Princess Zita of Parma

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HIM The Dowager Empress of Austria
Titles Empress of Austria

Princess of Parma

Reign 21 November 1916 - 1 April 1922
Coronation 30 December 1916
Predecessor Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria
Successor Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen
Biographical Information
Born 9 May 1892

Viareggio, Tuscany, Italy

Died 14 March 1989 (aged 96)

Vienna, Austria, Austria-Hungary

Spouse Emperor Charles I of Austria

(m. 1911; w. 1922)

Issue Otto

Archduchess Adelheid
Duke Robert of Modena
Archduke Felix
Archduke Carl Ludwig
Archduke Rudolf
Archduchess Charlotte
Archduchess Elisabeth

Name Zita Maria delle Grazie Adelgonda Micaela

Raffaela Gabriella Giuseppina Antonia

Luisa Agnese

House Bourbon-Parma (by birth)

Habsburg (by marriage)

Father Duke Robert I of Parma
Mother Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal
Religion Roman Catholic

General

Life

TBA

Marriage and Issue

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Otto 20 November 1912 4 July 2011 (aged 98) Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen (m. 1951); had issue
Archduchess Adelheid 3 January 1914 2 October 1971 (aged 57) Died unmarried and without issue
Duke Robert of Modena 8 February 1915 7 February 1996 (aged 80) Princess Margherita of Aosta (m. 1953); had issue
Archduke Felix 31 May 1916 6 September 2011 (aged 95) Princess Anna Eugenie of Arenberg (m. 1952); had issue
Archduke Carl Ludwig 10 March 1918 11 December 2002 (aged 84) Princess Yolanda of Ligne (m. 1950); had issue
Archduke Rudolf 5 September 1919 15 May 2010 (aged 90) (1) Countess Xenia of Czernichev-Besobrasov (m. 1953); had issue

(2) Princess Anna Gabriele of Wrede (m. 1971); had issue

Archduchess Charlotte 1 March 1921 23 July 1989 (aged 68) Duke George II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (m. 1956)
Archduchess Elisabeth 31 May 1922 6 January 1993 Prince Heinrich of Liechtenstein (m. 1949)

Titles and Honours

  • 1892-1911 Princess Zita of Parma
  • 1911-1916 Archduchess Zita of Austria
  • 1916-1922 Empress Zita of Austria
  • 1922-1989 Zita, Dowager Empress of Austria

Ancestry

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Duke Robert I of Parma Duke Charles III of Parma

Princess Louise d'Artois

Duke Charles II of Parma

Princess Maria Teresa of Savoy
Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry
Princess Maria Carolina of Naples and Sicily

King Louis I of Etruria

Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain
King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia
Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este
King Charles X of France
Princess Maria Theresa of Savoy
King Francis I of the Two Sicilies
Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria

Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal King Miguel of Portugal

Princess Adelaide of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

King John VI of Portugal

Infanta Carlota Joaquina of Spain
Hereditary Prince Constantine of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Princess Agnes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

King Peter III of Portugal

Queen Maria I of Portugal
King Charles IV of Spain
Princess Maria Luisa of Parma
Charles Thomas, Prince of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Countess Sophie of Windisch-Graetz
Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth