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Monday, 22 November 2010

Franz, Francisco, Francis, Francois

Francisco de Paula, Infante of Spain

Born: 10 March 1894, Madrid

Son of: Carlos IV (1747-1819) & Louise of Parma (1751-1819)

Married: Louise of the Two Sicilies (1804-1844)

Children: Francisco, Henry, Louise, Isabella, Amerlie

Died: 13 August 1865, Madrid

Franz Frederick, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Born: 1801

Married: Mathilde of Schaumburg-Waldenburg (1826-1914)

Children: Marie Karoline

Died: 1875

Franz Karl, Archduke of Austria

Born: 7 December 1802, Vienna

Son of: Franz II (1768-1835) & Marie Therese of Naples & Sicily (1772-1807)

Married: Sophie of Bavaria (1805-1872)

Children: Franz Josef, Maximilian, Karl Ludwig, Ludwig Victor

Renounced his rights to the succession: 1848

Died: 8 March 1878, Vienna

Francois d’Orleans, Prince de Joinville


Born: 14 August 1818, Neuilly

Son of: King Louis Philippe (1773-1850) & Amelie of the Two Sicilies (1782-1866)

Married: Francesca of Brazil (1824-1898)

Children: Peter, Francoise

Died: 16 June 1900, Paris



Francesco V, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Modena

Born: 1 June 1819, Modena

Son of: Francesco IV & Maria Beatrice of Savoie

Married: Adelgunde of Bavaria (1823-1914)

Children: Anna

Died: 20 November 1875, Wien

Francisco, Duke of Cadiz, titular King of Spain


Born: 13 May 1822, Aranjuez

Married: Queen Isabella II (1830-1904)

Children: Isabella, Maria Cristina, Alfonso, Maria de la Conception, Maria del Pilar, Maria de la Paz, Eulalia, Franciso & 4 stillborn children

Died 17 April 1902, Epinay

(It is widely rumoured that these children were fathered by someone other than Francisco who was said to be impotent and/or homosexual)


Francisco de Paola, Prince of the Two Sicilies, Count of Trappani

Born: 17 August 1827, Naples

Son of: Franciso (1777-1830) & Isabella of Spain (1789-1848)

Married: Isabella of Austria-Tuscany (1834-1901)

Children: Antoinette, Leopoldo, Maria Teresa, Maria Carolina, Ferdinando, Maria Annunciata

Died: 24 September 1892, Paris

Franz Josef, Emperor of Austria


Born: 18 August 1830

Son of: Franz (1802-1878) & Sophie of Bavaria (1805-1872)

Married: Elizabeth in Bavaria (1837-1898 – murdered)

Children: Rudolf, Sophie, Gisela, Maria Valeria

Died: 1916

The young Emperor I confess I like very much, there is much sense and courage in his warm blue eye, and it is not without a very amiable merriment when there is occasion for it. He is slight and very graceful, but even in the melee of dancers and Archdukes, and all in uniform, he may always be distinguished as the Chef…. The manners are excellent and free from pompousness or awkwardness of any kind…” (Queen Victoria, 1854)

We were all amazed by the Emperor who is 73 years old. He climbed for almost two hours without stopping and was not at all out of breath. Incredible!” (Tsar Nicholas II, 1903)


Francisco II (‘Bamba’), King of the Two Sicilies

Born: 16 January 1836, Naples

Son of: Ferdinand II (1810-1859) & Christina of Savoy (1812-1836 – two weeks after Francisco’s birth)

Married: Marie in Bavaria (1841-1925)

Children: Christina

He lost his throne when the kingdom was annexed to Italy in 1860.

Died: 27 December 1894, Tyrol

Franz von Hohenstein, 1st Duke of Teck


Born: 1837

Son of: Alexander of Wurttemberg (1804-1891) & Claudia, Countess Rhedey (1812-1841)

Married: Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (1833-1897)

Children: Mary, Adolphus, Francis, Alexander

Died: January 1900

“I must say he is very nice and amiable, thoroughly unassuming and very gentlemanlike and certainly good looking…The eyes are fine with a pleasant, kind expression. I should not think he was very clever but still he is very sensible and all he said to me about Mary (and he spoke very openly) shows me that he knows her character, her fine qualities and her faults, and is attached to her and knows what he undertakes.” (Queen Victoria 1866)

“Poor Franz Teck’s death is a happy release for him & he has been virtually dead to us for nearly two years.” (Prince of Wales)

Francois d’Orleans, Duc de Guise

Born: 1854

Son of: Henri (1822-1897) & Caroline of Bourbon-Sicily (1822-1869)

Died: 1872

Francisco, Prince of Bourbon-Sicily

Born: 1858

Son of: Henry, Duke of Seville & Josephine Parade y Sibie

Married: 1) Marie Louise de la Torres y Bassave
2) Felissa de Balbao

Died: 1942

Francis, Prince of Nassau

Born: 1859

Son of: Adolph of Nassua and Adelaide of Anhalt

Died: 1875 (?)

Franz Josef (‘Franzjos’), Prince of Battenberg


Born: 24 September 1861, Padua

Son of: Alexander of Hesse (1823-1888) & Julia von Haulke

Married: Anna of Montenegro

Died: 31 July 1924, Switzerland

“He was a very bad shot.” (Frederick Ponsonby)



Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria


Born: 18 December 1863, Graz

Son of: Karl Ludwig & Maria Annunciata of the Two Sicilies

Married: Sophie Chotek (1868-1914 – murdered with her husband)

Children: Sophie, Maximilian, Ernst

Died: Shot in Sarajevo, 28 June 1914

Franz Josef, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 8 October 1865, Castle Ratiboritz

Son of: Wilhelm Karl (1834-1906) & Bathildis of Anhalt (1837-1902)

Died: 4 September 1881, Ratiboritz

Francisco, Infante of Spain

Born: 24 January 1866, Madrid

Son of: Francisco of Cadiz (1822-1902) & Queen Isabella II (1830-1904)

Died: 14 February 1866

Franz Salvatore, Archduke of Austria Tuscany

Born: 1866

Married: Maria Valeria of Austria (1868-1924)

Died: 1939

Franz Josef
, Prince of Isenburg & Budingden

Born: 1869

Died: 1939

Francis, Prince of Teck

Born: 1970

Son of: Franz of Teck & Mary Adelaide of Cambridge

Died of pleurisy: 1910

Francisco de Paola, Prince of the Two Sicilies

Born: 14 July 1873, Rirschach

Son of: Alfonso (1841-1934) & Antoinette of the Two Sicilies (1851-1938)

Died: 26 June 1876, Paris

Franz, Prince of Bavaria

Born: 1875

Son of: Ludwig III (1845-1921) & Maria Theresa of Austria (1849-1919(

Married: Isabel von Croy (1890-1982)

Children: Ludwig, Maria, Adelgunde, Eleanore, Dorothea, Rasso

Died: 1957

Francisco, Prince of Bourbon-Sicily

Born: 13 January 1888, Cannes

Son of: Alfonso, Count of Caserta (1841-1934) & Antonia of Bourbon-Sicily (1851-1938)

Died: 26 March 1914, Cannes

Franz Josef, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Born: 30 August 1891, Heiligendamm

Son of: Wilhelm, and Maria Theresa of the Two Sicilies

Married: Alix of Saxony (1901-1990)

Died: 3 April 1964, Tubingen

Franz Josef, Prince of Thurn & Taxis

Born: 1893

Son of: Albert (1867-1952) & Margaret of Austria (1870-1955)

Married: Isabel of Portugal (1894-1970)

Children: Gabriel, Michael, Helene

Died: 1971

Franz Josef, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 1 September 1899, Weis

Son of: Albrecht (1869-1942) & Elsa of Wurttemberg (1876-1936)

Married: Maria Theresa Pechel (b. 1912)

Died: 7 July 1963, Kassel

Franz Josef, Prince of Windisch-Graetz

Born: 1904

Son of: Otto (1873-1952) & Elizabeth of Austria (1883-1963)

Married: Ghislaine Schoohoven (1912-1963)

Children: Stephanie, Guillaume

Died: 1981

Francisco, Prince of Bourbon-Parma

Born: 14 June 1913, Weilburg

Son of: Elias (1880-1959) & Maria Anna of Austria (1882-1940)

Died: 29 May 1939

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