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Zita of Bourbon-Parma ( Zita Maria delle Grazie Adelgonda Micaela Raffaela Gabriella Giuseppina Antonia Luisa Agnese; 9 May 1892 – 14 March 1989) was the wife of Charles I, the last monarch of Austria-Hungary. As such, she was the last Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, in addition to other titles. She was declared Servant of God by ...
If you assume the Hapsburg monarchs led charmed lives, you haven't heard the tragic tale of Zita of Bourbon-Parma, the Refugee Empress.
Born on 9 May 1892, Zita was the daughter of Duke Robert of Bourbon-Parma (1848–1907), the last sovereign of the minor northern Italian duchy before the unification of Italy, and the latter’s second wife, Maria Antonia von Braganza (1862–1959), who was a member of the Portuguese royal family.
Apr 26, 2016 · Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma (Zita Maria delle Grazie Adelgonda Micaela Raffaela Gabriella Giuseppina Antonia Luisa Agnese) was born on May 9, 1892, at the Villa Pianore in Lucca, Tuscany (Italy). She was the daughter of the deposed Robert I, Duke of Parma and his second wife, Maria Antonia of Portugal , daughter of the deposed King Miguel I ...
Jun 29, 2017 · Zita debuted at a court ball in Vienna, where the ageing Emperor Franz Joseph I was the centre of attention. Archduke Charles was by then second in line to the Austrian throne, after his uncle, Franz Ferdinand. Charles’s father had died in 1906.
3 days ago · Born into a large and happy family of the Bourbon-Parma lineage, Zita, who was one of 24 children, was raised with a beautiful Catholic faith which gave her great trust in Divine Providence. She became a widow and single mother to eight children just shy of her 30th birthday.
Zita of Bourbon-Parma. As consort of Emperor Karl I, Empress of Austria; Queen of Hungary. Born 9 May 1892 in Pianore, Province of Lucca, Tuscany (I) Died 14 March 1989 in Zizers, Canton of Grisons (CH) Zita married the future emperor Karl I in 1911. Their eldest son was Otto Habsburg-Lorraine.
Zita of Bourbon-Parma ( Zita Maria delle Grazie Adelgonda Micaela Raffaela Gabriella Giuseppina Antonia Luisa Agnese; 9 May 1892 – 14 March 1989) was the last Empress of Austria. She was the wife of Charles I of Austria She was born a princess of the Duchy of Parma . .
Born in 1892, almost a decade before the death of Queen Victoria, Zita of Parma died in the momentous year of 1989, only months before the demise of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of Communist rule in Europe.
Mar 14, 1989 · Zita, the last empress of the vast Hapsburg Empire whose role in a plan to end World War I led to exile from her Austrian palace, died today. She was 96. Born in Italy as a princess of Bourbon ...
