# Princess Stéphanie of Belgium

> She was raised to be an empress, married the Habsburg heir, then watched him die in history's most infamous murder-suicide. What came after — a second marriage for love, a bitter inheritance fight, and memoirs titled for the throne she never took — became its own kind of survival.

*Archduchess of Austria (1864–1945)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/princess-stephanie-of-belgium

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Born:** 1864-05-21
- **Died:** 1945-08-23
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Princess Stéphanie Clotilde Louise Herminie Marie Charlotte of Belgium was born 21 May 1864, second daughter of King Leopold II. At sixteen she married Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria in Vienna, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and bore one child, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie. The marriage frayed quickly: Rudolf, politically disillusioned, took multiple lovers and gave Stéphanie a venereal disease that left her infertile. In 1889 he and his mistress Mary Vetsera were found dead at Mayerling, an apparent pact. Eleven years later she married Count Elemér Lónyay, a Hungarian nobleman of lower rank, forfeiting her place in the House of Habsburg but finding happiness. She published her memoirs in 1935 under the title "I Was Going To Be Empress," disinherited her estranged daughter in 1944, and died of a stroke 23 August 1945 in a Hungarian abbey where she'd fled the Red Army.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 59.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 5.0 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 13.5 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Writer / Author, #Literature, #Politics, #19th Century

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_St%C3%A9phanie_of_Belgium)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170197)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Princess%20St%C3%A9phanie%20of%20Belgium)
- [Estefanía de Bélxica](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estefan%C3%ADa_de_B%C3%A9lxica)
- [Belçikalı Stefaniya](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel%C3%A7ikal%C4%B1_Stefaniya)
- [Стефани Белгийска](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0)
- [Estefania de Bèlgica](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estefania_de_B%C3%A8lgica)
- [Štěpánka Belgická](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0t%C4%9Bp%C3%A1nka_Belgick%C3%A1)
- [Y Dywysoges Stéphanie o Wlad Belg](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Dywysoges_St%C3%A9phanie_o_Wlad_Belg)
- [Stephanie af Belgien](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_af_Belgien)
- [Stephanie von Belgien](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_von_Belgien)
- [Στεφανία του Βελγίου](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%92%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85)
- [Estefanía de Bélgica](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estefan%C3%ADa_de_B%C3%A9lgica)
- [Stephanie (Belgian prinsessa)](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_(Belgian_prinsessa))
- [Stéphanie de Belgique](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A9phanie_de_Belgique)
- [סטפני, נסיכת בלגיה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%99%2C_%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA_%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%92%D7%99%D7%94)
- [Stefánia belga királyi hercegnő](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stef%C3%A1nia_belga_kir%C3%A1lyi_hercegn%C5%91)
- [Putri Stéphanie dari Belgia](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putri_St%C3%A9phanie_dari_Belgia)
- [Stefania del Belgio](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefania_del_Belgio)
- [ステファニー・ド・ベルジック](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF)
- [სტეფანია ბელგიელი](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%90_%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98)
- [벨기에 공주 스테파니](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%A8%EA%B8%B0%EC%97%90_%EA%B3%B5%EC%A3%BC_%EC%8A%A4%ED%85%8C%ED%8C%8C%EB%8B%88)
- [Stefanie van België](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefanie_van_Belgi%C3%AB)
- [Stefania Klotylda Koburg](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefania_Klotylda_Koburg)
- [Estefânia da Bélgica](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estef%C3%A2nia_da_B%C3%A9lgica)
- [Wikiquote](https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/%C5%A0t%C4%9Bp%C3%A1nka_Belgick%C3%A1)
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stefania_Klotylda_Koburg)
- [ستيفاني أميرة بلجيكا](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)
- [اميرة بلجيكا ستيفانى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89)

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