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Archduchess Maria Ileana of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (1933–1959), married Count Jaroslav Kottulinsky, had issue.Archduke Stefan of Austria, Prince of Tuscany (1932–1998), married Jerrine Soper, had issue, became a naturalized American citizen.It was here at Castle Sonneburg where Ileana established a hospital for wounded Romanian soldiers during the beginning of World War II. They settled at Castle Sonnenburg, just outside of Vienna, Austria. Soon after, Carol II banished the couple from the country, claiming that the Romanian people would never tolerate a Habsburg living on Romanian soil. Watch a British Pathe film from their wedding HERE. The couple married on July 26, 1931, in Sinaia, Romania.

He was jealous of the popularity that Ileana held with the Romanian people and his goal was to remove her from the country. Her elder brother, King Carol II, introduced Ileana to Archduke Anton of Austria, Prince of Tuscany, and encouraged the couple to marry. Princess Ileana and Archduke Anton on their wedding day, 1931. She also organized the Girl Reserves of the Red Cross and the first school of Social Work in Romania. She founded the Romanian Girl Guides in 1928, and would later be involved with the Austria Girl Guides, serving as the organization’s president. In her youth and prior to her marriage, Ileana was involved in much charity work, following in the footsteps of her mother, Queen Marie.