Archduchess Gisela of Austria

Archduchess Gisela of Austria
Born	(1856-07-12)12 July 1856 Laxenburg, Austrian Empire
Died	27 July 1932(1932-07-27) (aged 76) Munich, Bavaria, Weimar Republic
Burial	St. Michael's Church, Munich
Spouse	Prince Leopold of Bavaria ​ ​ (m. 1873; died 1930)​
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

Austrian Royalty
House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Francis I (Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor)
Children include Archduchess Marie Louise Ferdinand I Archduchess Maria Leopoldina Archduchess Clementina Archduke Joseph Franz Archduchess Marie Caroline Archduke Franz Karl Archduchess Marie Anne Grandchildren include Franz Joseph I Archduke Maximilian Archduke Karl Ludwig Archduchess Maria Anna Archduke Ludwig Viktor Great-grandchildren include Archduke Franz Ferdinand Archduke Otto Franz Archduke Ferdinand Karl Archduchess Margarete Sophie Archduchess Maria Annunciata Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie Great-great-grandchildren include Charles I Archduke Maximilian Great-great-great-great-grandchildren include Archduchess Sophie
Ferdinand I
Franz Joseph I
Children Archduchess Sophie Archduchess Gisela Crown Prince Rudolf Archduchess Marie Valerie Grandchildren include Archduchess Elisabeth Marie
Charles I
Children include Crown Prince Otto Archduchess Adelheid Archduke Robert Archduke Felix Archduke Carl Ludwig Archduke Rudolf Archduchess Charlotte Archduchess Elisabeth Grandchildren include Archduchess Gabriela Archduchess Walburga Archduke Karl Archduke Georg Archduke Lorenz Archduchess Maria-Anna Archduke Simeon Great-Grandchildren include Archduchess Eleanore Archduke Ferdinand Zvonimir Archduchess Zsófia Archduchess Ildikó Archduke Károly Konstantin Archduke Amedeo
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Archduchess Gisela Louise Marie of Austria Princess of Hungary, Princess of Bohemia, Princess of Galicia and Lodomeria, Princess of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia (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.

The Archduchess was born on 12 July 1856, the second child of Franz Joseph I of Austria and Elisabeth in Bavaria. She was named Gisella Louise Marie; the name Gisella was taken after Queen Gisela of Hungary, wife of Stephen I, first Christian Hungarian king.^[1] Although christened Gisella, she only ever wrote her name with one L. Just like her elder sister Archduchess Sophie and her brother Crown Prince Rudolf, Gisela was raised by her paternal grandmother, Archduchess Sophie of Austria. Of a sober nature like her father, she kept a reserved attitude towards her mother. She had a very close relationship with her brother, whose suicide affected her greatly.

Her royal titles were: Archduchess of Austria; Princess of Hungary; Princess of Bohemia; Princess of Galicia and Lodomeria; Princess of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia; Princess of Bavaria; and Countess of Habsburg...