- Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria
Rainer Joseph Johann Michael Franz Hieronymus, Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia (
30 September 1783 ,Pisa –16 January 1853 ,Bolzano ) was aViceroy of the Kingdom ofLombardy-Venetia from 1818 to 1848. He should not to be confused with his son,Rainer Ferdinand .Rainer was son of Emperor Leopold II and Empress Maria Louisa, and was thus a younger brother of Emperor Franz I. He married at
Prague on28 May 1820 Princess Elisabeth of Savoy-Carignano (Paris13 April 1800 - Bozen25 December 1856 ). She was the sister of thePrince of Carignan , who would in 1831 becomeKing of Sardinia as King Charles Albert.Although Rainer suffered from a mild form of epilepsy, this did not visibly interfere with his military career. [George R. Marek, "The Eagles Die. Franz Joseph, Elisabeth, and Their Austria", pp. 41-42. New York: Harper & Row, 1974. This mild form of epilepsy was also suffered by Archduke Karl and his son, Archduke Albrecht, both of whom were able military commanders.]
Rainer served as
Viceroy of the Kingdom ofLombardy-Venetia from 1818 to 1848. The position made Rainer and his wife the head of the Austrian court atMilan ; they also had a villa atLake Como . The Italians resented him for collecting his revenues with so little benefit to them in return. This, and the lack of understanding between Rainer and "Feldmarschall" GrafRadetzky , were blamed for the disasters of the Italian Revolution of 1848. [Joan Haslip, "The Crown of Mexico", pp. 22, 89, 109. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971.]Children included:
*Maria Karolina (6 February 1821 ) - (23 Jan 1844 ) - Unmarried, no issue
* Adelheid (3 June 1822 - 20 January 1855) - Became Adelaide, Queen of Sardinia as wife ofVictor Emmanuel II , from 1849 king of Sardinia.
*Leopold Ludwig (6 June 1823 -24 May 1898 ) - "Oberkommandant der Marine" ('High Commander of the Navy') from 1864 to 1868.
*Ernst Karl (8 August 1824 -4 April 1899 )
*Sigismund Leopold (7 January 1826 -15 December 1891 )
*Rainer Ferdinand (11 January 1827 -27 January 1913 ) - Austrian Minister President 1859-61; [Robert A. Kann, "A History of the Habsburg Empire 1526-1918", pp. 328, 331. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1974.] [Alan Palmer, "Twilight of the Habsburgs. The Life and Times of Emperor Francis Joseph", pp. 122-123. New York: Grove Press, 1994.] his visit to the Hotel Greif inWels is commemorated by a wall plaque there.
*Heinrich Anton (9 May 1828 -30 November 1891 )
*Maximilian Karl (16 January 1830 -16 March 1839 )Infobox Austriaemperorstyles
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altstyle=Sir|The Revolution of 1848 forced Rainer and Elisabeth from the court at Milan; when the insurrection was quelled, Radetzky was named Rainer's successor as Viceroy. Although his children, except Adelheid, are buried in the
Imperial Crypt inVienna , he and his wife are buried elsewhere.Through his daughter Adelheid, Rainer is an ancestor of the entire royal family of Italy which reigned from 1861 to 1946.
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1= 1. Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria
2= 2.Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
3= 3. Maria Louisa of Spain
4= 4.Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
5= 5. Maria Theresa of Austria
Queen of Hungary & Bohemia
6= 6.Charles III of Spain
7= 7.Maria Amalia of Saxony
8= 8.Leopold, Duke of Lorraine
9= 9. Princess Élisabeth Charlotte of Orléans
10= 10.Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
11= 11.Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
12= 12.Philip V of Spain
13= 13.Elisabeth of Parma
14= 14.Augustus III of Poland
Elector of Saxony
15= 15.Maria Josepha of Austria
16= 16.Charles V, Duke of Lorraine
17= 17.Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria
Queen Dowager of Poland-Lithuania
18= 18.Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
19= 19. Countess Palatine Elizabeth Charlotte of Simmern
20= 20.Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
21= 21.Eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg
22= 22. Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
23= 23.Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen
24= 24. Louis, Dauphin of France
25= 25. Duchess Maria Anna of Bavaria
26= 26. Edward II Farnese, Duke of Parma
27= 27. Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg
28= 28.Augustus II of Poland
Elector of Saxony
29= 29.Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
30= 30.Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
31= 31. Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick-CalenbergNotes
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