Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria

Josef Franz, Archduke of Austria, Prince of Hungary (Josef Franz Leopold Anton Ignatius Maria; 28 March 1895 – 25 September 1957), was the eldest son of Archduke Joseph August of Austria and Princess Auguste Maria of Bavaria. As his father was the last Palatine of Hungary and was briefly considered a possible King of Hungary in 1919–1920, Josef Franz was a potential crown prince of Hungary.

Archduke Josef Franz
Born	28 March 1895 Brünn, Bohemia, Austrian Empire
Died	25 September 1957 (aged 62) Carcavelos, Portuguese Riviera
Burial	Palatinal Crypt, Budapest
Spouse	Princess Anna of Saxony ​ ​ (m. 1926)​
Issue	Archduchess Margit, Princess of Monteleone Archduchess Ilona Archduchess Anna-Theresia Archduke Joseph Árpád Archduke István Dominik Archduchess Maria Kynga Archduke Géza Archduke Michael
House	Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Archduke Joseph August, Palatine of Hungary
Mother	Princess Auguste of Bavaria

Princess Anna of Saxony and Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria

Tomb of Archduke Joseph Francis and his family in the Palatinal Crypt, Budapest

He was born during the reign of Emperor Francis Joseph I of Austria, who was also his second cousin once removed on his father's side.

Marriage and issue

Styles of Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria
Reference style	His Imperial and Royal Highness
Spoken style	Your Imperial and Royal Highness

On 4 October 1924, Archduke Josef Franz married Princess Anna of Saxony, a daughter of Friedrich August III of Saxony and Archduchess Luise, Princess of Tuscany. Anna and Josef Francis had eight children:

• Archduchess Margit of Austria (born 17 August 1925; died 3 May 1979) married, in August 1944, Alexander Cech (born 23 March 1914; died 30 June 2008), son of Altábornagy Jószef Cech (1855-1938) and Donna Amalia Erba Odescalchi dei Principi di Monteleone (1889-1969)[1]
• Archduchess Ilona of Austria (20 April 1927 - 11 January 2011) married Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg
• Archduchess Anna-Theresia (born 19 April 1928; died 28 November 1984)
• Archduke Joseph Árpád of Austria (8 February 1933 – 30 April 2017), married Princess Maria von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
• Archduke István Dominik of Austria (1 July 1934 - 24 October 2011), married Maria Anderl
• Archduchess Maria Kynga (born 27 August 1938), married, firstly, Ernst Kiss. She married, secondly, Joachim Krist on 30 March 1988.
• Archduke Géza of Austria (born 14 November 1940), married Monika Decker, secondly, Elizabeth Jane Kunstadter.
• Archduke Michael of Austria (born 5 May 1942), married Princess Christiana of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (born 1940)

Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria died on 25 September 1957 in Carcavelos, on the Portuguese Riviera.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria

8. Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary 4. Archduke Joseph Karl, Palatine of Hungary 9. Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg 2. Archduke Joseph August, Palatine of Hungary 10. Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 5. Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 11. Princess Clémentine of Orléans 1. Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria 12. Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria 6. Prince Leopold of Bavaria 13. Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria 3. Princess Auguste of Bavaria 14. Franz Joseph I of Austria 7. Archduchess Gisela of Austria 15. Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria

References

1. He was adopted by his maternal grandfather Hugo Erba Odescalchi (1842-1919), Prince of Monteleone (giving him rights on the name, but not yet on the titles of the family). He was styled by King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, just before his marriage with Archduchess Margit of Austria, Principe di Monteleone and Marchese di Mondonico.