Archduke Sigismund of Austria (born 1966)


Archduke Sigismund of Austria is the current head of the Tuscan branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and titular Grand Duke of Tuscany. His great-great grandfather Ferdinand IV was the last Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Biography

Sigismund was born in Lausanne the son of Archduke Leopold Franz and his first wife Laetitia d'Arenberg, born Laetitia de Belzunce. Sigismund has a BSc in computer science and has worked as a software engineer banker.
On 18 June 1993 Sigismund's father Leopold Franz renounced his rights as Head of the in favour of Sigismund on his second marriage.
Sigismund is Grand Master of the Order of Saint Joseph and the Order of Saint Stephen, the two orders of knighthood of the Grand Ducal House of Tuscany. He has also a served as a patron for the Almanach de Gotha.
Sigismund was raised in Uruguay and Switzerland by his mother and father. His maternal family are said to possess businesses in Uruguay.

Family

In 1999, Sigismund married Elyssa Edmonstone, the only daughter of Sir Archibald Bruce Edmonstone, of Duntreath, 7th Baronet by his second wife Juliet Elizabeth Deakin. Archduchess Elyssa is a great-great-granddaughter of Marshall Field and a third cousin of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. The Edmonstone family is an old Scottish family that was raised to a baronetcy in 1774; their best-known member was the royal mistress Alice Keppel. Through this family connection, Elyssa and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall are third cousins. The couple are divorced since 25 June 2013, with annulment in 2016. The couple have three children, Archduke Leopold, Grand Prince of Tuscany, Archduchess Tatyana and Archduke Maximilian.
Sigismund lives with his family in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 2017, the renunciation of French citizenship was legally recorded for him and his children.

Titles and styles

As head of the Tuscan branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, Sigismund's full title is Archduke of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, Grand Duke of Tuscany with the style His Imperial and Royal Highness.