Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria | |||||
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Princess Otto of Windisch-Graetz | |||||
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Born | Franzensburg Castle, Laxenburg, Austria-Hungary | 2 September 1883||||
Died | 16 March 1963 Villa Windisch-Graetz, Hütteldorf, Vienna, Austria | (aged 79)||||
Burial | Hütteldorfer Friedhof | ||||
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House | Habsburg-Lorraine | ||||
Father | Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria | ||||
Mother | Princess Stéphanie of Belgium |
Archduchess Elisabeth Marie Henriette Stephanie Gisela of Austria (Hungarian: Erzsébet Mária Henrietta Stefánia Gizella; 2 September 1883 – 16 March 1963) was the only child of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, and Princess Stéphanie of Belgium. Her father was the son and heir apparent of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, and her mother was a daughter of King Leopold II of Belgium. She was known to her family as "Erzsi", a diminutive of her name in Hungarian. Later nicknamed The Red Archduchess, she was famous for becoming a socialist and a member of the Austrian Social Democratic Party.