Archduchess Dorothea of Austria

Princess Dorothea of Bavaria (; 25 May 1920 - 5 July 2015) was a member of the House of Wittelsbach and a princess of Bavaria by birth. Through her marriage to Archduke Gottfried of Austria, Dorothea was a member of the Tuscan line of the House of Habsburg. Dorothea was by marriage the titular Grand Duchess of Tuscany from 8 November 1948 to 21 January 1984. She died in 2015.
Family
Dorothea was born in Schloss Leutstetten, Starnberg, Bavaria, Weimar Republic. She was the fifth child and fourth daughter of Prince Franz of Bavaria and his wife Princess Isabella Antonie of Croÿ.
Marriage and issue
Dorothea married Archduke Gottfried of Austria, eldest child and son of Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, on 2 August 1938 civilly and religiously on 3 August 1938 in Sárvár, Kingdom of Hungary. Dorothea and Gottfried had four children together:
*Elisabeth (born 2 October 1939 in Achberg).
*Alice (born 29 April 1941 in Leutstetten).
*Leopold (born 25 October 1942 in Leutstetten), married on 19 June 1965 in St. Gilgen, (born 2 September 1941 in Brummana). They have two sons.
*Maria Antoinette (born 16 September 1950 in St. Gilgen).

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