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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 ...
Zita, the last 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.
Zita held considerable power as empress, attending many of Charles’ official meetings and exerting her influence over his decisions. She even accompanied Charles to the frontlines of WWI where she visited with the wounded soldiers.
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 ...
Zita of Parma (1892–1989) Empress of Austria and queen of Hungary, a key participant in the Austrian monarchist movement in both Austria and Hungary until the end of the 1930s, who served for more than two generations as a symbol of the ideals of monarchists and political-cultural traditionalists in Central Europe.
Jun 29, 2017 · Zita and Charles were now the Emperor and Empress of Austria. Charles spotted the Emperor’s mistress Katharina Schratt who had not been allowed in the room, and he escorted her to Emperor’s deathbed where she placed two roses on his chest.
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Zita of Bourbon-Parma, last Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary was the penultimate Habsburg to be buried in an elaborate funeral ceremony in the Capuchin church, Vienna.
