Habsburg of Austria

As with other royal families, there are numerous connections, and even a direct descent from the earliest medieval Habsburgs. But the closest connection with today's Austrian imperial house is through the Stewarts of Lennox.

 

John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox (died 1495) married Margaret Montgomerie in 1438.

Elizabeth Stewart married Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll (died at Flodden, 1513)

Archibald Campbell (died 1513 at Flodden), married Elizabeth Stewart of Lennox

Donald, lay Abbot of Coupar Angus (brother of Colin, 3rd Earl)

Nicol Campbell married Katherine Drummond

Margaret, married Alexander Magruder of Craigneach

Alexander Magruder (1610-1677, the immigrant)

Samuel Magruder (1660-1711) married Sarah Beall

Samuel Magruder (1687-1779) married Eleanor Wade

Zachariah Magruder (1714-1796) married Sarah Beall)

Samuel Beall Magruder (1746-c1800), married Rebecca [Sheckel?]

Zachariah Magruder (c1771-c1830), married Ann Dawson (1779-1821) in 1797

John W. Magruder (1803-1882), married Margaret Porter (1810-1885) in 1826

John Garrett Magruder (1852-1928) married three times: Martha Ellen Hall in 1873 (later divorced); Rachel Ann Lewis in 1892 (she died in 1898), and then Rachel's sister Hannah in 1899.

Howell Joshua Magruder (1900-1956) married Mary "Mayme" Kohn

Barbara Jean McGruder married James Martin

Thomas Martin

 

John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox (died 1495) married Margaret Montgomerie in 1438.

Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl (died at Flodden, 1513), married Elizabeth Hamilton.

John Stewart, 3rd Earl (died 1526), married Elizabeth, daughter of John Stuart, Earl of Atholl

Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl (1516-1571), Regent of Scotland, married Margaret Douglas, daughter of Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England)

Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley (1545-1567), married Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587)

James VI and I of Scotland and England (1603-1625) married Anne of Denmark

Elizabeth, married Frederick V, Elector Palatine

Elisabeth Charlotte (1652-1722), married Philippe, duc d'Orléans (1640-1701), younger son of Louis XIII

Elizabeth Charlotte, married Leopold, Duke of Lorraine

Francis I, Duke of Lorraine and Holy Roman Emperor, married Maria Theresa, last of the Habsburg direct line; parents of Marie Antoinette and of:

Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (eighth cousin of John W. Magruder), married Maria Luisa of Spain

Francis I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, married Maria Theresa of Naples

Archduke Franz Karl (1802-1878) married Sophia of Bavaria; parents of Emperor Franz Josef I and of:

Archduke Karl Ludwig (1833-1896), married Annunciata of Sicily; parents of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (assassinated 1914) and of:

Archduke Otto (1865-1906) married Maria Josepha of Saxony

Karl I, Emperor of Austria 1916-1918 (thirteenth cousin of Barbara Jean McGruder) married Zita of Bourbon-Parma

Otto von Habsburg (pictured above), current head of the House of Habsburg, born 1912, married Regina of Saxe-Meiningen

Archduke Karl (my fifteenth cousin, once removed), born 1961, married Francesca von Thyssen-Bornemisza in 1993

Karl's website