Archduke Leopold Maria of Austria, Prince of Tuscany (German: Leopold, Erzherzog von Österreich-Toskana, 30 January 1897 – 14 March 1958) was the second son of Archduke Leopold Salvator, Prince of Tuscany and Archduchess Blanca. At the fall of Habsburg monarchy he remained in Austria and recognized the new republic in order to marry Dagmar, Baroness von Nicolics-Podrinska. The couple had one daughter. After divorcing his wife in 1931, Leopold eventually emigrated to the United States where he became a naturalized American citizen under the name Leopold Lorraine, and where he remarried. He died
Archduke Leopold Maria of Austria, Prince of Tuscany (German: Leopold, Erzherzog von Österreich-Toskana, 30 January 1897 – 14 March 1958) was the second son of Archduke Leopold Salvator, Prince of Tuscany and Archduchess Blanca. At the fall of Habsburg monarchy he remained in Austria and recognized the new republic in order to marry Dagmar, Baroness von Nicolics-Podrinska. The couple had one daughter. After divorcing his wife in 1931, Leopold eventually emigrated to the United States where he became a naturalized American citizen under the name Leopold Lorraine, and where he remarried. He died in 1958 in Connecticut.
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Life Archduke Leopold of Austria was born in Agram (the historic Austrian-German name for what is now the city of Zagreb in Croatia), the fifth child and second son of Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria, Prince of Tuscany and Princess Blanca of Bourbon (daughter of Carlos, Duke of Madrid). He received the names Leopold Maria Alfons Blanka Karl Anton Beatrix Michael Joseph Peter Ignatz von Habsburg-Lothringen. During World War I Archduke Leopold served as a lieutenant of artillery in the Austro-Hungarian Army with his eldest brother Archduke Rainier. His actions, on 25 May 1917, as an officer at the Battle of Medeazza, near Trieste in Italy, were favorably noted. At the age of 19, he was the last person appointed to the Order of the Golden Fleece by Emperor Karl. Archduke Leopold also took part in the first line of combat in the Battle of the Piave River. After the fall of the Habsburg Monarchy and the establishment of the First Austrian Republic, he renounced his rights to the Austrian throne in order that he could remain in Austria. He was in love with Baroness Dagmar Nicolics-Podrinska (Zagreb 15 July 1898 – Lausanne 15 November 1967), a member of the…
