Archduke Rudolf of Austria (5 September 1919 – 15 May 2010) was the youngest son of Emperor Charles I of Austria and Zita of Bourbon-Parma. He was born in Prangins, Switzerland where the Austrian Imperial family were staying after they had been sent into exile. He was named after Count Rudolph IV of Habsburg. Rudolf worked as a Wall Street junior executive and a bank director. Archduke Rudolf was married by Archbishop Fulton Sheen to Countess Xenia Czernichev-Besobrasov the daughter of Sergei Aleksandrovich Besobrasov and Countess Elizabeta Cheremeteva, on 22 June 1953 at Tuxedo Park, New York with whom he had four children. Xenia was killed in a car crash on 20 September 1968, in which Rudolf was also seriously injured. Rudolf was married secondly to Princess Anna Gabriele of Wrede (b. 1940) on 15 October 1971 in Ellingen, Bavaria. They have one daughter. Rudolph is survived by two older brothers; Otto and Felix.
On behalf of the European Nobility Network, I wish to express my most sincere condolences to the family and numerous supporters of this great man on the unfortunate passing away of Archduke Rudolf of Austria.
R.A.U. Juchter van Bergen Quast, President ENN
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