Archduke Sigismund of Austria (1826–1891)
Archduke Sigismund of Austria | |
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Born | Sigismund Leopold Maria Rainer Ambrosius Valentin 7 January 1826 Milan |
Died | 15 December 1891 Vienna |
House | Habsburg-Lorraine |
Father | Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria |
Mother | Princess Elisabeth of Savoy |
Archduke Sigismund of Austria (Sigismund Leopold Maria Rainer Ambrosius Valentin) (Milan, 7 January 1826 – Vienna, 15 December 1891), was an Archduke of Austria.
Life
[edit]He was the third son of Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria, Viceroy of the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia and Princess Elisabeth of Savoy.
In Imperial-Austrian military services, Sigismund reached the rank of Fieldmarshal-Lieutenant and was owner of the Infantry Regiment No. 45.
He participated at the head of a brigade in the Battles of Santa Lucia, Pastrengo and Novara[1] (1848-1849).
In 1859 Sigismund came into the possession of Gmünd Castle. As a passionate botanist and dendrologist, he had an orchid and palm house as well as a spacious landscape park constructed.[2]
Sigismund died unmarried and childless in Vienna and was buried in his own mausoleum in the Gmünd cemetery. In 1852 was made a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece by Emperor Franz Joseph.[3]
Orders and decorations
[edit]- Austrian Empire:[4]
- Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, 1852[5]
- Russian Empire:[4]
- Knight of the Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky
- Knight of the Imperial Order of the White Eagle
- Knight of the Imperial Order of Saint Anna, 1st Class
Ancestry
[edit]Ancestors of Archduke Sigismund of Austria (1826–1891) |
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References
[edit]- ^ https://www.coulot.info/Coulot/Zumkeller/Adel_Portrait/Schlacht_bei_Novara_1849/novara_1849.htm Coulot
- ^ Eva Berger: Historische Gärten Österreichs, Böhlau Verlag Wien, 2002, S. 216
- ^ https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/BLK%C3%96%3AHabsburg%2C_Sigismund_Leopold BLKÖ
- ^ a b "Genealogie des Allerhöchsten Herrscherhauses", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie (in German), Vienna: Druck und Verlag der K.K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1898, p. 12
- ^ "Ritter-orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie (in German), Vienna: Druck und Verlag der K.K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1898, pp. 59, 66