Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary

Palatine Stephen of Hungary or Archduke Stephen Francis Victor of Austria ( _de. Stefan Franz Viktor; 14 September 1817 in Buda, Hungary - 19 February 1867 in Menton, France)

He was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. Archduke Stephen was the son of Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary and Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. His mother died shortly after giving birth to him and his twin sister, Archduchess Hermine Amalie Marie (14 September 1817 in Budapest - 13 February 1842 in Vienna). He was brought up by his step-mother, Maria Dorothea of Württemberg. Very talented he spent his childhood in Ofen (Buda) and at the family farm in Alscut and received an excellent education. He was mainly interested in Staatswissenschaft, which he also studied later in Vienna.

He gained the rank of Lieutenant Field Marshal in the service of the Austrian Army. The years 1839 till 1841 he spent at the Imperial Court in Vienna. In 1841 he travelled through different countries of the monarchy, Bohemia, Lombardy and Venice, as well as Tyrol, Piedmont, the Papal States, Modena and Tuscany. In 1843 Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria appointed him 'Landeschef' of Bohemia. He remained there until, in January 1847, his father died and he was recommended to be the next Palatine of Hungary. He was the last Count Palatine of Hungary, from 12 November 1847 and 26 September 1848.

He died unmarried and without issue.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary
2= 2. Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary
3= 3. Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
4= 4. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
5= 5. Maria Louisa of Spain
6= 6. Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
7= 7. Princess Amelie of Nassau-Weilburg
8= 8. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
9= 9. Maria Theresa of Austria
10= 10. Charles III of Spain
11= 11. Maria Amalia of Saxony
12= 12. Charles, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
13= 13. Princess Eleonore of Solms-Braunfels
14= 14. Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
15= 15. Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau
16= 16. Leopold, Duke of Lorraine
17= 17. Élisabeth Charlotte of Orléans
18= 18. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
19= 19. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
20= 20. Philip V of Spain
21= 21. Elisabeth of Parma
22= 22. Augustus III of Poland
23= 23. Maria Josepha of Austria
24= 24. Victor I Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
25= 25. Countess Charlotte Luise of Isenburg-Birstein
26= 26. Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels
27= 27. Countess Sophie Magdalena Benigna of Solms-Laubach-Utphe
28= 28. Charles Augustus, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
29= 29. Princess Augusta Frederika Wilhelmina of Nassau-Idstein
30= 30. William IV, Prince of Orange
31= 31. Anne, Princess Royal

References

*Roberts, Gary Boyd, "Notable Kin Volume Two", published in cooperation with the New England Historic and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, by Carl Boyer, 3rd, Santa Clarita, California, 1999, volume 2, p. 220.
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