Sigismund, Grand Duke of Tuscany

From redevance
HRH The Grand Duke of Tuscany
Titles Grand Duke of Tuscany
Reign 1 January 1993 - present
Coronation 15 May 1993
Predecessor Leopold Franz
Heir Leopold, Hereditary Grand Duke of Tuscany
Biographical Information
Born 21 April 1966 (age 59)

Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Spouse Princess Victoria of the Two Sicilies

(m. 1999)

Issue Leopold, Hereditary Grand Duke

Archduchess Tatiana
Archduke Maximilian

Name Sigismund Otto Maria Josef Gottfried

Heinrich Erik Leopold Ferdinand

House Habsburg
Father Grand Duke Leopold Franz of Tuscany
Mother Princess Laetitia d'Arenberg
Religion Roman Catholic

Sigismund, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born Archduke Sigismund of Tuscany on 21 April 1966) is the current reigning Grand Duke of Tuscany. He is also a member of the Sicilian Royal Family as the brother-in-law of Pietro, King of the Two Sicilies.

Life[edit | edit source]

Sigismund was born the elder son of Grand Duke Leopold Franz of Tuscany and Princess Laetitia d'Arenberg.

Sigismund succeeded his father as Grand Duke upon his abdication in 1993.

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

On 11 September 1999, Sigismund married Princess Victoria of the Two Sicilies in Florence. The couple have three children, Leopold, Tatiana, and Maximilian.

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Leopold, Hereditary Grand Duke 5 May 2001 Unmarried and without issue
Archduchess Tatiana 3 March 2003 Unmarried and without issue
Archduke Maximilian 27 May 2004 Unmarried and without issue

Residences[edit | edit source]

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1966-1984 Archduke Sigismund of Tuscany
  • 1984-1993 Sigismund, Hereditary Grand Duke of Tuscany
  • 1993-present Sigismund, Grand Duke of Tuscany

National Honours[edit | edit source]

Order of St. Joseph (1993)

Order of St. Stephen (1984)

Order of Civil and Military Merit (1993)

Foreign Honours[edit | edit source]

Order of the Most Holy Annunciation (1993) (Italy)

Order of Saint Gennaro (1999) (the Two Sicilies)

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Grand Duke Leopold Franz of Tuscany Grand Duke Gottfried of Tuscany

Princess Dorothea of Bavaria

Grand Duke Peter Ferdinand of Tuscany

Princess Maria Cristina of the Two Sicilies

Prince Franz of Bavaria

Princess Isabella of Croy

Grand Duke Ferdinand IV of Tuscany

Princess Alice of Parma

King Alphonse I of the Two Sicilies

Princess Maria Antonietta of the Two Sicilies

King Ludwig III of Bavaria

Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria

Duke Carl Alfred of Croy

Princess Ludmilla of Arenberg

Princess Laetitia d'Arenberg Duke Engelbert II of Arenberg

Marie Therese d'Harambure

Duke Engelbert I of Arenberg

Princess Hedwige of Ligne

Jean d'Harambure

Madeleine de Sainte-Seine

Duke Englebert Auguste of Arenberg

Princess Eleonore Ursula of Arenberg

Charles, Prince of Ligne

Countess Charlotte of Biron

Lines of Succession[edit | edit source]

Sigismund, Grand Duke of Tuscany

House of Habsburg

Born: 21 April 1966

Lines of Succession
Preceded by
Succession to the Tuscan throne
Followed by
Incumbent

preceded by

Leopold Franz
Incumbent
Leopold, Hereditary Grand Duke of Tuscany

Notes[edit | edit source]

Face: Jeffrey Dean Morgan