Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria

Archduchess Maria Christina Isabelle Natalie of Austria, ) was a member of the Teschen branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and an Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Bohemia, Hungary, and Tuscany by birth. Through her marriage to Emanuel Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Salm-Salm, Maria Christina was also Hereditary Princess of Salm-Salm.

Early life

Maria Christina was the eldest child and daughter of Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen and his wife Princess Isabella of Croÿ.

Her paternal grandparents were Karl Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (a daughter of Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary). Her maternal grandparents were Rudolf, 11th Duke of Croÿ, and Princess Natalie of Ligne (a daughter of Eugène, 8th Prince of Ligne).

Personal life Maria Christina married Emanuel, Hereditary Prince of Salm-Salm, son of Alfred, 7th Prince of Salm-Salm and his wife Countess Rosa of Lützow, on 10 May 1902 in Vienna. Nikolaus Leopold, 8th Prince of Salm-Salm (1906–1988), who married Princess Ida of Wrede. They divorced in 1948 and he married Eleonore von Zitzewitz. They divorced in 1961 and he married Maria Moret. He later married Christiane Kostecki. Princess Cäcilie of Salm-Salm (1911–1991), who married Franz, 6th Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim, eldest son of Alfred, 5th Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim. Prince Franz of Salm-Salm (1912–1917), who died young.

Archduchess Maria Christina died on 6 August 1962 at Anholt, West Germany.

Ancestry