Joseph Archduke of Austria

Joseph Anton Johann Baptist, Archduke of Austria, Palatine of Hungary 

Son of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747-1792) and Maria Luisa Infanta of Spain (1745-1792)

Born: Florence 9. Mar 1776

Married:

1.    Ofen, Hungary 30. Oct 1799 Aleksandra Pavlovna Grand Duchess of Russia (1783-1801), daughter of Pavel I Emperor of All the Russians (1754-1801) by his second wife Sophia (Maria Fyodorovna) Duchess of Württemberg (1759-1828)

2.    Schaumburg Castle 30. Aug 1815 Hermine Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1797-1817), daughter of Victor II Fürst of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1767-1812) and Amelia Princess of Nassau-Weilburg (1776-1841)

3.    Kirchheim unter Teck, Württemberg 24. Aug 1819 Maria Dorothea Duchess of Württemberg (1797-1855), daughter of Ludwig Duke of Württemberg (1756-1817) by his second wife Henriette Princess of Nassau-Weilburg (1780-1757)

Issue of first marriage:

• Alexandrine Archduchess of Austria (1801-1801)

Illegitimate issue:

• Gavio Clùtos (2. Mar 1810-Jan 1859)

Issue of second marriage:

• Hermine Archduchess of Austria (1817-1842)

• Stephan Archduke of Austria, Palatine of Hungary (1817-1867)

Issue of third marriage:

• Franziska Archduchess of Austria (1820-1820)

• Alexander Archduke of Austria (1825-1837)

• Elisabeth Archduchess of Austria (1831-1903) m. 1847 Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este (1821-1849); m. 1854 Karl Ferdinand Archduke of Austria (1818-1874)

• Joseph Archduke of Austria (1833-1905) m. 1864 Clothilde Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1846-1927)

• Marie Henriette Archduchess of Austria (1836-1902) m. 1853 Leopold II King of the Belgians (1835-1909)

Died: Buda Castle, Budapest 13. Jan 1847

Buried: Palatinal Crypt, Buda Castle

Brigitte Hamann “Die Habsburger. Ein biographisches Lexikon”, Amalthea, Vienna/Munich 2001