My pictures from the Palatin crypt inside the Royal Palace of Budapest.
Like to thank poster Daniel Borovi, 'Dboro', very much for his increadible useful information here, especially for the scan of the royal crypt out your old book.
http://forum.alexanderpalace.org/index.php?topic=6361.0Habsburg / Hungary / Budapest Royal Castle
The crypt was in honour of Archduke Joseph (1776-1847), Palatin (ruler) in Hungary, for the Austrian Emperor.
In the middle the giant statue of Archduke Joseph on his grave tomb. At the left the tomb of his third wife Archduchess Maria Dorothea, née Duchess of Württemberg. At the right the tomb of his second wife Archduchess Hermine, née Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym.
The tomb of his first wife is behind.
In front the tomb of Archduchess Elisabeth (1865-1866), granddaughter of Archduke Joseph and eldest daughter of Archduke Joseph (1833-1905) and Archduchess Clotilde, née Princess of Sachsen-Coburg u. Gotha
Tomb of Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria (1865-1866)
Grave of Archduchess Alexandrine of Austria, eldest daughter of Archduke Joseph (1776-1847) and his first wife Archduchess Alexandra Pavlovna, née Grand Duchess of Russia and being the eldest daughter of Emperor Paul I of Russia. The child died shortly after her birth, while the mother died 8 days later.
The grave was heavily destroyed and opened during the 1970's by burglars, like some other tombs in the crypt.
At the other corner of the crypt the grave of her halfsister Archduchess Elisabeth (1820-1820).
Grave tomb of Archduke Stephan (Istvan) of Austria (1817-1867), eldest son of Archduke Joseph and of his second wife Archduchess Hermine, who died in child birth the same day as Archduke Stephan and his twin sister Archduchess Hermine (1817-1842),were born.
Archduke Stephan, following the palatin succession, has been exiled from the double monarchy Austria-Hungary to Schaumburg where he lived in the castle of his mother's family. It was presumed he had too many liberal ideas. Finally, he died in Menton, France. His halfsister Queen Marie-Henriette of the Belgians, wife of King Leopold II, paid him (secretly) a visit in Schaumburg before her move to Belgium when she married.
Tomb of Archduke Alexander of Austria (1825-1837), eldest son of Archduke Joseph out of his third marriage to Archduchess Maria Dorothea
Tomb with urn and portrait of Archduchess Alexandra Pavlonna, née Grand Duchess of Russia, first wife of Archduke Joseph. It was well-known that she was very pretty and bloved. Her sister-in-law Grand Duchess Elisabeth Alexievna, wife of future Emperor Alexander I of Russia, was not pleased about her popularity.
The couple were married at the Gatchina Palace in St Petersburg and lived in a small summer house in Ulm, where Archduchess Alexandra Pavlovna firstly was buried until 2004. She couldn't be buried in the crypt as not being sharing the catholic faith of her husband. The same goes for the second and third wife of Archduke Joseph, being both also protestant
I remember the reburial in 2004 took place with many descendants of her husband (out of the third marriage)
Impressive monumental tomb with their lying statues of Archduke Joseph (1833-1905), son of Archduke Joseph sr and his third wife Archduchess Maria Dorothea
At the right, again with a lying statue, the grave of their youngest son Archduke Ladislaus (1875-1895), who died in a hunting accident
Again the marvellous tomb of Archduke Joseph (1776-1847) and at the right the tomb of his second wife Archduchess Hermine, while at the left the one of his third wife Archduchess Maria Dorothea and behind her tomb the one of the first wife Archduchess Alexandra Pavlovna
Archduke Joseph knew the tragedy that his first and second wife both died in child birth, respectively only aged 17 and 19!
At the right of the grave of Archduchess Hermine, née Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, the gravez (not visible here) of her daughter Archduchess Hermine Amalia (1817-1842), who was an abbess in Prague and very popular in Budapest. Everything still named 'Hermine' in Budapest, like e.g. associations, are beared their name after her.
Grave tomb of the third generation after the palatin: Archduke Joseph (1872-1962) and his wife Archduchess Augusta (1875-1964), née Princess of Bavaria and being the granddaughter of Emperor Franz Joseph I & Empress Elisabeth through their daughter Archduchess Gisela, married to Prince Leopold of Bavaria.
At the left the little grave of little Archduke Matthias (1904-1905), their youngest son
Grave tomb of Archduke Joseph Franz (1895-1957) and his wife Archduchess Anna (1903-1976), née Princess of Saxony, parents of present "palatin head of the family" Archduke Joseph Arpad
Next to their grave the one of his eldest sister Archduchess Gisela of Austria (1897-1901)
Painting of Archduchess Joseph of Austria (1776-1847), Palatin of Hungary, by Peter Kraft, painted in 1820, from the Hungarian National Gallery, Royal Palace Budapest
Archduke Stephan (Istvan) of Austria (1817-1867), portrait from the Military History Museum
Eric VdV
