Archduke Albert, Duke of Teschen

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Archduke Albrecht Friedrich, Duke of Teschen
Archduke Albrecht Friedrich, Duke of Teschen
The statue outside the Albertina
The statue outside the Albertina
Archduke Albert's family tree.
Archduke Albert's family tree.

Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf, Prince Imperial and Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Duke of Teschen (born August 3, 1817 in Vienna; died February 2, 1895, Arco (Italy) was an Austrian Habsburg general.

He was the eldest son of Archduke Charles of Austria and Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg (1797-1829). He became the commanding general of Lower Austria, Upper Austria and Salzburg in 1845 and fought in the Revolution of 1848. From 1851 to 1860, he was the governor of Hungary. In 1866, he defeated the Italians at the battle of Custozza. He became a general field marshal in 1888.

An equestrian statute of him stands near the entrance to the Albertina museum in Vienna.

On 1 May 1844 in Munich he married Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (1825-1864), a daughter of King Ludwig I and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1792-1854).

His title and large fortune were eventually inherited by his nephew Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen.

He is buried in tomb 128 of the Imperial Crypt in Vienna.

Children:

His only son died when still a baby, and his youngest daughter died in her teens when she hid a cigarette in her dress during a family party. Her clothes caught fire and she died of burns in front of her whole family.

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