Archduchess Hermine of Austria

Archduchess Hermine of Austria (Hermine Amalie Marie, 14 September 1817 in Buda, Hungary – 13 February 1842 in Vienna, Austria) was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.

Archduchess Hermine, with her twin brother Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary, c. 1840.
Archduchess Hermine of Austria
Born(1817-09-14)14 September 1817
Buda Castle, Budapest, Hungary
Died13 February 1842(1842-02-13) (aged 24)
Vienna, Austria
Full name
Hermine Amalie Marie
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherArchduke Joseph of Austria
MotherPrincess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

Biography

Hermine was the daughter of Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary and Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. Her mother died shortly after giving birth to her and her twin brother, Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary. She was brought up by her stepmother, Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg. She spent much of her childhood in Buda and at the family estate in Alcsútdoboz and received an excellent education. Contemporaries described Archduchess Hermine as a comely, kind and modest. However, she was a slim young woman, frail body, and prone to diseases.

Hermine was Princess-Abbess of the Theresian Royal and Imperial Ladies Chapter of the Castle of Prague (1835-1842),[1] and she died 13 February 1842 in Vienna, Austria.

Ancestry

References
  1. http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/czech_eccleastical.htm
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