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Sometime in January - A little surprise to the Imperial family! - The Archduchess Investigates

January 14, 2026 at 4:02 PM

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A little surprise to the Imperial family!
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A secret knot in the Habsburg family was tied sometime in January 1557. The groom was Archduke Ferdinand II of Further Austria, the second son of Emperor Ferdinand I and Anna of Bohemia. The bride, Ph...

6 January - The shortest way to an Archduke’s heart - The Archduchess Investigates

January 11, 2026 at 8:34 PM

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The shortest way to an Archduke’s heart.
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Anna Plochl, Countess Meran was born on 6 January 1814. Her place in the Habsburg family calendar was secured through her marriage to Archduke Johann, one of the youngest sons of Emperor Leopold II an...

5 January - An Imperial art connoisseur - The Archduchess Investigates

January 9, 2026 at 11:05 AM

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An Imperial art connoisseur.
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Archduke Leopold Wilhelm was born on 5 January 1614. He was the brother of Emperor Ferdinand III and thus the paternal uncle of Emperor Leopold I. Throughout his life, Leopold Wilhelm’s professional e...

31 December - The many faces of unloved lives - The Archduchess Investigates

January 5, 2026 at 8:36 PM

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The many faces of unloved lives.
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Princess Isabella of Parma was born on 31 December 1741. She was the first child of the Duke of Parma and Louise Élisabeth of Bourbon, the eldest daughter of Louis XV of France. Probably due to their ...

27 December - An Emperor’s double headache - The Archduchess Investigates

December 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM

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An Emperor's double headache.
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Archduke Ferdinand Karl was born on 27 December 1868. Interested in literature and music, he dreamed of becoming the director of the Burgtheater one day. As no prospect existed for such a bourgeois ca...

24 December - The abrupt end of a childhood - The Archduchess Investigates

December 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM

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The abrupt end of a childhood.
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Riddle me this: who was the fifteen-year-old princess described as follows:Nothing had occurred to call her to anyone’s notice. She was a shy young thing, a long way from being fully developed. She ha...

23 December - Two mothers-in-law - The Archduchess Investigates

December 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM

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Two mothers-in-law.
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Alongside the distribution of gifts and joyous celebrations, the Christmas season was also laden with grief and sorrow, as the Imperial family had to commemorate the anniversaries of the deaths of sev...

December 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM

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CHRISTMAS AT COURT
Hot Beverages
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In the cold season, warming beverages stand in good stead. Let’s take a look at the hot refreshments the Imperial family enjoyed.There seems to be littl...

19 December - Before the shadows darkened - The Archduchess Investigates

December 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM

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Before the shadows darkened.
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Marie-Thérèse Charlotte, the first child of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI, was born on 19 December 1778. As the eldest daughter of the King of France, she was styled Madame Royale from her very first...

17 December - An Imperial housewife - The Archduchess Investigates

December 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM

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An Imperial housewife.
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Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, died on 17 December 1847. She was the eldest daughter of Francis I, Emperor of Austria, and thus the sister of Emperor Ferdinand, Leopoldine, Empress of Brazil, and the...

16 December - Seven years lost in months - The Archduchess Investigates

December 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM

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Seven years lost in months.
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Archduchess Maria Anna, the younger daughter of Emperor Charles VI and the beloved sister of Maria Theresa, passed away on 16 December 1744 at the age of twenty-six. At first sight, she seems one of t...

13 December - Another politically capable Habsburg lady - The Archduchess Investigates

December 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM

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Another politically capable Habsburg lady.
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Archduchess Maria Elisabeth, daughter of Emperor Leopold I, was born on 13 December 1680. She was the child of Leopold I and his third wife, Eleonore Magdalena of Pfalz-Neuburg, and the sister of the ...

12 December - A Prince Charming in his own way - The Archduchess Investigates

December 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM

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A Prince Charming in his own way.
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Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine was born on 12 December 1712. He was the younger brother of Emperor Francis Stephan and the husband of Archduchess Maria Anna, the younger sister of Maria Theresa....

10 December - An out-of-hand princess - The Archduchess Investigates

December 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM

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An out-of-hand princess.
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Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este was born on 10 December 1776. Through her father, Ferdinand, Duke of Milan, she was a granddaughter of Empress Maria Theresa. From her teenage years, she was described...

8 December - Father and son - The Archduchess Investigates

December 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM

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Father and son.
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Francis I Stephan, the Holy Roman Emperor, was born on 8 December 1708. In his youth, he was expected to inherit the Duchy of Lorraine one day. Instead of that rather modest destiny, he became the hus...

December 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM

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CHRISTMAS AT COURT
Happy Second Sunday of Advent to everyone!
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Happy Second Sunday of Advent to everyone!If a time machine carried us back to the 18th century, we would face quite a different Christmas atmosphere. S...

December 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM

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CHRISTMAS AT COURT
The morning of happy surprises!
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Whether in the Hofburg or in the town, all children woke up excited on 6 December, the feast day of St. Nicholas (known as Nikolo in Austrian tradition)....

December 6, 2025 at 9:41 AM

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CHRISTMAS AT COURT
Expect a little devil knocking on your door tonight!
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For 18th-century people, regardless of their social class, one of the highlights of the Christmas season was the 5th of December, the eve of the feast of...

1 December - Two pillars of Habsburg statecraft - The Archduchess Investigates

December 5, 2025 at 10:31 AM

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Two pillars of Habsburg statecraft.
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From an eagle’s perspective, today marks a significant loss in Habsburg political history. Two princesses — Archduchess Margaret of Austria and Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain — passed away on...

Happy First Sunday of Advent to everyone!

December 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM

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Happy First Sunday of Advent!
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Today, let's commence an imaginative Christmas season in the Imperial Court in Vienna as well as in the city!Over the next several weeks, until Epiphany...

29 November - The family event of the century - The Archduchess Investigates

November 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM

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The family event of the century.
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Empress Maria Theresa died on 29 November 1780. Without doubt, it was one of the most significant events in the Habsburg family’s calendar in the entire eighteenth century. Earlier that month, the Imp...

27 November - A princess from a dark fairy tale - The Archduchess Investigates

November 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM

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A princess from a dark fairy tale.
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Isabella of Parma, the first wife of Joseph, the future Emperor, died on 27 November 1763. However strange it may sound, among all persons concerned one could hardly find two more opposing views of th...

24 November - Saving the dynasty from extinction - The Archduchess Investigates

November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM

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Saving the dynasty from extinction.
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Empress Maria Luisa of Spain was born on 24 November 1745, exactly on her mother’s 21st birthday. She was born in Italy, where her father Charles ruled as King of Naples and Sicily. In 1759, Charles s...

21 November - The last emperor to die in his own realm - The Archduchess Investigates

November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM

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The last emperor to die in his own realm.
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Emperor Francis Joseph I passed away on 21 November 1916. At the age of eighty-six, he had ruled for nearly sixty-eight years. The old Emperor’s last years were rather sad and lonely. Many of his clos...