Archduke Otto (1865-1906) and Archduchess Maria Josefa, parents of Emperor Karl I

[Grand_Duke]

...saying she was afraid of even forgetting the Portuguese language...and that seems to have been painful to her  ...

It is the SAUDADE.  

[Bernardino]

An universal human feeling and a Portuguese exclusive conceptualization...

Yes I believe she had lots of saudades of Portugal...But I think she is an Infanta still a kind of a mystery as if forgotten there in the lands of the Germans...

[MarieCharlotte]

I read in several German books that their marriage was a happy one.

... maybe Georg loved Maria Anna, but the Infanta didn't love him?  

[Danjel]

another pic of Maria Anna

[Eric_Lowe]

I think picture taken shortly before her early death...Am I right ?  

[Emilia]

Hi!

Does anyone have pictures of Princess Franziska of Hohenlohe (1897-1989), the wife of Archduke Maximilian of Austria, the younger brother of Karl I. (especially the one out of "Die Frauen der Habsburger" by Hellmut Andics)?

Thanks!

[Danjel]

[PrinceEddy1864]

Has anyone photos of FF and Otto as teenagers. All i'v really seen are young and old, no in between.

oh pretty please .


Also what was the cause of Otto's death? He died fairly young, as did his younger sister and brother. 

[Gretchen]

Also what was the cause of Otto's death?

Syphilis of course. As far as I know, Otto was quite a womaniser for most of his life so this form of illness is not too surprising.

[MarieCharlotte]

That's right. Otto, called "Bolla", had many mistresses. Two of them, Marie Schleinzer and Louise Robinson, cared about him during the last days of his life. He had to suffer a lot. He hasn't been able to talk anymore and his nose had been destroyed by his illness.

[Gretchen]

I would like to open a discussion about Archduke Otto of Austria (1865-1906). In most books one can read that this archduke was a womanizer par excellence, a drunkard, a no-good, a debauchee etc. But some books (or better the authors of these books) say that Otto´s bad reputation was mainly the result of gossip.

What do you think?

[MarieCharlotte]

Oh, let's keep on talking about his nose ... 

[Gretchen]

Well, I do think that a discussion about this controversial character would be interesting...

[britt.25]

Wonderful pictures of Maria Josepha. I have never seen especially the first one. She looks very interesting and I always see her son Karl in her, when I see portraits of her. But she has something very melancholic in her face, but somewhere attracting

[Eric_Lowe]

Yes...It was a one way street for Maria Josefa towards handsome Otto, who refused to be tied down from his wine & women.