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| Sárolta Wutholen en 2015. |
El 2 de noviembre de 2020, Sárolta von Habsburg-Lothringen Wutholen falleció a la edad de ochenta años en Suiza.
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| El archiduque Alberto de Austria y Katalin Bocskay de Felsö-Bánya el día de su boda. |
Nacida en Budapest el 3 de marzo de 1940, Sárolta (Charlotte) Isabella Mária Krisztine Eszter Katalin Pia von Habsburg fue la primera hija del archiduque Alberto de Austria (1897-1955), duque de Teschen, y su segunda esposa Katalin Bocskay de Felsö-Bánya (1909-2000). Albrecht y Katalin se casaron en 1938 y tuvieron dos hijas: Sárolta e Ildikó (n. 1942). La Segunda Guerra Mundial y sus consecuencias posteriores fueron devastadoras para la familia. Como Hungría estaba tras el telón de acero, Albrecht perdió la mayor parte de sus propiedades, propiedades que en un momento dado habían convertido a su padre en uno de los Habsburgo más ricos. Su matrimonio, para entonces, estaba acabado en todo menos en el nombre. Por ello, la familia tuvo que buscar nuevos lugares donde reconstruir sus devastadas vidas. Como persona desplazada, Katalin se mudó a los Estados Unidos con sus hijas en 1949. El archiduque Alberto obtuvo el divorcio mexicano de su esposa en 1951.
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| Katalin con sus hijas Sárolta y Kathy, 1949. |
After their move to the United States, Katalin gave several interviews to the press in the summer of 1949. “‘Tis is a wonderful feeling, the freedom of America. No furtive looks for ever-present harassing officials. We even can go from one city to another without registering and rigamarole. Fear has almost left our hearts.” About the fate of her husband Albrecht, who had ostensibly been captured by the Soviets, Katalin mused: “It seems almost hopeless. He vanished on a business trip between Hungary and Austria, in both of which he had properties, now confiscated.” By 1955, Katalin and her daughters had settled in San Francisco. Shortly after learning of the death of her former husband following a heart attack in Buenos Aires, Katalin again spoke to the press: “I am not divorced from him. We are just legally separated. I never filed a divorce; I never received notice of one. In fact, I have heard nothing from my husband in all these years.” She continued, elaborating on her concern for her daughters Sárolta and Kathy: “You must promise, please, to not mention my age. This is not just because of the vanity, you understand, but it might make a difference in my future. I am no longer teenaged, and I must think of my girls’ future. I am their sole support and have only what I earn. This expression, ‘middle-aged,’ I would not object to that.” Katalin and her younger daughter eventually became US citizens. Katalin von Habsburg first worked in a department store before becoming an office employee at the University of California.
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| Katalin with her daughter Kathy, who holds a picture of her father Archduke Albrecht, 1958. |
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| Sárolta von Habsburg in 1958. |
In 1967, Sárolta von Habsburg married Ferdinand Joseph Wutholen (1927-2018). The couple had four children: Isabella (b.1968), Alessandra (b.1970), Marina (b.1973), and Misha (b.1981). While entitled to use the title of Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Hungary (due to titulature changes proclaimed by the Head of the House), Sárolta chose not use them. She and her family always sought to be private people and never sought public exposure. Sárolta is survived by her children, their partners, and her four grandchildren, as well as by her sister Ildikó Kathy Fortier.
Como el archiduque Otto y el archiduque Karl, los actuales y difuntos jefes de la familia imperial austríaca, reconocieron retroactivamente como dinásticos los matrimonios de los archiduques que se habían casado con novias cristianas (que se consideraban desiguales en el momento de sus uniones), Sárolta tenía derecho al título y estilo Su Alteza Imperial y Real Archiduquesa Sárolta de Austria, Princesa de Hungría. Sin embargo, su familia confirmó que ella nunca reclamó ni utilizó ningún título.
Que Sárolta descanse en paz.
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