Laura Skublics de Velike et Bessenyö was the daughter of the nobleman Aloysius Skublics de Velike et Besenyő (1791-1835), Prothonotary of the County of Zala, and Barbara Skublics de Velike et Besenyő, née Ivánkovich de Köbölkút (1791-1835). She was allegedly married in Laibach on April 26, 1858 to Archduke Ernst of Austria. Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria had refused to give permission for the morganatic marriage. Laura was known as Baroness von Wallburg and her four children were baptised with the surname von Wallburg, with no title. Following the death of the Archduke, his children tried to claim part of his estate, but they lost the case when the marriage certificate presented as documentation of their parents marriage turned out to be a forgery. Franz Joseph ordered in 1908 that the baptismal records of the children be altered, and that the children be given the surname of their mother, Skublics, on the grounds that no marriage had ever taken place.
The validity of their marriage is still a contested issue, with some claiming it did take place and others claiming it did not.
The validity of their marriage is still a contested issue, with some claiming it did take place and others claiming it did not.
Laura Skublics de Velike et Bessenyö was the daughter of the nobleman Aloysius Skublics de Velike et Besenyő (1791-1835), Prothonotary of the County of Zala, and Barbara Skublics de Velike et Besenyő, née Ivánkovich de Köbölkút (1791-1835). She was allegedly married in Laibach on April 26, 1858 to Archduke Ernst of Austria. Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria had refused to give permission for the morganatic marriage. Laura was known as Baroness von Wallburg and her four children were baptised with the surname von Wallburg, with no title. Following the death of the Archduke, his children tried to claim part of his estate, but they lost the case when the marriage certificate presented as documentation of their parents marriage turned out to be a forgery. Franz Joseph ordered in 1908 that the baptismal records of the children be altered, and that the children be given the surname of their mother, Skublics, on the grounds that no marriage had ever taken place.
The validity of their marriage is still a contested issue, with some claiming it did take place and others claiming it did not.
The validity of their marriage is still a contested issue, with some claiming it did take place and others claiming it did not.
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