Peerage Record – 10354

     Margarete Erzherzogin von Österreich was born in 1480. She was the daughter of Maximilian I von Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor and Marie de Bourgogne, Duchesse de Bourgogne.^2,3 She married, firstly, Juan de Castilla y Aragón, Principe das Asturias, son of Fernando II, Rey de España and Isabella I, Reina de Castilla, on 3 April 1497 at Burgos, Castile, Spain^G. She married, secondly, Filiberto II Duca di Savoia, son of Filippo II, Duca di Savoia and Marguerite de Bourbon, in 1501. She died in 1530.
     She gained the title of Erzherzogin von Österreich. She gained the title of Statthalterin der Niederlande.

     Filiberto II Duca di Savoia was born on 10 April 1480.² He was the son of Filippo II, Duca di Savoia and Marguerite de Bourbon.¹ He married Margarete Erzherzogin von Österreich, daughter of Maximilian I von Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor and Marie de Bourgogne, Duchesse de Bourgogne, in 1501. He died on 10 September 1504 at age 24.³
     Filiberto II Duca di Savoia also went by the nick-name of Filiberto ‘the Handsome’. He succeeded as the Duca di Savoia in 1497.¹

     Eleonora Erzherzogin von Österreich was born in 1498 at Brussels, Belgium^G. She was the daughter of Felipe I von Habsburg, Rey de Castilla and Juana, Reina Juana de Castilla. She married, firstly, Manuel I de Aviz, Rei de Portugal, son of Ferdinando de Aviz, Duque de Viseu and Beatriz de Aviz, in 1519. She married, secondly, François I, Roi de France, son of Charles d‘Orléans, Comte d’Angoulême and Luisa Principessa di Savoia-Piedmonte, on 8 July 1530 at Abbaye de Veien, near Captieux, France. She died in 1558 at Talavera, Spain^G.
     She gained the title of Erzherzogin von Österreich.

     Heinrich XXIV Graf Reuss zu Lobenstein und Ebersdorf was born on 22 January 1724.¹ He was the son of Heinrich XXIX Graf Reuss zu Lobenstein und Ebersdorf and Sophie Theodora zu Castell-Remlingen.² He married Karoline Henriette Gräfin von Erbach-Schönberg, daughter of Georg August Graf von Erbach-Schönberg and Ferdinande Henriette Gräfin zu Stolberg-Gedern, on 28 June 1754.¹ He died on 13 May 1779 at age 55.¹

     Karoline Henriette Gräfin von Erbach-Schönberg was born on 20 August 1727.² She was the daughter of Georg August Graf von Erbach-Schönberg and Ferdinande Henriette Gräfin zu Stolberg-Gedern.^3,4 She married Heinrich XXIV Graf Reuss zu Lobenstein und Ebersdorf, son of Heinrich XXIX Graf Reuss zu Lobenstein und Ebersdorf and Sophie Theodora zu Castell-Remlingen, on 28 June 1754.² She died on 22 April 1796 at age 68.²

     Ernst Friedrich Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld was born on 8 March 1724 at Saalfeld, Germany^G. He was the son of Franz Josias Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld and Anne Sophie Prinzessin von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.² He married Sophie Antonie Prinzessin von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, daughter of Ferdinand Albrecht II Herzog von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and Antoinette Amalie Prinzessin von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, on 23 April 1749 at Wolfenbüttel, Niedersachsen, Germany. He died on 8 September 1800 at age 76.
     He gained the title of Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld.¹

     Sophie Antonie Prinzessin von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel was born on 3 January 1724 at Wolfenbüttel, Niedersachsen, Germany. She was the daughter of Ferdinand Albrecht II Herzog von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and Antoinette Amalie Prinzessin von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel.^3,4 She married Ernst Friedrich Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld, son of Franz Josias Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld and Anne Sophie Prinzessin von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, on 23 April 1749 at Wolfenbüttel, Niedersachsen, Germany. She died on 17 March 1802 at age 78.
     She gained the title of Prinzessin von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel.⁴

     William Kissam Vanderbilt was born in 1849.³ He was the son of William Henry Vanderbilt and Maria Louisa Kissam.³ He married, firstly, Alva Erskine Smith, daughter of Murray Forbes Smith and Phoebe Desha, on 20 April 1875 at Calvary Church, Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.A.^G.³ He and Alva Erskine Smith were divorced in March 1895.^3,4 He married, secondly, Anne Harriman, daughter of Oliver Harriman, on 25 April 1903 at St. Mark’s, North Audley Street, London, England.^3,4 He died on 22 July 1920.³
     He lived at New York City, New York, U.S.A.^G.⁵

     Philippe Emmanuel Maximilien Marie Eudes d‘Orléans, 8th Duc de Vendôme was born on 18 January 1872 at Obermais, Meran, Austria^G.² He was the son of Ferdinand Philippe Marie d‘Orléans, Duc d’Alençon and Sophie Charlotte Herzogin in Bayern.^2,1 He married Henriette Marie Charlotte Antoinette de Belgique, Princesse de Belgique, daughter of Philippe Eugène de Belgique, Comte de Flandre and Marie Luise Alexandrine Karoline Prinzessin von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, on 12 February 1896 at Brussels, Belgium^G.² He died on 1 February 1931 at age 59 at Cannes, France^G.²
     Philippe Emmanuel Maximilien Marie Eudes d’Orléans, 8th Duc de Vendôme usually went by his middle name of Emmanuel.¹ He gained the title of Prince d’Orléans.³ He gained the title of 8th Duc de Vendôme.⁴

     Louise Marie Amélie de Belgique, Princesse de Belgique was born on 18 February 1858 at Brussels, Belgium^G.² She was the daughter of Léopold II, Roi des Belges and Marie Henriette Anna Erzherzogin von Österreich. She married Ferdinand Philipp Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, son of August Ludwig Viktor Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld and Marie Clémentine Caroline Léopoldine Clotilde d‘Orléans, Princesse de France, on 4 February 1875 at Brussels, Belgium^G.² She and Ferdinand Philipp Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha were divorced on 15 January 1906.¹ She died on 1 March 1924 at age 66 at Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany^G.²
     She was a member of the House of Wettin. She gained the title of Princesse Louise de Belgique.²