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Zita (zē`tə, Ger. tsē`tä), 1892–1989, last empress of Austria and queen of Hungary. The daughter of Duke Robert of Parma, she was married (1911) to Archduke Charles Francis, who in 1916 became emperor as Charles I Charles I, 1887–1922, last emperor of Austria and, as Charles IV, king of Hungary (1916–18); son of Archduke Otto and grandnephew and successor of Emperor Francis Joseph. He married Zita of Bourbon-Parma. ..... Click the link for more information. . She exercised great influence over her husband and was blamed for Charles's letters to her brother, Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma, Prince, 1886–1934, son of Robert, last duke of Parma. While serving as an officer in the Belgian army, he was the intermediary for his brother-in-law, Emperor Charles I of Austria-Hungary, in Charles's secret attempt to negotiate peace ..... Click the link for more information. , during World War I that corroborated French claims to Alsace-Lorraine. She was also blamed for Charles's attempts to regain his throne after the war. After her husband's death (1922), Zita brought up her large family in Belgium. She never renounced her ambition to see Archduke Otto, her son (see Hapsburg, Otto von Hapsburg, Otto von, 1912–, Austrian archduke and former pretender to the Austro-Hungarian throne, son of Emperor Charles I and Empress Zita. After World War II began, he went to the United States and made an unsuccessful attempt to form an Austrian legion to ..... Click the link for more information. ), crowned king of Hungary and possibly emperor of Austria. From 1940 to 1949 Zita lived in the United States and in Canada; she later lived in Switzerland. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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For a good primer of the politics of terminology and AIDS see Jan Zita Grover, "AIDS: Keywords," in AIDS: Cultural Analysis/Cultural Activism, ed. 1968 (Evan Davies a/s, Steve Fink a/e, Rod Randel a/e, Karen Sample a/e); Cactus Feeders, 1995 (Kathy Cornett a/s); AzTx Cattle Company, 1981 (Kathy Cornett, a/s); AgriLabs, 2001; Kemin Industries, 2000 (both Doug Swanson a/e); Unverferth, 2002 (Gary Vincent a/e, Zita Quade a/e); Stoller Enterprises, Inc. Rahbar and his wife, Zita, volunteer at The Wellness Community. |
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