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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.
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.
Mar 14, 2021 · In the midst of these tribulations, with her husband increasingly frail in health, Zita reveals her immense courage: she supports the dying Charles who goes to meet Jesus on April 1st, 1922 at the age of only 35.
Apr 26, 2016 · Over 200 Habsburg and Bourbon-Parma family members and 8,000 other guests attended the funeral on April 1, 1989. Zita was buried in the Crypt Chapel of the Imperial Crypt. Her husband’s remains are still interred at the Church of Our Lady of Monte on the island of Madeira in Portugal but their hearts were buried together at the Habsburg Crypt ...
The aim of this project is to explore the functions, transitions, and the constructed, projected, and perceived public personae of Zita of Bourbon-Parma, later Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary (1892-1989) as expressed through state produced propaganda.
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Jul 23, 2022 · Zita of Bourbon-Parma was born in 1892 and would later marry Archduke Charles of Austria-Este. Through her husband she became the last Empress of Austria and last Queen of Hungary. She...
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