Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2017
Abstract
The lecture treats of life carreers of Archduchess Antoinetta (1858-1883) and Archduke Leopold Ferdinand (1868-1935), children of Ferdinand IV., the last Grand Duke of Tuscany. Antoinetta (also called Antonietta), the only daughter of Ferdinand and his first wife Princess Anna of Saxony, was abbess of the Theresian Foundation for Noble Ladies at Prague Castle and died at age 25 of tuberculosis.
Her brother Leopold Ferdinand was the eldest son of Ferdinand from his second marriage. 1902 he renounced his rank as an archduke, took the name Leopold Wölfling and became a Swiss citizen. After World War I Wölfling returned to Austria and tried his hand as a tourist guide in the Hofburg Palace, a peddler or an insurance agent.