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Archduke Anton Victor of Austria

Florence, 1779 – Vienna, 2 Apr 1835

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Facts and their sources

  • Born1779, FlorenceRecords disagree1 source
  • TitleViceroy of the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, 1816–1818or Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, 1835–1863not verified1 source
  • TitleGrand Master of the Teutonic Knights, 1835–1863or Viceroy of the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, 1816–1818not verified1 source
  • Died2 Apr 1835, ViennaRecords disagree1 source
  • FatherLeopold II, Holy Roman Emperornot verified1 source
  • MotherMaria Luisa of Spainnot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 1779

    Born in Florence

  2. 1816–1818

    Viceroy of the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia

  3. 1835–1863

    Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights

  4. 2 Apr 1835

    Dies in Vienna

Family

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Parents

During his lifetime

He lived through 7 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Florence.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1770s · Archduke is born in Florence

In Europe1772–1795

Poland is partitioned

Russia, Prussia and Austria divided Poland among themselves in three steps until, in 1795, it vanished from the map for 123 years.

At the table

Acquacotta: The Peasant Stone Soup

Ordinary people often ate acquacotta, a simple dish literally meaning cooked water, made from water, stale bread, and onions.

What people wore

Everyday dress for peasant men

Peasant men typically dressed in coarse-fabric jackets, knee-length breeches, and waistcoats. While these garments were not refined in cut, there was a noticeable attention to detail and a sense of good taste in the pairing of colors.

Getting around

Walking or riding donkeys for travel

Ordinary people typically traveled to work in fields on foot or by using donkeys, as there were no roads in many rural areas.

What it cost

Cost of game and poultry

In Nice, part of the Kingdom of Sardinia at the time, a capon, a brace of partridges, or a good hare cost 30 sols.

Music

Celebrations during the religious novenas

During novenas, people gathered at small country churches for celebrations that included religious gosos (songs of praise), poetry competitions, and traditional music and dancing until late at night.

Daily life

Peasant Cooking and Meals

Peasant families frequently cooked large pots of vegetable soup, especially on Fridays when meat was avoided. Leftovers were repurposed by reboiling the soup in a pan with bread on subsequent days.