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SĂĄrolta Wutholen en 2015. |
Le 2 novembre 2020, Sårolta von Habsburg-Lothringen Wutholen est dÊcÊdÊe à l'âge de quatre-vingts ans en Suisse.
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L'archiduc Albrecht d'Autriche et Katalin Bocskay de FelsĂś-BĂĄnya le jour de leur mariage. |
NĂŠe Ă Budapest le 3 mars 1940, SĂĄrolta (Charlotte) Isabella MĂĄria Krisztine Eszter Katalin Pia von Habsburg, ĂŠtait la première enfant de l'archiduc Albert d'Autriche (1897-1955), duc de Teschen, et de sa seconde ĂŠpouse Katalin Bocskay de FelsĂś-BĂĄnya (1909-2000). Albrecht et Katalin se marièrent en 1938 et eurent deux filles : SĂĄrolta et IldikĂł (nĂŠe en 1942). La Seconde Guerre mondiale et ses consĂŠquences furent dĂŠvastatrices pour la famille. La Hongrie ĂŠtant derrière le rideau de fer, Albrecht perdit la plupart de ses biens, des domaines qui avaient fait de son père l'un des Habsbourg les plus riches. Son mariage ĂŠtait alors terminĂŠ, sauf en nom. La famille dut donc chercher de nouveaux endroits oĂš reconstruire sa vie dĂŠvastĂŠe. En tant que personne dĂŠplacĂŠe, Katalin a dĂŠmĂŠnagĂŠ aux Ătats-Unis avec ses filles en 1949. L'archiduc Albrecht a obtenu le divorce mexicain de sa femme en 1951.
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Katalin avec ses filles SĂĄrolta et Kathy, 1949. |
After their move to the United States, Katalin gave several interviews to the press in the summer of 1949. ââTis is a wonderful feeling, the freedom of America. No furtive looks for ever-present harassing officials. We even can go from one city to another without registering and rigamarole. Fear has almost left our hearts.â About the fate of her husband Albrecht, who had ostensibly been captured by the Soviets, Katalin mused: âIt seems almost hopeless. He vanished on a business trip between Hungary and Austria, in both of which he had properties, now confiscated.â By 1955, Katalin and her daughters had settled in San Francisco. Shortly after learning of the death of her former husband following a heart attack in Buenos Aires, Katalin again spoke to the press: âI am not divorced from him. We are just legally separated. I never filed a divorce; I never received notice of one. In fact, I have heard nothing from my husband in all these years.â She continued, elaborating on her concern for her daughters SĂĄrolta and Kathy: âYou must promise, please, to not mention my age. This is not just because of the vanity, you understand, but it might make a difference in my future. I am no longer teenaged, and I must think of my girlsâ future. I am their sole support and have only what I earn. This expression, âmiddle-aged,â I would not object to that.â Katalin and her younger daughter eventually became US citizens. Katalin von Habsburg first worked in a department store before becoming an office employee at the University of California.
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Katalin with her daughter Kathy, who holds a picture of her father Archduke Albrecht, 1958. |
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SĂĄrolta von Habsburg in 1958. |
In 1967, SĂĄrolta von Habsburg married Ferdinand Joseph Wutholen (1927-2018). The couple had four children: Isabella (b.1968), Alessandra (b.1970), Marina (b.1973), and Misha (b.1981). While entitled to use the title of Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Hungary (due to titulature changes proclaimed by the Head of the House), SĂĄrolta chose not use them. She and her family always sought to be private people and never sought public exposure. SĂĄrolta is survived by her children, their partners, and her four grandchildren, as well as by her sister IldikĂł Kathy Fortier.
L'archiduc Otton et l'archiduc Charles, chefs actuels et dĂŠfunts de la famille impĂŠriale autrichienne, ayant reconnu rĂŠtroactivement comme dynastiques les mariages d'archiducs ayant ĂŠpousĂŠ des chrĂŠtiennes (qui ĂŠtaient considĂŠrĂŠes comme inĂŠgales Ă l'ĂŠpoque de leur union), SĂĄrolta avait droit au titre et au titre de Son Altesse ImpĂŠriale et Royale l'archiduchesse SĂĄrolta d'Autriche, princesse de Hongrie. Cependant, sa famille a confirmĂŠ qu'elle n'avait jamais revendiquĂŠ ni utilisĂŠ aucun titre.
Que SĂĄrolta repose en paix.
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