Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Archduchess Regina's funeral today in Pöcking

The funeral of Archduchess Regina of Austria took place at St. Pius Roman Catholic church in Pöcking, Bavaria. More than 400 guests attended the funeral service. Regina's widower, Archduke Otto, 97, was unable to attend the funeral due to his own frail health. Several grandchildren stayed with him and did not attend the funeral.
Mourners included the head of the Bavarian royal house, Duke Franz, the Duke of Braganza, Archduke Rudolf and his wife, Archduchess Anna, Archduchess Yolande (widow of Archduke Carl Ludwig), and her daughter, Archduchess Alexandra, among others. All told, about 200 members of the Habsburg royal family attended the funeral. Members of the Belgian and Luxembourg royal families also attended the funeral.
Otto and Regina's seven children, Archduchesses Andrea, Monika, Micaela, Gabriela, Walburga, and Archdukes Karl and Georg were all present with their families. Karl's estranged wife, Archduchess Francesca, arrived with her mother, Fiona Thyssen, and her three children, Archduke Ferdinand-Zvonimir and Archduchesses Eleonore and Gloria.
Francesca joined her husband and children and sat with them and Archduke Georg and his wife, Elika and three children.
Archduchess Regina's orders were carried by her grandsons Archdukes Ferdinand-Zvonimir and Karolyi-Konstantin (son of Georg.)
Tomorrow, the remains of Archduchess Regina, who was born a princess of Saxe-Meiningen, will be interred in the Saxe-Meiningen crypt at Veste Heldburg. It has not been confirmed but many believe that this is a temporary burial until Otto dies when both will be interred at the Kapuziner in Vienna.
Archduchess Regina died on February 3 at her home in Pöcking. She suffered from heart disease, and was 85 years old when she died.

3 comments:

ClaudiaS said...

Didn't Vincenz von Liechtenstein die 2 years ago?

Marlene Eilers Koenig said...

Yes - you are right, but he is listed as having attended the funeral. :)

Anonymous said...

I must have been the source for this mistake. I mixed up the late prince for his younger brother seen in the pictures, Prince Michael of Liechtenstein, the bald man, married to Hildegard Peters, and being the second son of the late Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria, posthumous daughter of Emperor Karl I.

Eric VdV