Archduke Rainer of Austria
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Rainer Joseph Johann Michael Franz Hieronymus, Archduke of Austria (Pisa 30 September 1783 - Bozen 16 January 1853), son of Emperor Leopold II. Married at Prague on 28 May 1820 Princess Elisabeth of Savoy-Carignano (Paris 13 April 1800 - Bozen 25 December 1856).
Children include:
- Maria Karolina (1821 - 1844)
- Leopold (6 June 1823 - 24 May 1898)
- Ernst (8 August 1824 - 4 April 1899)
- Rainer (11 January 1827 - 27 January 1913) whose visit to the Hotel Greif in Wels is commemorated by a wall placque there.
- Adelheid (3 June 1822 - 20 January 1855), who became Adelaide, Queen of Sardinia as wife of Victor Emmanuel II, from 1848 king of Sardinia.
Through his daughter Archduchess Adelheid, Rainer is an ancestor of the entire Royal Family of Italy.
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