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HOHENBERG, Sophie, Duchess of (1868-1914, morganatic wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand). Autograph letter signed ('Sophie') to 'Theresa', Pressburg, 20 May 1893, thanking her for sending a picture of her mother, sympathising on the uprooting from her former home, and sending news of the engagement of her sister Antoinette, 4 pages, 8vo.
A lady in waiting to the Archduchess Isabella, Sophie contracted a morganatic marriage (her non-royal status disqualifying her from a royal marriage) with the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1900, and thereafter had a considerable influence on his political outlook. She was assassinated with him at Sarajevo in 1914.
A lady in waiting to the Archduchess Isabella, Sophie contracted a morganatic marriage (her non-royal status disqualifying her from a royal marriage) with the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1900, and thereafter had a considerable influence on his political outlook. She was assassinated with him at Sarajevo in 1914.
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