Sophie duchess of hohenberg biography definition
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Countess (Gr�fin) Sophie Chotek von Chotkova und Wognin was born into a Czech family of the lesser nobility. She worked as a lady-in-waiting for Archduchess Isabella in Pressburg. When Isabella discovered that Archduke Franz Ferdinand was visiting to see, not one of Isabella's eligible daughters, but rather her lady-in-waiting, she fired Sophie on the spot.
Franz Ferdinand had fallen deeply in love with Sophie and in , decided that he wished to marry her. Hapsburg family law stipulated that Franz Ferdinand, as a Hapsburg, marry someone decended from the House of Hapsburg, or from one of the ruling dynasties of Europe, or specific other princely houses. The Choteks fit none of those catagories.
Franz Ferdinand loved Sophie too much to give her up. He persisted in his entre
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Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg
Wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (German: Sophie Marie Josephine Albina Gräfin Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin; Czech: Žofie Marie Josefína Albína hraběnka Chotková z Chotkova a Vojnína; 1 March – 28 June ) was the wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. Their assassination in Sarajevo sparked a series of events that led, four weeks later, to World War I.
Early life and ancestry
[edit]Countess Sophie Chotek von Wognin was born in Stuttgart as the fifth child and fourth daughter of Count Bohuslav Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin and his wife, Countess Wilhelmine Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (–). Her father was a Bohemian aristocrat, bygd birth member of an old House of Chotek, who served as AustrianAmbassador to the royal courts of Stuttgart, Saint Petersburg and Brussels.[1][2][3][4]
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Hohenberg family
Austrian noble family
For the German comital House of Hohenberg, see Count of Hohenberg.
The House of Hohenberg is an Austrian and Czech noble family that descends from Countess Sophie Chotek (&#;), who in married Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Este (&#;), the heir presumptive to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. As their marriage was a morganatic one, none of their children was in the line of succession to the Austro-Hungarian throne. Nevertheless, they represent the senior agnatic line of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
The head of the house bears the title of duke with the style of Highness, while all other members are titled as princes or princesses with the style of Serene Highness.
History
[edit]The House of Hohenberg was established by imperial decree of Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria when, upon the couple's marriage in , he created Francis Ferdinand's wife Fürstin von Hohenberg (Princess of Hohenberg) in her own right w