Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg

Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg
Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg
Archduchess Georg of Austria
Princess Georg of Austria and Hungary
Spouse Georg von Habsburg
Issue
Archduchess Zsófia
Archduchess Ildikó
Archduke Károly-Konstantin
Full name
German: Eilika Helene Jutta Clementine
House House of Holstein-Gottorp
House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Father Duke Johann of Oldenburg
Mother Countess Ilka of Ortenburg
Born 22 August 1972(1972-08-22)
Bad Segeberg, Germany
Austrian Imperial Family
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HI&RH Archduke Karl
HI&RH Archduchess Francesca

  • HI&RH Archduchess Eleonore
  • HI&RH Archduke Ferdinand
  • HI&RH Archduchess Gloria
Extended family
Extended family
Extended family
v · Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg
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HRH The Duke
HRH The Duchess

  • HRH Duke Christian
    HRH Duchess Caroline
    • HH Duke Alexander
    • HH Duke Philipp
    • HH Duke Anton Friedrich
    • HH Duchess Katharina
  • HH Duchess Helene
Extended family
v · Georg von Habsburg, the third in the line of succession to the titular Austro-Hungarian throne. She is currently 794th in line for the British throne. She is a daughter of Duke Johann of Oldenburg and his wife Countess Ilka of Ortenburg.[1] Her father is a younger son of Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg and his wife Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont.

Contents

Marriage

Wedding ceremony

On 18 October 1997, Eilika married Georg von Habsburg in St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest, Hungary.[1][2][3] He is the youngest son of Otto von Habsburg (himself a son of the deposed Emperor Charles I of Austria) and his wife Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen. Among the wedding guests were Felipe, Prince of Asturias, Prince Albert of Monaco, and Hassan II of Morocco.[2] Pope John Paul II sent his best wishes to the couple, and ambassadors of many foreign nations, including the United States, attended as representatives.[2] The 25-year-old Eilika wore a high-necked white dress, along with a veil wore by her great-grandmother Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1896.[4] The ceremony was broadcast live on Hungarian television; roughly 2,000 Hungarian citizens and tourists gathered outside the church to witness the wedding.[4]

Their wedding was the first union between the Catholic Habsburgs and Lutheran Oldenburgs in their families' histories.[3] It was also the second time that a Habsburg was married in Hungary since the fall of communism in 1989.[3]

Issue

The couple have three children:

  • HI&RH Archduchess Zsófia Mária Tatjana Monika Erzsébet Katalin of Austria (Sophie Maria Tatiana Monica Elisabeth Catherine), born in Budapest, 12 January 2001)
  • HI&RH Archduchess Ildikó Mária Walburga of Austria (Hilda Maria Walburga), born in Budapest, 6 June 2002)
  • HI&RH Archduke Károly-Konstantin Mihály István Mária of Austria (Karl-Konstantin Michael Stephan Maria), born in Budapest, 20 July 2004)

Succession and living arrangements

Georg is the only one of his siblings to make a dynastically equal marriage according to Habsburg family laws. Had his father not accepted his older brother Karl's marriage to Baroness Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza, which would have been otherwise considered morganatic, Georg would have been his father's heir after his elder brother, as it would have been with Archduke Franz Ferdinand towards Emperor Franz Joseph.

She and her family live next to the village of Sóskút, in Pest County in Hungary. Their eldest child was the first Habsburg to be born in Hungary in more than fifty years. While Georg is a Roman Catholic, Eilika has chosen to remain a Lutheran.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Monarchical styles of
Archduchess Eilika of Austria
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Reference style Her Imperial and Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Imperial and Royal Highness
Alternative style Ma'am

Titles and styles

  • 22 August 1972 - 18 October 1997 Her Highness Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg
  • 18 October 1997 – present: Her Imperial and Royal Highness Archduchess Eilika of Austria, Princess of Austria and Hungary

Ancestry

Eilika's ancestors in four generations

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Duke Johann of Oldenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Princess Helena of Nassau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Archduchess Eilika of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Count Friedrich of Ortenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Count Friedrich of Ortenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Princess Anastasia von Wrede
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Count Alfred of Ortenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Prince Alfred of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Princess Ilka of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Countess Pauline of Reichenbach-Lessonitz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Countess Ilka of Ortenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Gottfried Karl von Lücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Rudolf Leopold von Lücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Valeska von Löbbecke
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Jutta von Lucken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Roland, Count of Brünneck-Bellschwitz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Irmgard von Brünneck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Maria von Neitzschütz
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. ^ a b Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: Eilika Helene Jutta Clementine von Holstein-Gottorp, Duchess of Oldenburg". http://thepeerage.com/p2660.htm#i26595. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 
  2. ^ a b c "Archduke of Austria Weds German Duchess in Hungary", European Stars and Stripes (Budapest), 19 October 1997 
  3. ^ a b c "Hungary to Host Royal Wedding", The Globe and Mail (Budapest), 18 October 1997 
  4. ^ a b "Grandson of Last Emperor Married", Indiana Gazette (Budapest), 19 October 1997 

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