Marie Henriette of Austria

Marie Henriette Anna, Archduchess of Austria

Daughter of Joseph Archduke of Austria, Palatine of Hungary (1776-1847) and his third wife Maria Dorothea Duchess of Württemberg (1797-1855).

Born: Buda Castle, Budapest 23. Aug 1836

Married: Brussels 22. Aug 1853 Léopold, Crown Prince of Belgium, later Léopold II King of the Belgians (1835-1909), son of Leopold I King oft he Belgians (1790-1865) and his second wife Louise, Princess d’Orléans (1812-1850).

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Died: Hôtel du Midi, Spa, Belgium 19. Sep 1902

Buried: Royal Crypt, Church of Our Lady of Laeken (Église Notre-Dame de Laeken)

Georges Dufoux ”Les Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. Une dynastie mythique”, Fontainbleau 2000; Hamann, Brigitte “Die Habsburger. Ein biographisches Lexikon”, Amalthea Verlag, Vienna/Munich 2001