Archduchess Luise, Princess of Tuscany
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Image:Louise von Sachsen.jpg Luise of Tuscany (2 September, 1870 Salzburg–23 March, 1947) was born in Salzburg under the name Luise Antoinette Maria Theresia Josepha Johanna Leopoldine Caroline Ferdinande Alice Ernestine, Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Tuscany, Princess of Hungary and Bohemia. She was a daughter of Ferdinand IV of Tuscany and his second wife Alicia of Parma.
On 21 November 1891 she married Frederik Augustus of Saxony in Vienna. She was very popular in Saxony. She didn't follow the etiquette at the court which resulted in arguments with her father in law. On 9 December 1902 she left Saxony without her children but pregnant with her youngest daughter. For a while she lived with the teacher of her children, André Giron.
She was divorced 11 February 1903. Her last child with Friedrich August was sent to Dresden to live at the court.
Her father awarded her the title of Countess of Montignoso.
On 25 September 1907 she married the musician Enrico Toselli in London. They where divorced five years later.
She died in Brussels and her urn is in Sigmaringen.
Children with Friedrich August III
- Friedrich August Georg, Crown Prince, Priest (1893- 1943)
- Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen, Duke of Saxony (1893-1968)
- Ernst Heinrich, Prince of Saxony (1896 - 1971)
- Maria Alix Carola, stillborn 22 August 1898
- Margarete Carola Wilhelmine, Princess of Saxony (1900 - 1962)
- Maria Alix Luitpolda, Princess of Saxony (1901 - 1990)
- Anna Pia Monika, Princess of Saxony (1903 - 1976)
Children with Enrico Toselli
Bibliography
- Louise of Tuscany, Former Crown Princess of Saxony, My own Story, London 1911de:Luise von Österreich-Toskana