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4 unusual facts about Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria


Archduchess Eleonora of Austria

Eleanore and her husband stayed in Austria after the fall of the monarchy and lived in Baden near Vienna, in a large villa Eleanore had inherited from her childless uncle Archduke Rainer of Austria.

Archduke Rainer of Austria

Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria (1827-1913), fourth son of Archduke Rainer (1783-1853)

Rainer Island

This island was named by the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition after nobleman Rainer Joseph Johann Michael Franz Hieronymus, Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, also known as the Archduke Rainer of Austria, one of the aristocrats who helped to finance the private venture.

Schloss Wilhelminenberg

In 1895 their nephew Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria, son of the half-sister of Moritz of Montleart, inherited the estate.



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