The Lokal Anzeiger, a Berlin newspaper, reports this morning that Archduchess Isabella Marie of Austria, the daughter of Archduke Friedrich, the commander in chief of the Austrian army, "has promised her hand" to Paul Albrecht, a Viennese doctor.
In 1912, the Archduchess had a "short though unhappy romance" with Prince Georg of Bavaria, according to the Chicago Daily Tribune.
The couple was divorced not long after their marriage. The Archduchess's succession rights, which she renounced at the time of her marriage, were reinstated after her divorce.
She has since "devoted herself to nursing," using the name Sister Irmingard.
It was in the "course of her work" with the Red Cross that she met Dr. Albrecht.
It was during the honeymoon that Isabella and Prince Georg first quarreled, and then separated. Their families tried to arrange a reconciliation, but the "incompatibility of their temperament soon developed again," and Isabella Marie left the marital home for the final time. A divorce was pronounced not long afterward.
No date has been set for the Archduchess' second wedding.
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Such a shame, this story has a sad ending. The Emperor Franz Joseph never consent their marriage. The young Archduchess Isabella must be heart-broken. They never married even after Franz Joseph passed away in 1916. The poor professor Albrecht passed away in 1928 at the age of 55. And Isabella never married again.
Overall, Isabella was an special woman among all the other Royal princesses. She was intelligence, devoted, kind and brave. If anyone is interested about her story, there is a chapter about her from the book "The Austrian Court from Within" by Princess Catherine Radziwill.
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