafe, they emigrated to the USA. The couple, who had 2 daughters, Maria Teresa and Elisabeth, divorced in 1950. Assunta spent the rest of her life in Texas and died in San Antonio in 1993."

Archduchess Assunta in 1914 year



courtesy of ANNO database

[Zukunftsseele]

Assunta was such a beauty. Here's another picture of her and her husband, J. Hopfinger:


courtesy royaltyguide.nl

I wonder if there are more photos of her that show her not as a girl but already a woman.