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Archduchess Charlotte of Austria (German: Erzherzogin Charlotte von Österreich; 1 March 1921 – 23 July 1989) was a daughter of Emperor Charles I of Austria and his wife Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma. She was also known by the name Charlotte de Bar while a welfare worker in the United States from 1943 to 1956.
As the wife of Archduke Maximilian of Austria, Viceroy of Lombardy–Venetia and later Emperor of Mexico, she became Archduchess of Austria (in 1857) and Empress of Mexico (in 1864). She was daughter, granddaughter, sister, sister in-law, cousin and wife of reigning or deposed sovereigns throughout Europe and Mexico.
Born an archduchess of Austria, the thirteenth child of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I, Maria Carolina married Ferdinand as part of an Austrian alliance with Spain, of which Ferdinand's father was king. Following the birth of a male heir in 1775, Maria Carolina was admitted to the Privy Council.
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Starting in October 1943, Archduchess Charlotte, sometimes using the alias Charlotte de Bar, began work as a social worker devoting the next 12 years of her life to working for the Catholic charity Caritas in Manhattan’s deprived East Harlem district.
Archduchess Charlotte of Austria (1840-1927) c.1860. Albumen print | 9.1 x 5.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2907709. ©. Description. Photograph of a full length portrait of Archduchess Charlotte of Austria (1840-1927), standing, facing towards the front. She turns her head slightly towards the left.
Description. Photograph of a three-quarter length portrait of Maximilian, Archduke of Austria, later Emperor of Mexico (1832-67), and Charlotte, Archduchess of Austria, later Empress of Mexico (1840-1927), standing arm in arm, facing towards the camera. Photograph is a vignette. Provenance. Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
When Maria Theresia Josephe Charlotte von Habsburg-Lothringen Archduchess Of Austria was born on 14 January 1767, in Florence, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, her father, Emperor Leopold ll von Habsburg-Lothringen, was 19 and her mother, María Luisa Therese de Borbón, was 21.
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