Palatine Of Hungary Joseph Of Austria

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Archduke of Austria by birth, and the Palatine of Hungary from 1796 to 1847. He was the seventh son of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Louisa of Spain. Joseph married the Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (1783–1801), on 30 October 1799 at Saint Petersburg. He was 23 years old, while she was 16. She died of puerperal fever soon after delivering a stillborn daughter, the Archduchess Alexandrine of Austria, on 9 March 1801 in Buda. Joseph's second wife was Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1797–1817). They were married on 30 August 1815 at Schaumburg Castle, when he was 39 and she was 17. She died in childbirth two years later. Both of Joseph's children with Hermine died unmarried and without issue. Joseph third wife was the Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, whom he wed on 24 August 1819 at Kirchheim unter Teck. He was 43 years old, and she was 21. They were the parents of five children. Joseph had one illegitimate son, Gavio Clùtos (2 March 1810 – January 1859). Joseph died on 13 January 1847, aged 70, in Buda, Kingdom of Hungary. Link to Wikipedia biography