Archduke Stephen Francis Victor (german: Stephan Franz Viktor; hu, István Ferenc Viktor; 14 September 1817 – 19 February 1867) was a member of the

House of Habsburg-Lorraine The House of Habsburg-Lorraine (german: Haus Habsburg-Lothringen) originated from the marriage in 1736 of Francis III, Duke of Lorraine and Bar, and Maria Theresa of Austria, later successively Queen of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary, Queen of C ...

and the last

Palatine of Hungary The Palatine of Hungary ( hu, nádor or , german: Landespalatin, la, palatinus regni Hungariae) was the highest-ranking office in the Kingdom of Hungary from the beginning of the 11th century to 1848. Initially, Palatines were repres ...

, serving from 1847 to 1848.

Biography

He was the son of

Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary Archduke Joseph Anton Johann of Austria (, , 9 March 1776 – 13 January 1847) was the 103rd and penultimate palatine of Hungary who served for more than 50 years from 1796 to 1847, after he had been appointed governor in 1795. The latter half ...

and Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. His mother died shortly after giving birth to him and his twin sister,

Archduchess Hermine of Austria Archduchess Hermine of Austria (Hermine Amalie Marie; 14 September 1817 – 13 February 1842) was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. Biography Hermine was the daughter of Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary and Princess Hermine of A ...

. He was brought up by his stepmother, Maria Dorothea of Württemberg. He spent much of his childhood in Buda and at the family estate in Alcsút and received an excellent education. He was mainly interested in

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, which he also studied later in

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Career

From 1839 until 1841 he was a member of the imperial court at Vienna. In 1841 he travelled through the different countries of the monarchy, the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, Modena and

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. In 1843 he gained the rank of

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in the service of the

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Army and Emperor

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appointed him governor of Bohemia. He stayed in that capacity until, in January 1847, his father died. Stephen succeeded him as

on 12 November 1847, but resigned in September 1848 as a result of the Hungarian Revolution. Archduke Stephan died in 1867, unmarried and without issue.

Honours

He received the following orders and decorations:''Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie'' (1866), Genealogy p
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Ancestry

References

* Roberts, Gary Boyd, ''Notable Kin Volume Two'', published in cooperation with the New England Historic and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, by

Carl Boyer Carl Benjamin Boyer (November 3, 1906 – April 26, 1976) was an American historian of sciences, and especially mathematics. Novelist David Foster Wallace called him the " Gibbon of math history". It has been written that he was one of few hist ...

, 3rd, Santa Clarita, California, 1999, volume 2, p. 220. {{DEFAULTSORT:Stephen Of Hungary, Palatine House of Habsburg-Lorraine Austrian princes Hungarian people of Austrian descent People from Buda 1817 births 1867 deaths Burials at Palatinal Crypt Palatines of Hungary Knights of the Golden Fleece of Austria Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Russia)