Archduke Sigismund of Austria (Sigismund Leopold Maria Rainer Ambrosius Valentin) (Milan, 7 January 1826 – Vienna, 15 December 1891), was an Archduke of Austria.
| Archduke Sigismund of Austria | |
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| Born | Sigismund Leopold Maria Rainer Ambrosius Valentin 7 January 1826 Milan |
| Died | 19 December 1891 Vienna |
| House | Habsburg-Lorraine |
| Father | Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria |
| Mother | Princess Elisabeth of Savoy |
Life
editHe 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 1852 he was made a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece by Emperor Franz Joseph.[2]
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.[3]
Sigismund contracted a viral disease then called influenza (see 1889–1890 pandemic) in Vienna on December 15th 1891, died from pneumonia unmarried and childless four days later[4] and was buried in his own mausoleum in the Gmünd cemetery.
Orders and decorations
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Austrian Empire:[5]
- Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, 1852[6]
Russian Empire:[5]
- 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
- ^ https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/BLK%C3%96%3AHabsburg%2C_Sigismund_Leopold BLKÖ
- ^ Eva Berger: Historische Gärten Österreichs, Böhlau Verlag Wien, 2002, S. 216
- ^ https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/75813/page/3
- ^ 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
