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The failure of her son Maximilian as Emperor of Mexico was a heavy blow for Sophie. After his execution in 1867 she withdrew from politics. In the same year the Austro-Hungarian Compromise and the introduction of the constitutional monarchy dealt a final blow to her neo-absolutist ideals.
Margarete Sophie married Duke Albrecht of Württemberg, eldest child of Duke Philipp of Württemberg and his wife Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, on 24 January 1893 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. Margarete Sophie and Albrecht had seven children: Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1893–1975);
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (German: Sophie Marie Josephine Albina Gräfin Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin; Czech: Žofie Marie Josefína Albína hraběnka Chotková z Chotkova a Vojnína; 1 March 1868 – 28 June 1914) was the wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne.
Jun 11, 2023 · Birthplace: Wien, Österreich (Austria) Death: May 29, 1857 (2) Buda, Hungary (Dhiarrea) Place of Burial: Wien, Österreich. Immediate Family: Daughter of Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and Empress Elisabeth of Austria / Elisabeth von Österreich-Ungarn.
- March 5, 1855
- May 29, 1857
The identical twin sister of Queen Maria Anna of Saxony, Sophie became Archduchess of Austria by marriage to Archduke Franz Karl of Austria. Her eldest son, Franz Joseph , reigned as Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary ; her second son, Maximilian , briefly reigned as Emperor of Mexico .
It was thus no coincidence that two of her sons became emperors, Franz Joseph of Austria and Ferdinand Maximilian of Mexico: even from their earliest days, the politically ambitious Sophie had brought them up with a view to their pursuing the highest offices.
In 1890 Marie Valerie married Archduke Franz Salvator (1866–1939), a distant relative from the Tuscan line of the Habsburg dynasty. The union resulted in ten children. The rapidly growing family resided at Schloss Wallsee in the west of Lower Austria.
