Archduchess Gisela of Austria

Archduchess Gisela of Austria
Princess Gisela of Bavaria
Born	(1856-07-12)12 July 1856 Laxenburg, Austrian Empire
Died	27 July 1932(1932-07-27) (aged 76) Munich, Bavaria, Weimar Republic
Spouse	Prince Leopold of Bavaria (m 20 April 1873)
Issue	Elisabeth Marie, Countess of Seefried and Buttenheim Auguste, Archduchess of Austria Prince Georg Prince Konrad
House	Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Franz Joseph I of Austria
Mother	Elisabeth in Bavaria

Archduchess Gisela of Austria (12 July 1856 – 27 July 1932) was the second daughter and eldest surviving child of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria. She became a Princess of Bavaria through her marriage to her second cousin, Leopold.

Marriage

On 20 April 1873, she married Prince Leopold of Bavaria in Vienna,Leopold was a son of Prince Luitpold of Bavaria and Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria.

Issue

1. Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria (8 January 1874 – 4 March 1957) married Count Otto of Seefried and Buttenheim and had issue.
2. Princess Auguste of Bavaria (28 April 1875 – 25 June 1964) married Archduke Joseph August of Austria and had issue.
3. Prince Georg of Bavaria (2 April 1880 – 31 May 1943) married Archduchess Isabella of Austria but had no issue.
4. Prince Konrad of Bavaria 22 November 1883 – 6 September 1969) married Princess Bona Margherita of Savoy and had issue.

Tweetless and styles

• 12 July 1856 - 20 April 1873 Her Imperial and Royal Highness Archduchess Gisella of Austria, Princess of Bohemia, Princess of Hungary
• 20 April 1873 - 28 September 1930 Her Imperial and Royal Highness Princess Gisela of Bavaria.

Honours

• • Dame of the Order of the Starry Cross
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Elisabeth, 1898
• Kingdom of Bavaria:
  • Dame of the Order of Theresa
  • Dame of the Order of Saint Elizabeth
• Kingdom of Portugal: Dame of the Order of Saint Isabel
• Spain: 601st Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa, 29 January 1863