Archduke Sigismund (1966- ) and the Grand Ducal House of Tuscany

[Warren]

Not quite, but it's certainly up for discussion and they seem agreeable to listen seriously to any reasonable offer made quietly and privately by sympathetic investors. The article begins with Corin Rose, the Habsburg family lawyer, quoted as stating "Bran Castle is not for sale." He added that if it were put up for sale the Romanian government would have the right of first refusal.

The owners, Archduke Dominc (76) and his sisters Archduchesses Maria Magdalena (74) and Elisabeth (72) of the Habsburg Tuscan branch have restored the castle to a reasonable condition following the communist regime's many years of neglect. Annual visitor numbers are at over 500,000 and Bran Castle is currently making over €1m [near US$1.4m, £815K, AU$1.5m] annual profit.

However, to continue to improve the castle facilities, expand the attractions (such as a proper Dracula-themed museum) and provide good-standard accommodation, a large investment and lots of energy will be required. The Habsburg siblings believe they are too old for the task. [All three have families, with nine children between them, but they aren't mentioned anywhere and don't appear to be part of the equation]. The only offers they would consider would be those made by parties who shared their view of the historical, cultural and economic significance of the castle to Romania.

Dracula remains a popular figure in the English-speaking world so there is little fear of a drop-off in visitor numbers. With its spectacular setting and close associations with the unlikely trio of the larger-than-life Queen Marie, the fictional Count and the real Vlad III, Voivode of Wallacia - the dreaded and posthumously-titled "Impaler" of Turks (and others) - Bran Castle should, in the right hands, have a bright future and continue to be Romania's no 1 tourist attraction and 'national monument'

Forbes has valued the castle and property at US$140m [€102m, £83m, AU$150m]. It is believed that Archduke Dominic offered it to the Romanian government for US$80m but that information is unconfirmed.

Bran Castle, Brasov, Romania

Picture taken in 2010 and reproduced here courtesy of Wikipedia
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[Cory]

Vlad Dracul was the father of Vlad the Impaler.

 

[Warren]

Apologies, correction made.

 

[Biri]

Countess Magdalena von Habsburg (b.7 March 1987) [daughter of Archduke Markus of Austria (Tuscan Branch) (b.1946) & his wife Hilde, nee Jungmayr (b.1955)] married Sebastian Bergmann in Stadtpfarrkirche St. Nikolaus in Bad Ischl (Austria) on 19 July.

Source for both: Netty Royal
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[Tilia C.]

Magdalena von Habsburg got married to Sebastian Bergmann yesterday.
Bad Ischl - "Kaiserhochzeit" bei Kaiserwetter • NEWS.AT

 

[Warren]

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Countess Magdalena von Habsburg-Lorraine [Tuscan line] weds Sebastian Bergmann

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20 July 2014

The result of the Google translator...
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"Imperial Wedding" in glorious weather
Great-great-granddaughter of Franz Josef married fellow student Sebastian Bergmann
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An "Imperial Wedding" in glorious weather experienced in the Upper Austrian Salzkammergut Bad Ischl Saturday Afternoon: Magdalena Maria Sophie of Habsburg-Lorraine, the great-great-granddaughter of Emperor Franz Josef married Sebastian Bergmann. The two doctoral lawyers who met while studying in Vienna.

The bride's father, Count Markus von Habsburg-Lothringen, is the owner of the Imperial Villa, the former summer residence of Franz Josef. With thousands of visitors per year, it is the most significant tourism operation of Bad Ischl. Emperor Franz Joseph and his wife Elisabeth "Sisi" met in the Salzkammergut City.

At the wedding in the parish church of St. Nicholas, numerous onlookers found a. "But she is already a pretty bride," said a woman as the bride arrived. She wore the dress that her mother had worn to her wedding 32 years ago - classic cut, trimmed with lace - and a tiara in her hair.

The wedding Mass was celebrated by the Archbishop of Salzburg, Franz Lackner. Many relatives, friends and acquaintances of the family Habsburg-Lothringen in Austria, Germany and Liechtenstein had traveled to the event. On the guest list, among others, the names of the Hohenberg, Altenberg, Salm-Salm, Belcredi Festetics, Goess and Salm-Reifferscheidt were present.

Princess Caroline of Monaco, who occasionally stays in a hunting castle belonging to the family [Hanover] of her husband, the nearby Almtal, sent a bouquet of flowers.

Federal President Heinz Fischer, who had visited an exhibition on the First World War in Bad Ischl, visited the couple in the Imperial Villa before the wedding. Even Governor Josef Pühringer (ÖVP) and the Ischler Mayor Hannes Heide (SPÖ) participated.

v Countess Magdalena von Habsburg-Lorraine & Sebastian Bergmann
The thumbnail image forms a cropped portion of a larger photograph.​

 

[Kit]

I am sorry but the bride's father is an Archduke of Austria and not a Count of Habsburg. I know that the marriage of Magdalena's parents would be considered morganatic under the Habsburg House rules but I believe Magdalena is an Archduchess as well.

 

[Ceely]

Count Valentin von Habsburg (b. 1983), son of Archduke Markus of Austria (Tuscan Branch) (himself son of Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria and Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm) and his wife Hilde Jungmayr, is engaged to Claudia Mittermayr.

The couple will marry next year. Valentin is the eldest of three children and second to marry; his sister Magdalena (b. 1989) recently married Sebastian Bergmann, and his brother Maximilian (b. 1984) is still single.

Source: Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria

 

[Biri]

The engagement was announced between Countess Elmerice Karoline of Habsburg-Lothringen (Tuscan branch) (b.6 September 1984) [youngest of five children of Christoph-Heinrich, Count of Habsburg-Lothringen (b.1944) & his wife Ebba, nee von Morenschildt (b.1949)] & Alexander Thomas Digby Fairfax (b.1986) [son of Honourable Hugh Nigel Thomas Fairfax, scion of the Lords Fairfax of Cameron (b.1958) & his wife Victoria, nee Neave, scion of the Neave Baronets] on 2 August.

Sources: Peerage News: Fairfax/von Habsburg-Lothringen engagement
Tuscany
Descendants of Duke Carlo III of Parma

 

[Biri]

Archduchess Veronika of Austria [of the Tuscan branch] (b.3 January 1982) [daughter of Archduke Carl Salvator of Austria (b.1936) & his wife Edith, nee Wenzl, Freiin von Sternbach (b.1943)] & her husband Count Ulrich von Mamming (b.14 December 1982) had their second son, Ferdinand, this year.

A brother for Wenzel (b.2012).

Source: Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria

 

[Cory]

HIRH Archduchess Marie Madeleine of Habsburg-Tuscany is accompagnying the Romanian Royal Family in a Symbolic Journey to Sinaia with the Royal Train:

Familia Regal? a plecat într-o c?l?torie simbolic?, la Sinaia, cu trenul

 

[Tilia C.]

The engagement was announced between Countess Elmerice Karoline of Habsburg-Lothringen (Tuscan branch) (b.6 September 1984) [youngest of five children of Christoph-Heinrich, Count of Habsburg-Lothringen (b.1944) & his wife Ebba, nee von Morenschildt (b.1949)] & Alexander Thomas Digby Fairfax (b.1986) [son of Honourable Hugh Nigel Thomas Fairfax, scion of the Lords Fairfax of Cameron (b.1958) & his wife Victoria, nee Neave, scion of the Neave Baronets] on 2 August.

Sources: Peerage News: Fairfax/von Habsburg-Lothringen engagement
Tuscany
Descendants of Duke Carlo III of Parma

Here are some Articles and a few pictures from the wedding of Countess Elmerice of Habsburg & Alexander Fairfax.

Märchenhochzeit im Hause Habsburg > Kleine Zeitung-
Elmerice von Habsburg-Lothringen: Liebes-Hochzeit im Schloss | BUNTE.de

The first article is from Mai 3rd, so I suspect that the wedding took place on the 2nd which was a saturday. The groom lives in London and is the nephew of Lord Nicholas Fairfax of Cemeron (according to Bunte).
They were married in a bilingual ceremony in Austria.

 

[MAfan]

HI&RH Archduchess Dorothea of Austria, Dowager Grand Duchess of Tuscany, née Princess of Bavaria, passed away on 5 July 2015, aged 95.

She was born at Schloss Leutstetten (Bavaria) on 25 May 1920, the youngest daughter of Prince Franz of Bavaria (himself a son of King Ludwig III of Bavaria) and of his wife, née Princess Isabella von Croÿ.
She married in 1938 to Archduke Gottfried of Austria, Prince of Hungary, who in 1948 became the titular Grand Duke of Tuscany, succeeding his own father.
They were parents of three daughters (Elisabeth, Alice and Maria Antoinette) and one son, Leopold Franz, who in 1984 succeeded as titular Grand Duke of Tuscany and who is the father of the current titular Grand Duke, Archduke Sigismund.

Royal Musings: Archduchess Dorothea of Austria (1920-2015)

 

[Stefan]

Prince Franz Clemens of Altenburg, a grandson of Archduke Clenmens Salvator and his morganatic wife Countess Elisabeth Resseguier de Miremont married on 29.08.2015 at Andechs Countess Eleonore zu Toerring-Jettenbach, a daughter of Count Hans Caspar zu Toerring-Jettenbach.

Royal Travel and Events Blog: Altzenburg Toerring-Jettbeach marriage at Andechs

 

[Cory]

Grand Ducal House of Tuscany

HIRH the titular Grand Duke Sigismondo in Pisa:

https://www.facebook.com/dealexandro.pescolanciano/posts/906523332716461?pnref=story

 

[Blog Real]

Grand Duchy of Tuscany:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Tuscany

List of rulers of Tuscany:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Tuscany

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Grand Duke Sigismund of Tuscany

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/132785888991009162/