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Iron Crown of Lombardy

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June 24, 2011 at 11:37 am

Archduke Sigismund, Grand Duke of Tuscany

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Archduke Sigismund of Austria, Grand Duke of Tuscany (Sigismund Otto Maria Josef Gottfried Henrich Erik Leopold Ferdinand von Habsburg-Lothringen; born 21 April 1966) is the titular Grand Duke of Tuscany and current head of the Tuscan branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.

In 1999, Sigismund married Elyssa Juliet Edmonstone (born Glasgow, 11 September 1973), the only daughter of Sir Archibald Bruce Edmonstone, of Duntreath, 7th Baronet by his second wife Juliet Elizabeth Deakin. Archduchess Elyssa is a great-great-granddaughter of Marshall Field and a third cousin of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Rothesay.

The couple have three children:

  •     Archduke Leopold Amadeo, Grand Prince of Tuscany (born 9 May 2001), heir apparent to the headship of the House of Tuscany
  •     Archduchess Tatyana of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (born 3 March 2003)
  •     Archduke Maximilian of Austria, Prince of Tuscany (born 27 May 2004)

Written by Suchismita

June 14, 2011 at 12:37 pm

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