Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm Biography
Habsburg-Lorraine (by marriage)FatherEmanuel, Hereditary Prince of Salm-SalmMotherArch*ss Maria Christina of Austria
Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm (German: Rosemary Friederike Isabella Eleonore Henriette Antonia, Prinzessin zu Salm-Salm) (13 April 1904 – 3 May 2001) was a member of the princely House of Salm-Salm. Through her marriage to Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria, Rosemary was a member of the Tuscan line of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
Family
Rosemary was born in Potsdam, then in the Kingdom of Prussia, the second child of Emanuel, Hereditary Prince of Salm-Salm and his wife Arch*ss Maria Christina of Austria. Through her mother, Rosemary was a granddaughter of Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen and his wife Princess Isabella de Croÿ.
Marriage and issue
Rosemary married Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria, the second son of Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria, a member of the dynasty which reigned as Grand Dukes of Tuscany until 1860, and his wife Arch*ss Marie Valerie of Austria, on 25 November 1926 in a civil ceremony at Anholt and in a religious ceremony on 26 November 1926. Rosemary and Hubert Salvator had thirteen children:
- Archduke Friedrich Salvator (27 November 1927 – 26 March 1999), who married Countess Margit Kalnoky von Korospatak
- Arch*ss Agnes (14 December 1928 – 31 August 2007), who married Prince Karl Alfred of Liechtenstein
- Arch*ss Maria Margaretha (born 29 January 1930)
- Arch*ss Maria Ludovica (31 January 1931 – 17 April 1999), who married Martin Roland
- Arch*ss Maria Adelheid of Austria (28 July 1933 – 10 October 2021)
- Arch*ss Elisabeth (18 March 1935-9 October 1998), who married Prince Heinrich von Auersperg-Breunner
- Archduke Andreas Salvator (born 28 April 1936), who firstly married Maria de La Piedad de Los Monteros y Rosillo, and secondly Countess Valerie von Podstatzky Lichtenstein
- Arch*ss Josepha (born 2 Sep 1937), who married Clemens, Count von Waldstein
- Arch*ss Valerie (born 23 May 1941), who married Maximilian, Margrave of Baden
- Arch*ss Maria Alberta of Austria (born 1 June 1944), who married Alexander, Baron von Kottwitz-Erdődy
- Archduke Markus Emanuel Salvator of Austria (born 2 April 1946), who married Hildegard Jungmayr
- Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria (born 18 September 1947), who married Anne Marie Stummer
- Archduke Michael Salvator of Austria (born 2 May 1949), who married Baroness Eva Antonia von Hofman
Princess Rosemary died at Persenbeug Castle, Persenbeug-Gottsdorf, Austria.
Traditional *les
- 13 April 1904 – 25 November 1926: Her Serene Highness Princess Rosemary zu Salm-Salm, Wildgravine and Rhinegravine of Salm-Salm
- 25 November 1926 – 23 May 2001: Her Imperial & Royal Highness Arch*ss Rosemary of Austria, Princess of Tuscany
