A Jacobite Gazetteer - Austria

Schloss Ebenzweier

This palace is located at Ebenzweierstrasse 26. It was owned by the brother-in-law of Queen Mary III and II, Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este. At his death in 1863 he willed it to his niece Archduchess Maria Theresa, wife of the Comte de Chambord and sister of King Francis I. ¹ It was the location of many reunions of the Royal Family.

In the spring of 1834 Queen Mary III and II came here with her family including the future King Francis I; they were joined by Mary's sister the Empress Maria Anna of Austria and her husband the Emperor Ferdinand I. ² Francis returned here in 1839, in 1848 (with his wife Adelgunde during the exile from Modena), in 1850 (for the death of his uncle Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este), and in 1852 (with the Countess of Chambord). ³

In 1856 there was a larger gathering which included Francis, his wife Adelgunde, the Count and Countess of Chambord, and Francis' niece and eventual successor the future Queen Mary IV and III. ⁴