Maria Christina is neither a Duchess nor a Habsburg. She is an von Altenberg. The 87 year old princess is the second child and eldest daughter of Prince Karl Albrecht of Altenberg and his wife, Alice Ankarcrona. They were married at Zywiec in 1920. In 1949, Archduke Otto of Austria created Alice as Princess of Altenberg. This title was also bestowed on her children and her male line descendants.
Karl Albrecht's marriage was morganatic and his descendants are not Habsburg dynasts.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i3C_LKzgreOF42iIdKoVboJc8rGw?docId=CNG.d6f5a5a7c7909cda6f3528735a2d3c43.d1
Timothy Snyder's The Red Prince is an excellent accounting of the family's history in Poland.
http://royalbooknews.blogspot.com/2010/12/red-prince-by-timothy-snyder.html
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