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Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria
1883Sep, 2

Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria

Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria (d. 1963)
Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria (Elisabeth Marie Henriette Stephanie Gisela; 2 September 1883 – 16 March 1963) was the only child of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria and Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, and a granddaughter of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and King Leopold II of the Belgians. She was known to the family as "Erzsi", a diminutive of her name in Hungarian. Later nicknamed "The Red Archduchess", she was famous for becoming a socialist and a member of the Austrian Social Democratic Party.

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