Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and an Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Bohemia, Hungary, and Tuscany by birth.
Background
Margarete Sophie was born at Artstetten Castle, Artstetten-Pöbring, the fourth and youngest child and only daughter of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria and his second wife Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. She was named for her father"s first wife, Princess Margaretha of Saxony, and for her paternal grandmother, Princess Sophie of Bavaria.
Career
Her older brothers included Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Archduke Otto Francis of Austria. As a young woman, Margarete Sophie was Princess-Abbess of the Theresian Royal and Imperial Ladies Chapter in Prague (1886-1893). The convent was located in the Hradschin Royal Palace, and was an educational foundation open only to high-born young women, who were required to prove that all sixteen of their great-grandparents were of noble birth.
lieutenant was not unusual for the Abbess to be chosen from among the archduchesses of the Imperial Habsburg family, though the Abbess and all pupils were allowed to leave the order and marry.
Titles and styles 13 May 1870 – 24 January 1893: Her Imperial and Royal Highness Archduchess and Princess Margarete Sophie of Austria. Princess Margarete Sophie of Hungary, Bohemia, and Tuscany 24 January 1893 – 24 August 1902: Her Imperial and Royal Highness Duchess Albrecht of Württemberg.