Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria
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Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria ( 8 January 1874 – 4 March 1957) was a member of the Bavaria
n Royal House of Wittelsbach
. She was known as Princess of Bavaria till 1918.
, Bavaria
, the first child of Prince Leopold of Bavaria
and his wife Archduchess Gisela of Austria
, a daughter of Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elizabeth of Austria
. She had one younger sister, Princess Auguste Maria of Bavaria, and two younger brothers, Prince Georg of Bavaria
and Prince Konrad of Bavaria
.
She married, 2 November 1893, at Genoa
, Italy, Otto Ludwig Philipp von Seefried auf Buttenheim, (* 26. September 1870 in Bamberg; † 5. September 1951 at Stiebar Palace in Gresten
), Freiherr zu Hagenbach
. Elisabeth and Otto eloped and married secretly, as they knew they would never be officially permitted to marry. Not only was Otto of much lower rank than Elisabeth, he was also a Protestant. In a letter announcing the marriage to his new parents-in-law, Otto stated that he and Elisabeth were so determined not to be parted that they had felt forced to choose between elopement and mutual suicide.
Elisabeth's father, and especially her grandfather, Prince Regent Luitpold, were incensed upon being presented with this fait accompli
. It took years for Elisabeth's relationship with her father to recover; their reconciliation was mostly due to the efforts of her mother Gisela and grandfather, Emperor Franz Joseph. Both of the latter gave the couple their blessing after the marriage was announced, and Franz Joseph presented them with a palace near Vienna. He also appointed Otto a lieutenant of the 1st Regiment of Infantry at Troppau/Moravia and raised him to the rank of Count in 1904. At the time of the elopement, Franz Joseph had written to his wife that while he was not happy about the marriage, he felt that Elisabeth had shown courage and strength of character.
The marriage proved to be a very happy one, and the couple had five children; the first, Gisela, died as a baby. In 1908, Count Seefried auf Buttenheim inherited the palace of Siebar in Gresten, Lower Austria, which has remained the family seat to the present day.
She died aged 83 in 1957, and was buried at the cemetery in Gresten.
He was involved while living in Spain, probably as a "on the shades" associate to Admiral Wilhelm Canaris
, later executed by orders of Adolf Hitler
, in a wide commercial network of shipping, strategic minerals supplies like tungsten or wolfram, food supplies, chemical concerns, ores purchasing, etc. providing materials to support the war efforts during the II World War. His Spanish business associates were quite close family and relatives of General Francisco Franco
, through the 7th Consort Count of Argillo, a title awarded, 21 March 1776, by King Charles III of Spain
to Miguel Muñoz de Pamplona, from the Navarrese-Aragonese family from Calatayud
, prov. of Zaragoza
, Spain**, conquerors in the 12th century of nearby Sabiñan
, a member of the "Muñoz de Pamplona" family . The 5th Count was a member of the "Garces de Marcilla" family inheriting the mother title, deceased 1883, no issue, passing then to relatives named Bordiu.
The 7th Countess Maria de la O, married then an Andalusian lawyer from Mancha Real
, Jaén
, Spain, named Martinez Ortega, grafting thus the new family name "Martinez-Bordiu". One of these Martinez-Bordiu offsprings, Christobal, a heart surgeon, became thus the only son in law of General Francisco Franco
. The General, ruler of Spain for 38 years, till 1976, had thus his daughter, married to nobility, as he probably wished. Nonetheless, banking ventures through Banco de Madrid, masqued Spanish - German war transactions during the forties, as detected, between others, by American Ambassador in Spain, 1942–1945, and notorious historian, Carlton J. H. Hayes, (1882–1964).
Franz-Joseph and Gabrielle had four children :
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
n Royal House of Wittelsbach
Wittelsbach
The Wittelsbach family is a European royal family and a German dynasty from Bavaria.Members of the family served as Dukes, Electors and Kings of Bavaria , Counts Palatine of the Rhine , Margraves of Brandenburg , Counts of Holland, Hainaut and Zeeland , Elector-Archbishops of Cologne , Dukes of...
. She was known as Princess of Bavaria till 1918.
Birth and family
Elisabeth was born in MunichMunich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
, the first child of Prince Leopold of Bavaria
Prince Leopold of Bavaria
Leopold Maximilian Joseph Maria Arnulf, Prinz von Bayern was born in Munich, the son of Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria and his wife Archduchess Augusta of Austria...
and his wife Archduchess Gisela of Austria
Archduchess Gisela of Austria
Gisela Louise Marie, Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Hungary and Bohemia, Princess of Bavaria was the second daughter and eldest surviving child of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and Empress Elisabeth...
, a daughter of Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elizabeth of Austria
Elisabeth of Bavaria
Elisabeth of Austria was the spouse of Franz Joseph I, and therefore both Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary. She also held the titles of Queen of Bohemia and Croatia, among others...
. She had one younger sister, Princess Auguste Maria of Bavaria, and two younger brothers, Prince Georg of Bavaria
Prince Georg of Bavaria
Prince Georg of Bavaria was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach and a Catholic priest.- Birth and family :...
and Prince Konrad of Bavaria
Prince Konrad of Bavaria
Prince Konrad of Bavaria was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach.-Early life:Konrad was born in Munich, Bavaria...
.
She married, 2 November 1893, at Genoa
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
, Italy, Otto Ludwig Philipp von Seefried auf Buttenheim, (* 26. September 1870 in Bamberg; † 5. September 1951 at Stiebar Palace in Gresten
Gresten
Gresten is a municipality in the district of Scheibbs in Lower Austria, Austria....
), Freiherr zu Hagenbach
Hagenbach
Hagenbach is a town in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated near the border with France, on the left bank of the Rhine, approx. 10 km west of Karlsruhe....
. Elisabeth and Otto eloped and married secretly, as they knew they would never be officially permitted to marry. Not only was Otto of much lower rank than Elisabeth, he was also a Protestant. In a letter announcing the marriage to his new parents-in-law, Otto stated that he and Elisabeth were so determined not to be parted that they had felt forced to choose between elopement and mutual suicide.
Elisabeth's father, and especially her grandfather, Prince Regent Luitpold, were incensed upon being presented with this fait accompli
Fait Accompli
Fait accompli is a French phrase which means literally "an accomplished deed". It is commonly used to describe an action which is completed before those affected by it are in a position to query or reverse it...
. It took years for Elisabeth's relationship with her father to recover; their reconciliation was mostly due to the efforts of her mother Gisela and grandfather, Emperor Franz Joseph. Both of the latter gave the couple their blessing after the marriage was announced, and Franz Joseph presented them with a palace near Vienna. He also appointed Otto a lieutenant of the 1st Regiment of Infantry at Troppau/Moravia and raised him to the rank of Count in 1904. At the time of the elopement, Franz Joseph had written to his wife that while he was not happy about the marriage, he felt that Elisabeth had shown courage and strength of character.
The marriage proved to be a very happy one, and the couple had five children; the first, Gisela, died as a baby. In 1908, Count Seefried auf Buttenheim inherited the palace of Siebar in Gresten, Lower Austria, which has remained the family seat to the present day.
She died aged 83 in 1957, and was buried at the cemetery in Gresten.
Descendants
- Countess Gisela von Seefried auf Buttenheim (b. January 1895 in TroppauOpavaOpava is a city in the northern Czech Republic on the river Opava, located to the north-west of Ostrava. The historical capital of Czech Silesia, Opava is now in the Moravian-Silesian Region and has a population of 59,843 as of January 1, 2005....
; d. 1895 in TroppauOpavaOpava is a city in the northern Czech Republic on the river Opava, located to the north-west of Ostrava. The historical capital of Czech Silesia, Opava is now in the Moravian-Silesian Region and has a population of 59,843 as of January 1, 2005....
) - Countess Elisabeth von Seefried auf Buttenheim, born on 10 June 1897; died on
- Countess Auguste von Seefried auf Buttenheim, born on 20 June 1899; dird on ; married 1919 Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1886-1970)Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1886-1970)Prince Adalbert of Bavaria was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach, historian, author and a German Ambassador to Spain.-Early life:Adalbert was born in at the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, Bavaria...
. - Countess Marie Valerie von Seefried auf Buttenheim, born on 20 August 1901; died on
- Count Franz-Joseph von Seefried auf Buttenheim, Freiherr zu Hagenbach, born on 29 July 1904 in Rozsahegy, Hungary ; died on , MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain. He married, 9 August 1941, at Frankfurt am Main Gabrielle von Schnitzler, born at München, 3 November 1918 (age 93), daughter of Dr. Georg von Schnitzler and Lilly von Mallinckrodt.
He was involved while living in Spain, probably as a "on the shades" associate to Admiral Wilhelm Canaris
Wilhelm Canaris
Wilhelm Franz Canaris was a German admiral, head of the Abwehr, the German military intelligence service, from 1935 to 1944 and member of the German Resistance.- Early life and World War I :...
, later executed by orders of Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
, in a wide commercial network of shipping, strategic minerals supplies like tungsten or wolfram, food supplies, chemical concerns, ores purchasing, etc. providing materials to support the war efforts during the II World War. His Spanish business associates were quite close family and relatives of General Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...
, through the 7th Consort Count of Argillo, a title awarded, 21 March 1776, by King Charles III of Spain
Charles III of Spain
Charles III was the King of Spain and the Spanish Indies from 1759 to 1788. He was the eldest son of Philip V of Spain and his second wife, the Princess Elisabeth Farnese...
to Miguel Muñoz de Pamplona, from the Navarrese-Aragonese family from Calatayud
Calatayud
Calatayud is a city and municipality in the province of Zaragoza in Aragón, Spain lying on the river Jalón, in the midst of the Sistema Ibérico mountain range. It is the second-largest city in the province after the capital, Zaragoza, and the largest town in Aragón other than the three provincial...
, prov. of Zaragoza
Zaragoza
Zaragoza , also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain...
, Spain**, conquerors in the 12th century of nearby Sabiñan
Sabiñán
Sabiñán is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 809 inhabitants....
, a member of the "Muñoz de Pamplona" family . The 5th Count was a member of the "Garces de Marcilla" family inheriting the mother title, deceased 1883, no issue, passing then to relatives named Bordiu.
The 7th Countess Maria de la O, married then an Andalusian lawyer from Mancha Real
Mancha Real
Mancha Real is a city located in the province of Jaén, Spain. According to the 2005 census , the city has a population of 10,187 inhabitants.- External links :* * *...
, Jaén
Jaén, Spain
Jaén is a city in south-central Spain, the name is derived from the Arabic word Jayyan, . It is the capital of the province of Jaén. It is located in the autonomous community of Andalusia....
, Spain, named Martinez Ortega, grafting thus the new family name "Martinez-Bordiu". One of these Martinez-Bordiu offsprings, Christobal, a heart surgeon, became thus the only son in law of General Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...
. The General, ruler of Spain for 38 years, till 1976, had thus his daughter, married to nobility, as he probably wished. Nonetheless, banking ventures through Banco de Madrid, masqued Spanish - German war transactions during the forties, as detected, between others, by American Ambassador in Spain, 1942–1945, and notorious historian, Carlton J. H. Hayes, (1882–1964).
Franz-Joseph and Gabrielle had four children :
- Franz, (born at in Frankfurt am Main, 1942).
- Ferdinand, (born at MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain). - Isabel, (born at MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain). - Johannes, (born at WienWienWien is the German language name for Vienna, the city and federal state in Austria.* Wien , in Vienna, Austria* Theater an der Wien, a theater in Vienna located at the former river WienWien may also refer to:...
, Austria, 1959 )