Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska Maria of Austria (17 January 1831 – 14 February 1903) was born in Ofen (Buda), Hungary. She was the daughter of Palatine Joseph of Hungary (1776–1847) and his third wife Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (1797–1855).

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Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska
Born	(1831-01-17)17 January 1831 Buda, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire
Died	14 February 1903(1903-02-14) (aged 72) Palais Erzherzog Albrecht, Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Burial	Baden bei Wien
Spouse	Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este ​ ​ (m. 1847; died 1849)​ Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria ​ ​ (m. 1854; died 1874)​
Issue	Maria Theresia, Queen of Bavaria Archduke Franz Joseph Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen Maria Cristina, Queen of Spain Archduke Charles Stephen Archduke Eugen Archduchess Maria Eleonora
Names Elisabeth Franziska Maria
House	Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary
Mother	Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg

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Her first marriage, on 4 October 1847 in Vienna, was to her first cousin once removed Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este (1821–1849), by whom she had one daughter:

• Archduchess Maria Theresia of Austria-Este (1849–1919), wife of King Ludwig III of Bavaria and Jacobite heir to the thrones of England, Ireland, and Scotland.

Her second marriage, on 18 April 1854, in Vienna, was to her first cousin Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (1818–1874),^[1] by whom she had six children:

• Archduke Franz Joseph of Austria (1855–1855)
• Archduke Friedrich of Austria, Duke of Teschen (1856–1936)
• Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria (1858–1929), Queen of Spain, wife of King Alfonso XII of Spain
• Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria (1860–1933)
• Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863–1954)
• Archduchess Maria Eleonora of Austria (1864–1864)

Elisabeth died at her son's palais, the Albertina, Vienna, of pneumonia. She is buried in Baden bei Wien, where there is a street named after her.