Archduchess Elisabeth 'Erzi', Otto Windisch-Graetz and their family

[MarieCharlotte]

hi
does anybody knows what happen to her children?i know to sons died ..did her children had any kids on thier own?
thanks

1) Franz Josef Marie Otto Antonius Ignatius Oktavianus (1904-1981)

His children:
1) Stéphanie Marie Eva (born 1939)
2) Guillaume Franz Josef Maria (born 1950)

2) Ernst Weriand Maria Otto Antonius Expeditus Anselmus (1905-1952)

His children:
1) Otto Ernst Wilhelm (born 1928)
2) Stéphanie Maria Magdalena (born 1933)
3) Eléonore Aloysia Elisabeth Maria (born 1947)
4) Elisabeth Maria Eva Margarita (born 1951)

3) Rudolf Johann Maria Otto Joseph Anton Andreas (1907-1930)

> didn't have children

4) Stephanie Eleonore Maria Elisabeth Kamilla Philomena Veronika (1909-2005)
 
Her children:
1) Alvar Etienne d'Alcantara di Querrieu (born 1935)
2) Björn-Axel Björklund (born 1944)

[amelia]

Where did she and her children live after the fall of the monarchy? Were they wealthy?  Thank you

Amelia

[newfan]

hi ..i know that erzi died 22 March 1963 at age 79 in Vienna-Hütteldorf, Austria...i think i read here that she lived well .also in her later life didnt have a good relatonship with her children...trying to get more info about the kids but not much luck...her doughter Stephanie Eleonore Prinzessin zu Windisch-Grätz was a photografer,there was a website that i was able to find before (cant now)

[newfan]

 Ernst Veriand Maria Otto Antonius Expeditus Anselmus Prinz zu Windisch-Grätz was born on 21 April 1905 in Prague, Czech Republic. He was the son of Otto Weriand Hugo Ernst Prinz zu Windisch-Grätz and Elisabeth Marie Erzherzögin von Österreich. He married, firstly, Helena Skinner, daughter of Henry Skinner and Mary Obermuller, on 17 October 1927 in Vienna, Austria. He married, secondly, Eva Baronin von Isbary, daughter of Lothar Baron von Isbary and Aloisia Klepsch-Kloth von Roden, on 11 May 1947 in Schwarzenbach an der Pielach, Austria. He died on 21 December 1952 at age 47 Vienna.
     Ernst Veriand Maria Otto Antonius Expeditus Anselmus Prinz zu Windisch-Grätz gained the title of Prinz zu Windisch-Grätz. His marriage to Helena Skinner was annulled in 1940.

Family 1 Helena Skinner b. 6 April 1906, d. 11 May 1982
Children Otto Ernst Wilhelm Prinz zu Windisch-Grätz+ b. 5 Dec 1928
Stephanie Maria Magdalena Prinzessin zu Windisch-Grätz+ b. 21 Jan 1933
 

Family 2 Eva Baronin von Isbary b. 5 April 1921
Children Eleonore Aloysia Elisabeth Maria Prinzessin zu Windisch-Grätz+ b. 25 Aug 1947
Elisabeth Maria Eva Margarita Prinzessin zu Windisch-Grätz+ b. 24 Oct 1951
 
...more coming i hope..

[newfan]

ok ..
   Stephanie Eleonore Prinzessin zu Windisch-Grätz was born on 9 July 1909 in Ploshwitz. She was the daughter of Otto Weriand Hugo Ernst Prinz zu Windisch-Grätz and Elisabeth Marie Erzherzögin von Österreich. She married, firstly, Pierre d'Alcantara di Querrieu, Comte d'Alcantara di Querrieu on 22 July 1933 in Brussels, Belgium. She married, secondly, Karl Axel Björklund on 14 November 1945 in Boitsfort, Brussels, Belgium. She died on 7 September 2005 at age 96
     Stephanie Eleonore Prinzessin zu Windisch-Grätz was baptised with the name of Stephanie Eleonore Maria Elisabeth Kamilla Philomena Veronika. Her married name became Björklund.

Family 1 Pierre d'Alcantara di Querrieu, Comte d'Alcantara di Querrieu b. 2 November 1907, d. 14 October 1944
Child Alvar Etienne d'Alcantara di Querrieu, Comte d'Alcantara di Querrieu+ b. 30 Jul 1935
 

Family 2 Karl Axel Björklund b. 21 December 1906, d. 26 February 1986
Child Bjorn-Axel Björklund+ b. 20 Oct 1944, d. 7 Sep 1995
 

[newfan]

Josef Marie Otto Antonius Ignatius Oktavianus Prinz zu Windisch-Grätz was born on 22 March 1904 in Prague, Czech Republic.1 He was the son of Otto Weriand Hugo Ernst Prinz zu Windisch-Grätz and Elisabeth Marie Erzherzögin von Österreich. He married Countess Ghislaine d'Arschot-Schoenhoven, daughter of Countess Guillaume d'Arschot-Schoenhoven and Eva Nubar, on 3 January 1934 in Brussels, Belgium. He died on 1 January 1981 at age 76.
     Franz Josef Marie Otto Antonius Ignatius Oktavianus Prinz zu Windisch-Grätz gained the title of Prinz zu Windisch-Grätz.

Family Countess Ghislaine d'Arschot-Schoenhoven b. 10 March 1912
Children Stephanie Maria Eva Prinzessin zu Windisch-Grätz+ b. 17 Jan 1939
Guillaume Franz Josef Maria Prinz zu Windisch-Grätz b. 19 Nov 1950
 
 

[newfan]

rudolf Johann Maria Otto Joseph Anton Andrej Prinz zu Windisch-Grätz was born on 4 February 1907 in Ploshwitz. He was the son of Otto Weriand Hugo Ernst Prinz zu Windisch-Grätz and Elisabeth Marie Erzherzögin von Österreich. He died on 14 June 1930 at age 23 in Vienna, Austria.
     Rudolf Johann Maria Otto Joseph Anton Andrej Prinz zu Windisch-Grätz gained the title of Prinz zu Windisch-Grätz

[Greenowl]

Hi Newfan, thanks for all the information!

[Yseult]

I have found a wonderful painting of Erzsi made by Laszlo. Anyone has seen it in colour??? It must be great!

[britt.25]

It's a very nice painting indeed! Thank you for posting it here! I had never seen it before! Any idea, where to find it a bit bigger? It's fascinating and wonderfully made, and she reminds me of her mother there....! Is it originally in colour? And where did you find it?

[Marc]

I think that this painting is in de Laszlo's archive in the file''missing paintings'' or something like that,so I think that the original must be in colour...Btw,I have never seen ANY portrait or painting of Elisabeth in colour...If anyone has,would be great to see it!

[Yseult]

BTW...
anyone of you have some pictures of Erzsi with her cousins? Specially Dorothea of Coburg, Louise´s daughter?

[MarieCharlotte]

BTW...
anyone of you have some pictures of Erzsi with her cousins? Specially Dorothea of Coburg, Louise´s daughter?

There's one in Das Familienalbum von Kaiser Franz Joseph und Elisabeth. Unfortunately I can't post it, because I'm on the wrong computer at the moment.

[Yseult]

Ohhhhhhhhhh...I hate your "wrong computer", MarieCharlotte
I always wondered who were the people to whom little Erzsi was fondly attatched. I mean...she had not a close and tender relationship with her mother. I don´t know if her paternal aunts were fond of Erzsi, but I always have supposed that the two were so busy raising their own children...

[Princess Susan]

Ohhhhhhhhhh...I hate your "wrong computer", MarieCharlotte
I always wondered who were the people to whom little Erzsi was fondly attatched. I mean...she had not a close and tender relationship with her mother. I don´t know if her paternal aunts were fond of Erzsi, but I always have supposed that the two were so busy raising their own children...

Marie Valerie refered about her niece Erzsi several times in her diary. She didn't consider Stephanie for good mother. According notes in her diary, I suppose that Marie Valerie had quite friendly and positive relationship to Erzsi. At least during Erzsi's childhood. She was also bridesmaid on Valerie's wedding.
And her older sister Gisele who lived in Munich was propably too far for making any close relationship to her little niece.

Nice color picture crazy_wing .