Archduchess Dolores
Dolores in 1912
Born	(1891-05-05)5 May 1891 Lemberg,Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria,Austria-Hungary[1]
Died	10 April 1974(1974-04-10) (aged 82) Viareggio,Italy
Names German:Maria de los Dolores Beatrix Carolina Blanca Leopoldina
House	Habsburg-Tuscany
Father	Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria
Mother	Princess Blanca of Bourbon

Archduchess Dolores of AustriaGerman:Dolores Erzherzogin von Österreich-Toskana;(5 May 1891 – 10 April 1974) was a daughter ofArchduke Leopold Salvator of Austria. She was member of theTuscan branch of the ImperialHouse of Habsburg-Lorraine, an Archduchess ofAustria and Princess of Tuscany by birth. After thedissolution of Austria-Hungary, she lived under reduced circumstances with her family in Spain, Austria, and Italy. She died unmarried.

Archduchess Dolores was born inLemberg,Austria-Hungary, the eldest child ofArchduke Leopold Salvator of Austria (1863–1931) and of his wifePrincess Blanca of Bourbon (1868–1949). Her mother was the eldest daughter ofCarlos, Duke of Madrid, Carlist claimant to the throne of Spain. Dolores was given the baptismal namesMaria de los Dolores Beatrix Carolina Blanca Leopoldina von Habsburg-Lothringen.

Archduchess Dolores grew up in the last period of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. She was educated in splendor. Her father, who had followed a career in theAustro-Hungarian Army, was also an inventor with a number of military patents under his name. Her mother was the domineering force in the family. Theirs was a multi-cultural household. Dolores's paternal ancestors had reigned inAustria,Tuscany and theKingdom of the Two Sicilies. Her mother's family had reigned inSpain,Parma andFrance.

Archduchess Dolores was educated with her sistersImmaculata and Margaretha. The three sisters, very close in age, were artistically inclined.^[2] Dolores was particularity skillful at drawing. Her education emphasised languages, and in addition to her native German, she learned French, Spanish, Hungarian and Italian. The family was wealthy. They owned thePalais Toskana inVienna andSchloss Wilhelminenberg as their country estate. Vacations were spent inItaly where Infanta Blanca owned a rural property near Viareggio. DuringWorld War I, Archduchess Dolores's father and two eldest brothers fought with the Austro-Hungarian army.

At the fall of Habsburg monarchy, therepublican government of Austria confiscated all the properties of the Habsburgs. Dolores' family lost all their fortune.^[3] Her two eldest brothers, ArchdukesRainer and Leopold, decided to remain in Austria and recognized the new republic. Dolores with her parents and her other siblings emigrated to Spain. In January 1919 they arrived inBarcelona where they settled for over a decade. They lived modestly. While in Wilhelminenberg the family employed no less than 80 servants to attend their large household,^[4] by contrast in Barcelona, Dolores her mother and sisters had to fend for themselves doing the house chores. With income from her father's military patents inFrance and with the sale of some of her mother jewels they were able to buy a house in Barcelona. Archduchess Dolores remained unmarried. She was mildly handicapped by a limp since childhood.

The convulsed political situation in Spain during theSecond Spanish Republic made the family return to Austria. They were able to rent three rooms at their former residence in Vienna, the Palais Toskana. In March 1938Hitlerannexed Austria and Archduchess Dolores with her mother and youngest brother moved toTenuta Reale, a villa belonging to his mother's family nearViareggio inItaly. As the situation there became increasingly dire due to the war, Archduchess Dolores her mother, her youngest brother, Archduke Karl, and his family moved back to Barcelona. When the war ended they returned to Viareggio.

After the death of her mother, Archduchess Dolores returned to live in Barcelona.^[5] In the 1960s her family lost contact with her.^[6] It was later discovered that she was living inLleida being held in semi imprisonment by the family of the postman who used to deliver her letters.^[7] They were trying to get hold on her inheritance. Rescued by her sisterMargaretha, Dolores remained at Tenuta Reale for the rest of her life living with her sisters Margaretha and Immaculata who were by then widows.^[8] She died on 10 April 1974 at age 82 at Viareggio, Italy.

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• McIntosh, David.The Unknown Habsburgs. Rosvall Royal Books, 2000,ISBN 91-973978-0-6
• Mateos Sainz de Medrano, Ricardo.An Unconventional Family. Royalty Digest N 37 July 1994.

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